She gave birth to a daughter in 1990, taking a few years' break from the movie business and focusing on her family. She returned to the big screen with "Alien 3" (1992) and Ridley Scott's "" (1992) in which she played the role of Queen Isabella. In the early 1990s, Weaver appeared in several films including "Dave" opposite Kevin Kline and Frank Langella. In 1994, she starred in Roman Polanski's drama "Death and the Maiden" as Paulina Escobar. She played the role of agoraphobic criminal psychologist Helen Hudson in the movie "Copycat" (1995).