Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton
Birth name:	Linda Carroll Hamilton
Gender:	Female
Medium(s):	Film; Television
Roles:	Actor
Born:	September 26th, 1956
Birthplace:	Salisbury, Maryland
Notable works:	King Kong Lives Terminator
1st Sci-Fi:	Terminator (1984)

Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American film and television actress born in Salisbury, Maryland on September 26th, 1956. She is best known for playing the role of heroic Sarah Connor in James Cameron's cyborg time-travel film Terminator and it's 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

In 1986, Linda starred in King Kong Lives, directed by John Guillermin. She was cast in the leading (human) role of Doctor Amy Franklin.

Body of work[]

Film[]

Television[]

Notes & Trivia[]

• Linda Hamilton is formerly married to Terminator and Aliens director James Cameron. They were married on July 26th, 1997 and divorced on December 16th, 1999. They have one child together, Josephine Cameron, who was born on February 15th, 1993.

• Linda Hamilton has an identical twin sister named Leslie Hamilton Gearren, who doubled for her as the T-1000 morphed version of Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day as well as several other scenes.

• Linda Hamilton was the recipient of the 1992 Saturn Award for the category of Best Actress for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. She also won the MTV Movie Awards that same year for the category of Best Female Performance for Terminator 2.

• Linda's voice was used for a voiceover narration for Terminator: Salvation, but she did not otherwise have any involvement in the production of the film.

Other works[]

• First film work: Night-Flowers, 1979; Wafer
• First TV work: Shirley, 1980; "Teddy Roosevelt Slept Here"; Gloria

• From 1987 to 1990, Linda played a leading role in the TV series Beauty and the Beast as assistant district attorney Catherine Chandler. She played opposite Ron Perlman, who played the "beast", Vincent. Linda was nominated at both the 1988 and 1989 Golden Globe Awards for the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama for her work on Beauty and the Beast.

• Beginning in 2010, Linda had a recurring role on the hit series Chuck, playing a character named Mary Bartowski.

External Links[]

• Linda Hamilton at IMDB
• Linda Hamilton at Wikipedia
• Linda Hamilton at the TV IV
• Linda Hamilton at AllRovi.com
• Linda Hamilton at the Horror House
• Linda Hamilton at Rotten Tomatoes
• Linda Hamilton at the Terminator Wiki

References[]

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