Editing Sigourney Weaver (section)

=== 1980s: Stardom and acclaim ===
[[File:Sigourney Weaver with her father Pat Weaver 1989.jpg|thumb|Weaver and her father [[Pat Weaver|Pat]] at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in 1989, where she received [[List of actors nominated for multiple Academy Awards in the same year|simultaneous nominations]] for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]|200x200px]]
Weaver appeared in an [[off-Broadway]] production of Durang's comedy ''[[Beyond Therapy]]'' in 1981, which was directed by then-fledgling director [[Jerry Zaks]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gussow |first=Mel |date=January 6, 1981 |title=Stage:'Beyond Therapy by Durang at Phoenix |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/06/theater/stage-beyond-therapy-by-durang-at-phoenix.html |access-date=August 4, 2017 |work=The New York Times |page=C11}}</ref> She next appeared opposite [[Mel Gibson]] as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant in the [[Peter Weir]] directed romantic drama ''[[The Year of Living Dangerously (film)|The Year of Living Dangerously]]'' (1982) which was released to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/year_of_living_dangerously|title= The Year of Living Dangerously|website= Rotten Tomatoes|access-date= July 23, 2024}}</ref> Roger Ebert opined, "Weaver has a less interesting role but is always an interesting actress".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-year-of-living-dangerously-1983|title= The Year of Living Dangerously|website= Rogerebert.com|access-date= July 23, 2024}}</ref> In 1984 she returned to Broadway acting in the [[David Rabe]] play ''[[Hurlyburly]]'' acting opposite [[William Hurt]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Cynthia Nixon]], [[Jerry Stiller]], [[Ron Silver]], and [[Judith Ivey]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/production/hurlyburly-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004315|title= Hurlyburly (Broadway, 1984)|website= Playbill|access-date= July 23, 2024}}</ref> The production was directed by [[Mike Nichols]] with Weaver taking on the role of Darlene, a scatterbrained [[photojournalist]] who gets involved with two roommates.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/18/arts/inside-the-ensemble-play-of-hurlyburly.html|title= INSIDE THE ENSEMBLE PLAY OF 'HURLYBURLY'|website= [[The New York Times]]|date= July 18, 1984|access-date= July 23, 2024|last1= Bennetts|first1= Leslie}}</ref> The role earned Weaver a nomination for the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1985/category/any/show/any/|title= 1985 Tony Award Nominations|website= American Theater Wing|access-date= July 23, 2024}}</ref> That same year she took the female leading role Dana Barrett in the comedy films ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (1984) and reprised her role in ''[[Ghostbusters II]]'' (1988) acting alongside [[Bill Murray]], [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Harold Ramis]].<ref name="InterviewMarch2015" />

Weaver reprised the role of Ellen Ripley seven years later in the sequel to ''Alien'', similarly titled ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' (1986) directed by [[James Cameron]]. Critic Roger Ebert wrote "Weaver, who is onscreen almost all the time, comes through with a very strong, sympathetic performance: She's the thread that holds everything together."<ref>Ebert, Roger July 18, 1986 ''Sun Times'' [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860718/REVIEWS/607180301 ''Aliens'' review by Roger Ebert], suntimes.com; retrieved September 21, 2010.</ref> [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] said that, at that point, she was the only actress who could "open" an action movie.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Alien movie review & film summary (1979) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-alien-1979 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref> For ''Aliens'', she won the [[Saturn Award for Best Actress]] and earned her first nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]].

In 1988, Weaver starred as primatologist [[Dian Fossey]] in the biographical drama ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]''. The same year, she appeared opposite [[Harrison Ford]] in a supporting role as main antagonist Katharine Parker in the comedy-drama ''[[Working Girl]]''. Both these films earned Weaver [[Golden Globe Awards]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]] for her two roles that year. At [[46th Golden Globe Awards|the Golden Globes that year]], Weaver was one of three actresses to win in Best Actress, alongside [[Jodie Foster]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]], in [[Golden Globe Awards#Acting|a three-way tie]]. Weaver received [[List of actors nominated for multiple Academy Awards in the same year|simultaneous Academy Award nominations in 1988]]{{emdash}}Best Actress for ''Gorillas in the Mist'' and Best Supporting Actress for ''Working Girl''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/20-stars-whove-never-won-oscars-24228/ |title=20 Stars Who've Never Won Oscars |first1=Jordan |last1=Hoffman |date=February 25, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> She was the first of four actresses (as of 2023) to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.