Sigourney Weaver is not in Aliens (film).
Aliens is a 1986 American science fiction horror film written and directed by James Cameron , produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver , Carrie Henn , Michael Biehn , Paul Reiser , Lance Henriksen , William Hope , and Bill Paxton . It was nominated for seven Academy Awards , including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver , winning both Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects . A sequel Alien 3 was released in 1992 , with Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley and Lance Henriksen as Bishop in the film . Sigourney Weaver . Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall ( 1977 ) , she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien .