Sigourney Weaver wins Spain’s Goya Award

Sigourney Weaver was honored Saturday with the International Goya Award by the Spanish Film Academy, honoring her remarkable career bringing to life “independent, complex and strong female characters.”

The 74-year-old, best known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien series, is the third recipient of the honorary award, which has been previously won by Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche since its creation in 2022.

“[I’m]always looking for stories about and for women that remind us of how powerful women are in all kinds of amazing ways,” Weaver said in the North. spoke to a star-studded audience at the Goya Awards Gala in the western city. Valladolid also included Hollywood performers such as Penélope Cruz.

Weaver also said, alien.

“I’m sure there’s a good actress here who dubbed for me,” she said to applause from the audience, joking that her performance was much better dubbed in Spanish. .

The jury is out on Weaver’s ability to perform in a wide range of roles, from dramatic roles like the acclaimed naturalist Dian Fosse in Gorillas in the Mist to more comedic roles like Ghostbusters. He praised his versatility, charisma, and talent.

Society of the Snow, which tells the true story of the Uruguayan rugby team’s plane crash in the Andes Mountains in 1972, was the night’s big winner, taking home 12 awards.