Officer Ripley Last updated on July 25th, 2026 at 08:23 am
The formal dedication of Sigourney Weaver’s star took place on 16th December 1999. Since it was held late in the final month of the year, she was officially recognized as the last Hollywood actress of the 20th Century to receive a star.
Sigourney Weaver was joined on the red carpet by a celebratory celebrity crowd, alongside her mother, Elizabeth and her father, Pat Weaver.
The then 50-year-old actress, famously quipped about her legacy in science fiction cinema, stating to the audience:
I’ve been to a lot of galaxies in my day, but this one is my favourite.
Showing great humility regarding the unique placement of the award, she added:
If the pinnacle of success is to have an award that is underfoot and trampled by thousands of fans, I accept happily.
Star Location Details
- Physical Address: The star is located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
- Exact Placement: You can find it embedded on the north side of the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard.
- Surrounding Landmarks: It sits directly in front of the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, positioned between North Orange Drive and North Sycamore Avenue.
Sigourney Weaver career
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress best known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series, a role for which she has received worldwide recognition. She is also known for her roles in the Ghostbusters films, Gorillas in the Mist, The Ice Storm, Working Girl, Holes, and Avatar.
Weaver is also a three-time Academy Award nominee for her performances in Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, and Working Girl winning Golden Globe Awards in the latter two films. She has been called The Sci-Fi Queen. by many on account of her many science fiction and fantasy films.
Weaver was born in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis, an English actress, and the NBC television executive and television pioneer Sylvester “Pat” Laflin Weaver. Her uncle, Doodles Weaver, was a comedian and actor. She began using the name “Sigourney Weaver” in 1963 after a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby.
Weaver attended the Ethel Walker School, a prep school in Simsbury, Connecticut, where she was made fun of all the time for being a nerd and for her height. She also attended The Chapin School. Sigourney was reportedly 5′ 10½” (5 feet and 10.5 inches, which equals 179.07 centimeters or approximately 1.79 meters), tall by the age of 14, but she only grew another inch during her teens to her adult height of 5′ 11½. Weaver graduated from Stanford University, with a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1972, but she had already begun her involvement in acting, by living in Stanford’s co-ed Beta Chi Community for the Performing Arts. Weaver earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale University School of Drama in 1974, where one of her appearances was in the chorus in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical version of The Frogs, and another was as one of a mob of Roman soldiers alongside Meryl Streep in another production. Weaver later acted in original plays by her friend and classmate Christopher Durang. She later appeared in an Off Broadway production of Durang’s comedy Beyond Therapy in 1981, which was directed by the up-and-coming director Jerry Zaks.
If you have heard about a much more recent ceremony involving Sigourney Weaver, she returned to Hollywood Boulevard on May 15, 2026, for a different prestigious event. She was immortalized with her handprints and footprints in cement at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. During that 2026 event, her longtime Aliens and Avatar director James Cameron and her co-star Pedro Pascal spoke in her honor, with Pascal affectionately calling her the original “space mom“. We will come back with that article too. Keep close to the site news!
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