Sigourney Weaver talks with Jimmy Carter The Village

Weaver s first role is often said to be in Woody Allen s 1977 comedy Annie Hall playing a minor role opposite Weaver appeared two years later as Warrant Officer, Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott s blockbuster 1979 film Alien, in a role initially designated to costar Veronica Cartwright, until a late change in casting. She reprised the role in the three sequels of the Alien movie franchise, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe states, One of the real pleasur