Linda Hamilton Bio | Wiki
Linda Hamilton is an American actress. She played Sarah Connor in the Terminator film series and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast. For the latter, Linda 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). Additionally, Linda played Doctor Amy Franklin in the monster film King Kong Lives (1986), and Mayor Rachel Wando in the disaster thriller film Dante’s Peak (1997). She landed a recurring role as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski in NBC’s Chuck.
Linda Hamilton Age
Linda was born on September 26, 1956, in Salisbury, Maryland, United States. She is 66 years old.
Linda Hamilton Height
Linda is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx. 1.68 m).
Linda Hamilton Family
She was born in Salisbury, Maryland, to her parents Carroll Stanford Hamilton and Barbara K. Holt. Linda’s father died when she was five, and her mother later married a police chief. She had an identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Freas who died in 2020, one older sister, and one younger brother. She has said that she was raised in a very “boring” family, and “voraciously read books” during her spare time.
Linda Hamilton Husband
Linda 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, born in 1989. Linda stated it was because of the way she treated him during their marriage and made a public apology to him in 2004.
Linda Hamilton James Cameron
In 1991, she moved in with film director James Cameron. They had a daughter, Josephine Archer Cameron, in 1993. Linda and Cameron married in 1997, and this ended in a $50 million divorce settlement in 1999. Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker. A major figure in the post-New Hollywood era, he is considered one of the industry’s most innovative filmmakers, regularly pushing the boundaries of cinematic capability with his use of novel technologies
Linda Hamilton Education
She went to Wicomico Junior High and Wicomico High School in Salisbury, with Leslie, her twin. Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York City. She 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.
Linda Hamilton In Terminator | Terminator 2
Linda portrayed Sarah Connor in The Terminator in 1984 opposite Michael Biehn. The film was an unexpected commercial success, topping the US box office for two weeks. She reprised her role as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the sequel to The Terminator.
Her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton, was her double in Terminator 2. Linda received MTV Movie Awards for her role in the film Best Female Performance and Most Desirable Female. She reprised the character for the theme park attraction T2 3-D.
Linda Hamilton In Beauty And The Beast
She starred opposite Ron Perlman in the television series Beauty and the Beast. The series was critically acclaimed, and she received Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Linda left the series in 1989 and it ended in 1990.
Linda Hamilton Movies And Tv Shows
2013 Air Force One Is Down
2014 Bermuda Tentacles
2014–2015 Defiance
2017 Shoot Me Nicely
2020 Big City Greens
2021-present Resident Alien
2021 Claws
2010 DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
2010 Refuge
2014 Bermuda Tentacles
2016 A Sunday Horse
2017 Curvature
2019 Easy Does It
2019 Terminator: Dark Fate
Linda Hamilton Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Linda’s estimated net worth is $70 million.
Who Is Linda Hamilton
Linda is a 66-year-old American actress. She played Sarah Connor in the Terminator film series and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast. For the latter, Linda was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award.