The Real Reason Sigourney Weaver Changed Her Name

As the child of British thespian Elizabeth Inglis, Ghostbusters star Sigourney Weaver was born with talent in her blood. However, when it came to her own daughter's emotions and ambitions, Inglis was apparently anything but supportive. Weaver told the Daily Mail that growing up in the shadow of her beautiful mom made her yearn to

As the child of British thespian Elizabeth Inglis, Ghostbusters star Sigourney Weaver was born with talent in her blood. However, when it came to her own daughter's emotions and ambitions, Inglis was apparently anything but supportive. Weaver told the Daily Mail that growing up in the shadow of her beautiful mom made her yearn to "be the pretty one," even though she was bullied for being "a too-tall beanpole." But when Inglis told her she was "just plain," she crushed Weaver's self-esteem.

"I thought, 'Gee, if your mum doesn't even think you're pretty,'" she recalled in 2009. "We had a difficult relationship. My mother was a difficult person to know." But Weaver insists that Inglis was also her inspiration. "She was a kind of renegade," she explained. "She left her family and moved to the U.S. because they didn't want her to be an actress, and she always made her own way in the world."

In fact, if Weaver could offer her 25-year-old self advice, she would tell her to "just go for it." "I would say... 'Just relax, don't stop having fun because you're hoping for a job.' I feel like the universe will sort this out for you," Weaver told GPS Radar in 2018. "I think you can just be in the moment and you know life will let you know pretty quickly whether you're on the right path or not." The right path, indeed.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7r7XCpKCsr5mbwW%2BvzqZma2hobH9ye9OhnGaqlZa5br7Emqqopl2otqi71KulnrFdrLKiwsSrZJygkaO0prCMoZyrZZ6WuqZ7

 Share!