Linda Hamilton trivia: 48 amazing facts about the famous actress!

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!

1. Her full name is Linda Carroll Hamilton
2. She was born on September 26, 1956
3. She is an American actress
4. 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)
5. For this role she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award
6. She also starred as Vicky Baxter in the horror film Children of the Corn (1984)
7. Doctor Amy Franklin in the monster film King Kong Lives (1986)
8. And Mayor Rachel Wando in the disaster thriller film Dante’s Peak (1997)
9. Hamilton had a recurring role as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski on NBC’s Chuck
10. Hamilton was born in Salisbury, Maryland
11. Hamilton’s father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, a physician, died when she was five
12. And her mother later married a police chief
13. Hamilton has an identical twin sister
14. Her name is Leslie Hamilton Gearren
15. One older sister
16. And one younger brother
17. She has said that she was raised in a very boring family
18. She “voraciously read books” during her spare time
19. Hamilton went to Wicomico Junior High with Leslie, her twin
20. She studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland
21. Before moving on to acting studies in New York City
22. Hamilton has said that her acting professor at Washington College told her she had no hope of earning a living as an actress
23. In New York, she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg
24. Hamilton’s acting debut came first on television
25. Followed by a major role as Lisa Rogers in the prime-time soap opera Secrets of Midland Heights (December 1980/January 1981)
26. Her big-screen debut was in the thriller TAG: The Assassination Game (1982)
27. As a result, she was listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1982” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 34
28. She also shared a starring role in the CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold, with Loni Anderson and Earl Holliman
29. Hamilton has been married and divorced twice
30. Her first marriage, from 1982 to 1989, was to Bruce Abbott
31. Who left her when she was pregnant with their son Dalton
32. In 1991, she moved in with film director James Cameron following his divorce from Kathryn Bigelow
33. They had a daughter, Josephine
34. She was born on February 15, 1993
35. She and Cameron married in 1997
36. But the marriage was short-lived
37. Ending in a $50 million divorce settlement in 1999
38. Hamilton has described herself politically as a Democrat
39. But she voted for Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger
40. He was her Terminator co-star
41. She voted him in the 2003 California gubernatorial election
42. After his campaign convinced her he was suitable for the job
43. In an October 2005 appearance on Larry King Live, Hamilton discussed her depression and her bipolar disorder
44. Which led to violent mood swings and suicidal thoughts during her marriage to Abbott
45. And ultimately destroyed both of her marriages
46. She also discussed how she eventually received therapy and medication to manage the condition
47. While filming Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Hamilton suffered permanent hearing damage in one ear
48. After she fired a gun inside an elevator without using her ear plugs