In 1979, Sigourney Weaver, then a relative unknown, became a huge star thanks to her breakout performance as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's Alien. In a world dominated by male heroes, Ripley was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female-led action blockbuster seemed inevitable, it would just be a matter of who got there first. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in Alien (1979) Ellen Ripley is the best action heroine of all time, without question. Just look at two ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. The Alien franchise is synonymous with Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and it's not hard to see why. In many ways, she was the ...

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.

Warning: Spoilers for Alien: Romulus may lie ahead. With Alien: Romulus set to receive a sequel after convincing most critics and fans, co-writer and director Fede ...

After Ripley escapes with her cat, Jonesy, on the Nostromo’s escape ship just before the interstellar cargo freighter explodes, she at first breathes a sigh of relief that the monstrous alien creature ...

Following the demise of Captain Arthur Dallas, who went looking for the growing Xenomorph inside the Nostromo’s ventilation shafts, with the intent of leading into, and out of, the airlock, the story ...