Actor
Linda Hamilton
Born 26 September 1956 · Salisbury, Maryland, USA
Linda Hamilton (born 1956) is an American actress best known for playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator series. Her shift from vulnerable waitress to hardened fighter in The Terminator and Terminator 2 made her a landmark action heroine. She also starred in the television series Beauty and the Beast.
Key films
The Terminator (1984)
Her breakout role as Sarah Connor, the ordinary woman hunted by a killer machine.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Reinvented Sarah Connor as a muscular, battle-hardened mother, a defining action-heroine performance.
Children of the Corn (1984)
Starring role in an early Stephen King horror adaptation, released the same year as The Terminator.
Dante's Peak (1997)
Led a major disaster-film cast alongside Pierce Brosnan in a big-budget volcano thriller.
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Returned as Sarah Connor nearly three decades after the second film, reviving her signature role.
Key awards
No major award wins are documented here; she received two Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination for Beauty and the Beast.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 67
- 1979Night-Flowers · as WaferActor
- 1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case · as Greta RideoutActor
- 1980Reunion · as Anne SamoorianActor
- 1982Tag: The Assassination Game · as Susan SwayzeActor
- 1982Country Gold · as Josie GreenwoodActor
- 1983Wishman · as Mattie MacGregorActor
- 1983Secrets of a Mother and Daughter · as Susan DeckerActor
- 1984The Terminator · as Sarah ConnorActor
- 1984Children of the Corn · as VickyActor
- 1984The Stone Boy · as Eva Crescent Moon LadyActor
- 1985Secret Weapons · as Elena KoslovActor
- 1985The Making of the Terminator · as SelfActor
- 1986King Kong Lives · as Amy FranklinActor
- 1986Black Moon Rising · as NinaActor
- 1986Club Med · as KateActor
- 1986King Kong! The Living Legend · as SelfActor
- 1988Go Toward the Light · as Claire MadisonActor
- 1990Mr. Destiny · as Ellen BurrowsActor
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day · as Sarah ConnorActor
- 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' · as SelfActor
- 1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye · as SelfActor
- 1994Silent Fall · as Karen RainerActor
- 1995Separate Lives · as Lauren Porter / LenaActor
- 1995A Mother's Prayer · as Rosemary HolmstromActor
- 1995The Way to Dusty Death · as Beth MacAlpineActor
- 1996Terminator: Battle Across Time · as Sarah ConnorActor
- 1997Dante's Peak · as Rachel WandoActor
- 1997Shadow Conspiracy · as Amanda GivensActor
- 1998Point Last Seen · as Rachel MylesActor
- 1998On the Line · as Jean MartinActor
- 1998Getting Close to the Show · as SelfActor
- 1998Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples · as Marie TaquetActor
- 1998Robots Rising · as NarratorActor
- 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie · as Dr. Stephanie Lake (voice)Actor
- 1999The Color of Courage · as Anna SipesActor
- 1999The Secret Life of Girls · as Ruby SanfordActor
- 2000Sex & Mrs. X · as Joanna ScottActor
- 2001Skeletons in the Closet · as TinaActor
- 2001Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' · as SelfActor
- 2001Bailey's Mistake · as Liz DonovanActor
- 2002Silent Night · as Elisabeth VinckenActor
- 2004Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn · as (archival footage)Actor
- 2005Missing in America · as KateActor
- 2005The Kid & I · as Susan MandevilleActor
- 2005Smile · as BridgetteActor
- 2006Home by Christmas · as Julie BedfordActor
- 2007Broken · as KarenActor
- 2009Terminator Salvation · as Sarah Connor (voice over) (uncredited)Actor
- 2009Holy Water · as Cory WilliamsActor
- 2009In Your Dreams · as GeorgieActor
- 2009A Call to Arms · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2010DC Showcase: Jonah Hex · as Madame Lorraine (voice)Actor
- 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection · as Madame Lorraine (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)Actor
- 2010Refuge · as Amelia PhilipsActor
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2013Bad Behavior · as MargaretActor
- 2014Bermuda Tentacles · as Admiral HansenActor
- 2016A Sunday Horse · as Mrs. WaldenActor
- 2017Curvature · as FlorenceActor
- 2017Shoot Me Nicely · as LaylaActor
- 2018Goblin Boy News · as Sarah Connor (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Terminator: Dark Fate · as Sarah ConnorActor
- 2020Easy Does It · as King GeorgeActor
- 2025Osiris · as AnyaActor
- 2025Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story · as Louise RolfeActor
- 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 · as Self - Dr. KayActor
- 2026Trust Me, I'm a Doctor · as Ellyn GarafaloActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.