With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...

In that film, Weaver reprised her role as Ripley, which saw her face off against the Alien Queen in what might be the most iconic scene of Weaver's career to protect young Newt. With the help of a ...

FX's new series Alien: Earth centers on a female character taking on a horde of killer aliens — and so of course, any fan can't help but be reminded of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien films.

The picture of Amanda that Ripley receives in 1986's Aliens when she wakes up after 57 years in hypersleep. Fun Fact: This picture is actually of Sigourney Weaver's mother. Hence the resemblance.

After Ellen Ripley’s last appearance in David Fincher’s “Alien 3,” Sigourney Weaver teased a potential return to the world of Weyland-Yutani at a New York Comic Con “Alien” reunion panel. “[‘Alien’ ...