Ellen Ripley

Ellen Ripley is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Alien film series. She is played by the American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character was heralded as a seminal role for challenging gender stereotypes, particularly in the science fiction genre, and remains Weaver's most famous role to date. In 2003, Ripley was selected by the American Film Institute as the 8th greatest hero in American cinema history (See AFI's 100 Years..... more

Ellen Ripley is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Alien film series. She is played by the American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character was heralded as a seminal role for challenging gender stereotypes, particularly in the science fiction genre, and remains Weaver's most famous role to date. In 2003, Ripley was selected by the American Film Institute as the 8th greatest hero in American cinema history (See AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains). Entertainment Weekly has stated that Ripley was "one of the first female movie characters who isn't defined by the men around her, or by her relationship to them." Ripley is introduced in Alien. The character was born in 2092 in Olympia, Luna. She had a daughter, Amanda Ripley McClaren, and no other descendants (not counting her clones in Alien Resurrection). She is employed by the Weyland-Yutani corporation, working on the Nostromo as a warrant officer, which was towing massive quantities of raw ore to Earth from... less