Linda Hamilton is an American actress. The role that made her famous was that of Sarah Conor in the Terminator movies!
This year she will reprise her role in the new film Terminator: Dark Fate. So let’s dive into some trivia and facts!
- Her full name is Linda Carroll Hamilton
- She was born on September 26, 1956
- She is an American actress
- She is best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator film series
And Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990) - For this role she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award
- She also starred as Vicky Baxter in the horror film Children of the Corn (1984)
- Doctor Amy Franklin in the monster film King Kong Lives (1986)
- And Mayor Rachel Wando in the disaster thriller film Dante’s Peak (1997)
- Hamilton had a recurring role as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski on NBC’s Chuck
- Hamilton was born in Salisbury, Maryland
- Hamilton’s father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, a physician, died when she was five
- And her mother later married a police chief
- Hamilton has an identical twin sister
- Her name is Leslie Hamilton Gearren
- One older sister
- And one younger brother
- She has said that she was raised in a very boring family
- She “voraciously read books” during her spare time
- Hamilton went to Wicomico Junior High with Leslie, her twin
- She studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland
- Before moving on to acting studies in New York City
- Hamilton has said that her acting professor at Washington College told her she had no hope of earning a living as an actress
- In New York, she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg
- Hamilton’s acting debut came first on television
- Followed by a major role as Lisa Rogers in the prime-time soap opera Secrets of Midland Heights (December 1980/January 1981)
- Her big-screen debut was in the thriller TAG: The Assassination Game (1982)
- As a result, she was listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1982” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 34
- She also shared a starring role in the CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold, with Loni Anderson and Earl Holliman
- Hamilton has been married and divorced twice
- Her first marriage, from 1982 to 1989, was to Bruce Abbott
- Who left her when she was pregnant with their son Dalton
- In 1991, she moved in with film director James Cameron following his divorce from Kathryn Bigelow
- They had a daughter, Josephine
- She was born on February 15, 1993
- She and Cameron married in 1997
- But the marriage was short-lived
- Ending in a $50 million divorce settlement in 1999
- Hamilton has described herself politically as a Democrat
- But she voted for Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger
- He was her Terminator co-star
- She voted him in the 2003 California gubernatorial election
- After his campaign convinced her he was suitable for the job
- In an October 2005 appearance on Larry King Live, Hamilton discussed her depression and her bipolar disorder
- Which led to violent mood swings and suicidal thoughts during her marriage to Abbott
- And ultimately destroyed both of her marriages
- She also discussed how she eventually received therapy and medication to manage the condition
- While filming Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hamilton suffered permanent hearing damage in one ear
- After she fired a gun inside an elevator without using her ear plugs
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