Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton

Known for
Acting
Born
September 26, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Biography

Linda Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress, best known for role as Sarah Connor in The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day; and for her television work as Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy. She also had a recurring role in the comedy television series Weeds and Chuck.

Known For

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Filmography

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War on Wolves

War on Wolves

Movie · as Special Narrator

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Hot Curlers

Hot Curlers

Movie

2026
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor poster

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Movie · as Ellyn Garafalo

2026
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 poster

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

Movie · as Self - Dr. Kay

2025
Osiris poster

Osiris

Movie · as Anya

2025
Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story poster

Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story

Movie · as Louise Rolfe

2023
Arnold poster

Arnold

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
Dark Winds poster

Dark Winds

TV · as Barbara Sena · 1 ep

2021
Resident Alien poster

Resident Alien

TV · as General Eleanor McCallister · 19 eps

2020
Easy Does It poster

Easy Does It

Movie · as King George

2019
Terminator: Dark Fate poster

Terminator: Dark Fate

Movie · as Sarah Connor

2018
Goblin Boy News poster

Goblin Boy News

Movie · as Sarah Connor (archive footage)

2017
Shoot Me Nicely poster

Shoot Me Nicely

Movie · as Layla

2017
Curvature poster

Curvature

Movie · as Florence

2016
A Sunday Horse poster

A Sunday Horse

Movie · as Mrs. Walden

2016
Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

TV · as Dr. Kay · 8 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Bermuda Tentacles poster

Bermuda Tentacles

Movie · as Admiral Hansen

2013
Bad Behavior poster

Bad Behavior

Movie · as Margaret

2013
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down poster

Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

TV · as President Harriet Rowntree · 2 eps

2010
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex poster

DC Showcase: Jonah Hex

Movie · as Madame Lorraine (voice)

2010
Refuge poster

Refuge

Movie · as Amelia Philips

2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection poster

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

Movie · as Madame Lorraine (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)

2010
Lost Girl poster

Lost Girl

TV · as Acacia · 3 eps

2009
A Call to Arms poster

A Call to Arms

Movie · as Self (voice)

2009
Holy Water poster

Holy Water

Movie · as Cory Williams

2009
In Your Dreams poster

In Your Dreams

Movie · as Georgie

2009
Terminator Salvation poster

Terminator Salvation

Movie · as Sarah Connor (voice) (uncredited), Sarah Connor (voice over) (uncredited)

2009
The Line poster

The Line

TV · as Carol · 11 eps

2007
Broken poster

Broken

Movie · as Karen

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski · 12 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Home by Christmas poster

Home by Christmas

Movie · as Julie Bedford

2006
Thief poster

Thief

TV · as Roselyn Moore, Roselyn Moore (archive footage, uncredited) · 2 eps

2005
Missing in America poster

Missing in America

Movie · as Kate

2005
Smile poster

Smile

Movie · as Bridgette

2005
The Kid & I poster

The Kid & I

Movie · as Susan Mandeville

2005
Weeds poster

Weeds

TV · as Linda · 2 eps

2004
Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn poster

Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn

Movie · as (archival footage)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Silent Night poster

Silent Night

Movie · as Elisabeth Vincken

2001
Skeletons in the Closet poster

Skeletons in the Closet

Movie · as Tina

2001
Bailey's Mistake poster

Bailey's Mistake

Movie · as Liz Donovan

2001
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' poster

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'

Movie · as Self

2001
According to Jim poster

According to Jim

TV · as Melissa Evans · 1 ep

2001
A Girl Thing poster

A Girl Thing

TV · as Rachel Logan · 4 eps

2000
Sex & Mrs. X poster

Sex & Mrs. X

Movie · as Joanna Scott

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

TV · as Dr. Furbanna (voice) · 3 eps

1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie poster

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Movie · as Dr. Stephanie Lake (voice)

1999
The Secret Life of Girls poster

The Secret Life of Girls

Movie · as Ruby Sanford

1999
The Color of Courage poster

The Color of Courage

Movie · as Anna Sipes

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Dr. Stephanie Lake (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Point Last Seen poster

Point Last Seen

Movie · as Rachel Myles

1998
Getting Close to the Show poster

Getting Close to the Show

Movie · as Self

1998
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples poster

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

Movie · as Marie Taquet

1998
On the Line poster

On the Line

Movie · as Jean Martin

1998
Robots Rising poster

Robots Rising

Movie · as Narrator

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Nemesis (voice)

1998
So Graham Norton poster

So Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Dante's Peak poster

Dante's Peak

Movie · as Rachel Wando

1997
Shadow Conspiracy poster

Shadow Conspiracy

Movie · as Amanda Givens

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as Susan Maguire (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Terminator: Battle Across Time poster

Terminator: Battle Across Time

Movie · as Sarah Connor

1995
Separate Lives poster

Separate Lives

Movie · as Lauren Porter / Lena

1995
A Mother's Prayer poster

A Mother's Prayer

Movie · as Rosemary Holmstrom

1995
The Way to Dusty Death poster

The Way to Dusty Death

Movie · as Beth MacAlpine

1994
Silent Fall poster

Silent Fall

Movie · as Karen Rainer

1993
T2: More Than Meets the Eye poster

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

Movie · as Self

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Claire (voice), Laura · 1 ep

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Movie · as Sarah Connor

1991
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' poster

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

Movie · as Self

1990
Mr. Destiny poster

Mr. Destiny

Movie · as Ellen Burrows

1990
Romy Award

Romy Award

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Go Toward the Light poster

Go Toward the Light

Movie · as Claire Madison

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Catherine Chandler · 47 eps

1986
King Kong Lives poster

King Kong Lives

Movie · as Amy Franklin

1986
Black Moon Rising poster

Black Moon Rising

Movie · as Nina

1986
Club Med poster

Club Med

Movie · as Kate

1986
King Kong! The Living Legend

King Kong! The Living Legend

Movie · as Self

1985
Secret Weapons poster

Secret Weapons

Movie · as Elena Koslov

1985
The Making of the Terminator poster

The Making of the Terminator

Movie · as Self

1984
The Terminator poster

The Terminator

Movie · as Sarah Connor

1984
Children of the Corn poster

Children of the Corn

Movie · as Vicky

1984
The Stone Boy poster

The Stone Boy

Movie · as Eva Crescent Moon Lady

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Carol McDermott · 1 ep

1983
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter poster

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

Movie · as Susan Decker

1983
Wishman poster

Wishman

Movie · as Mattie MacGregor

1982
Tag: The Assassination Game poster

Tag: The Assassination Game

Movie · as Susan Swayze

1982
Country Gold poster

Country Gold

Movie · as Josie Greenwood

1982
King's Crossing poster

King's Crossing

TV · as Lauren Hollister · 10 eps

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 4 eps

1980
Reunion poster

Reunion

Movie · as Anne Samoorian

1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case poster

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

Movie · as Greta Rideout

1980
Secrets of Midland Heights poster

Secrets of Midland Heights

TV · as Lisa Rogers · 11 eps

1979
Night-Flowers poster

Night-Flowers

Movie · as Wafer

1979
Shirley

Shirley

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep