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Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton

Highest Rated: 100% The Terminator (1984)

Lowest Rated: 7% Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

Birthday: Sep 26, 1956

Birthplace: Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Her genre success overshadowed her impressive range, but Linda Hamilton enjoyed a remarkable and varied career. Trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, she became a movie star as Sarah Connor, the mother-to-be of humanity's last hope in James Cameron's action/sci-fi masterpiece, "The Terminator" (1984), and then won over an entirely new set of fans as a doomed lover in the lushly romantic urban fantasy "Beauty and the Beast" (CBS, 1987-1990) opposite Ron Perlman. Her impressive turn - and even more impressive muscular physique - as the ultimate warrior woman in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) ensured her a measure of cinematic immortality and marked her greatest professional triumph. She made headlines with her marriage to (and lucrative divorce from) James Cameron, and notched a series of well-received, award-winning TV-movie and voiceover roles, but made her biggest subsequent impact as a vocal advocate for mental illness issues when she publicly revealed her lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder. Hamilton was a talented, tough actress who deserved a bigger career beyond her iconic genre work, but made the most of the one she had.

Highest rated movies

100% The Terminator
91% Terminator 2: Judgment Day 70% Terminator: Dark Fate
47% Black Moon Rising
44% Curvature
40% Skeletons in the Closet
39% Children of the Corn
35% The Kid & I

Photos

SHADOW CONSPIRACY, from left: Donald Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, 1997, © Buena Vista Linda Hamilton stars in Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures' "TERMINATOR: DARK FATE." CHILDREN OF THE CORN, Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton, 1984, (c)New World Pictures CHILDREN OF THE CORN, Linda Hamilton, 1984.©New World Pictures TERMINATOR, Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1984 DANTE'S PEAK, Jeremy Foley, Jamie Renee Smith, Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, 1997, (c)MCA DANTE'S PEAK, Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, 1997 SILENT FALL, Linda Hamilton, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. SHADOW CONSPIRACY, Charlie Sheen (rear), Linda Hamilton, 1997, © Buena Vista KING KONG LIVES, first four from left: Frank Maraden, Peter Michael Goetz, Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, 1986. ©DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group TERMINATOR, Paul Winfield, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, 1984 SHADOW CONSPIRACY, Linda Hamilton, Charlie Sheen, 1997, (c)Buena Vista Pictures SHADOW CONSPIRACY, Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, 1997, (c)Buena Vista Pictures TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, Linda Hamilton, 1991. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, Linda Hamilton, 1991 SILENT FALL, Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. KING KONG LIVES, from left: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, 1986. ©DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group KING KONG LIVES, from left: Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, 1986. ©DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group TERMINATOR, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton, 1984
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
29% 81% Easy Does It King George (Character) - 2020
70% 82% Terminator: Dark Fate Sarah Connor (Character) $62.2M 2019
44% 82% Curvature Florence (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 57% A Sunday Horse Mrs. Walden (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 12% Bermuda Tentacles Admiral Hansen (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 57% Bad Behavior Margaret (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Movie: Air Force One is Down Harriet Rowntree (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Refuge Amelia Philips (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 71% DC Showcase: Jonah Hex Madame Lorraine (Voice) - 2010
7% 38% Holy Water Cory (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 38% In Your Dreams Georgie (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 54% Home by Christmas Julie Bedford (Character) - 2006
12% 33% Broken Karen (Character) - 2006
35% 34% The Kid & I Susan Mandeville (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 71% Missing in America Kate (Character) - 2005
15% 66% Smile Bridget (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 83% Silent Night Elisabeth Vincken (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 61% A Girl Thing Rachel Logan (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 43% Bailey's Mistake Liz Donovan (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 55% Sex & Mrs. X Joanna Scott (Character) - 2000
40% 37% Skeletons in the Closet Tina (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 31% The Secret Life of Girls Ruby Sanford (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 0% The Color of Courage Anna Sipes (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Batman Beyond: The Movie Unknown (Voice) - 1999
No Score Yet 73% Batman Beyond: The Movie Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Point Last Seen Rachel Harrison (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Couples Marie Taquet (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet On the Line Jean Martin (Character) - 1998
7% 17% Shadow Conspiracy Amanda Givens (Character) $2.3M 1997
28% 38% Dante's Peak Rachel Wando (Character) $67.2M 1997
No Score Yet 92% Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time Sarah Connor (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 23% Separate Lives Lauren Porter (Character) $326.2K 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Way to Dusty Death Beth MacAlpine (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Mother's Prayer Rosemary Holmstrom (Character) - 1995
26% 38% Silent Fall Karen Rainer (Character) $2.7M 1994
91% 95% Terminator 2: Judgment Day Sarah Connor (Character) $552.8K 1991
35% 55% Mr. Destiny Ellen Jane Burrows/Robertson (Character) $15.4M 1990
No Score Yet 76% Go Toward the Light Claire Madison (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 22% Club Med Kate (Character) - 1986
8% 17% King Kong Lives Amy Franklin (Character) $4.3M 1986
47% 25% Black Moon Rising Nina (Character) $3.4M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secrets of the Red Bedroom Elena Koslov/Joanna (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Weapons Elena Koslov/Joanna (Character) - 1985
100% 89% The Terminator Sarah Connor (Character) - 1984
39% 40% Children of the Corn Vicky (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Susan Decker (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet King's Crossing Lauren Hollister (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet T.A.G.: The Assassination Game Susan Swayze (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Country Gold Josie Greenwood (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reunion Anne Samoorian (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case Greta Rideout (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2019
No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2019
66% 81% Lost Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 2013-2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Over My Dead Body Host 2015
77% 85% Defiance Unknown (Guest Star) 2014-2015
90% 91% Chuck Unknown (Guest Star) 2010-2012
70% 80% Weeds Linda (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet According to Jim Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
95% 94% Frasier Claire (Guest Voice),
Laura (Guest Star) 		1993 1997
No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Host 1991
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler (Character) 1987-1990
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Carol McDermott (Guest Star) 1986
97% 82% Hill Street Blues Sandy Valpariso (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet King's Crossing Lauren Hollister (Character) 1982