Actress Sigourney WeaverThe three-time Oscar nominee will receive the award goya International The Film Academy announced this award on Tuesday at the premiere of the 38th Spanish Film Awards, which will be held this Saturday in Valladolid.
A recognition given to him for his “impressiveness” A career full of unforgettable movies We inspire ourselves by creating complex and strong female characters.
He is mainly known for his role Lieutenant Ripley In the science fiction epic ‘Alien’ (New York, 1949), Weaver is a versatile actress with charisma and “unquestionable talent,” as the academy put it in a statement.
great career
“He has fascinated and admired audiences over the years. one of the most loved artists on the scene and on screens around the world,” the note adds.
Weaver, who was nominated for an Oscar for her work in the film ‘Alien: The Return’ (1986), was nominated in two categories in 1988, as the protagonist in ‘Gorillas in the Mist’ and as the supporting actress in ‘Guns of a Woman’.
She has also worked on productions like ‘Avatar’, where she portrayed Grace Augustine in her human version and avatar version – ‘Ghostbusters’ (1984), ‘Dreams of a writer in New York’ (2020), ‘We are all Jane’ (2022) , ‘The Year We Lived Dangerously’ (1982), ‘My Map of the World’ (1999), ‘Death and the Maiden’ (1994), ‘The Ice Storm’ (1997) or ‘Copycat’ (nineteen hundred and ninety-five).
The actress, who took part in dramatic roles at the beginning of her career, showed her comedic talent in films such as ‘Armas de mujer’, ‘Las seductresses’ (2001) or ‘Héroes out of orbit’ (1999).
Collaborations with Spanish filmmakers
New York actress also collaborated with two Spanish filmmakers: Juan Antonio Bayona, with whom he worked in the films ‘A monster is coming to see me’ (2016) and ‘Red lights’ (2012), Rodrigo Cortes.
On television, ‘Prayers for Bobby’, ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’, ‘Political Animals’ and the French ‘Call My Agent!’ He took part in TV series such as.
Weaver, who studied at Stanford and Yale universities and received the 2016 Donostia Award from the San Sebastián Festival, will be awarded the third International Goya, an award created to reward personalities who contribute to cinema as an art that unites cultures and audiences from different countries. award winners all over the world, and before that, Australian Cate Blanchett and French Juliette Binoche.