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.

Filmography

• 2026Trust Me, I'm a Doctor — Ellyn Garafalo
• 2025Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story — Louise Rolfe
• 2025Osiris — Anya
• Dark Winds — Barbara Sena
• Resident Alien — General Eleanor McCallister
• 2020Easy Does It — King George
• 2019Terminator: Dark Fate — Sarah Connor
• 2018Goblin Boy News — Sarah Connor (archive footage)
• 2017Curvature — Florence
• 2017Shoot Me Nicely — Layla
• 2016A Sunday Horse — Mrs. Walden
• Stranger Things — Dr. Kay
• 2014Bermuda Tentacles — Admiral Hansen
• Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down — President Harriet Rowntree
• 2013Bad Behavior — Margaret
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection — Madame Lorraine (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
• 2010DC Showcase: Jonah Hex — Madame Lorraine (voice)
• Lost Girl — Acacia
• 2010Refuge — Amelia Philips
• 2009Holy Water — Cory Williams
• 2009In Your Dreams — Georgie
• 2009Terminator Salvation — Sarah Connor (voice) (uncredited), Sarah Connor (voice over) (uncredited)
• The Line — Carol
• 2007Broken — Karen
• Chuck — Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
• 2006Home by Christmas — Julie Bedford
• Thief — Roselyn Moore, Roselyn Moore (archive footage, uncredited)
• 2005Missing in America — Kate
• 2005Smile — Bridgette
• 2005The Kid & I — Susan Mandeville
• Weeds — Linda
• 2004Harvesting Horror: Children of the Corn — (archival footage)
• 2002Silent Night — Elisabeth Vincken
• A Girl Thing — Rachel Logan
• According to Jim — Melissa Evans
• 2001Bailey's Mistake — Liz Donovan
• 2001Skeletons in the Closet — Tina
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command — Dr. Furbanna (voice)
• 2000Sex & Mrs. X — Joanna Scott
• Batman Beyond — Dr. Stephanie Lake (voice)
• 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie — Dr. Stephanie Lake (voice)
• 1999The Color of Courage — Anna Sipes
• 1999The Secret Life of Girls — Ruby Sanford
• Hercules — Nemesis (voice)
• 1998On the Line — Jean Martin
• 1998Point Last Seen — Rachel Myles
• 1998Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples — Marie Taquet
• 1998Robots Rising — Narrator
• 1997Dante's Peak — Rachel Wando
• 1997Shadow Conspiracy — Amanda Givens
• The New Batman Adventures — Susan Maguire (voice)
• 1996Terminator: Battle Across Time — Sarah Connor
• 1995A Mother's Prayer — Rosemary Holmstrom
• 1995Separate Lives — Lauren Porter / Lena
• 1995The Way to Dusty Death — Beth MacAlpine
• 1994Silent Fall — Karen Rainer
• Frasier — Claire (voice), Laura
• 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Sarah Connor
• 1990Mr. Destiny — Ellen Burrows
• 1988Go Toward the Light — Claire Madison
• Beauty and the Beast — Catherine Chandler
• 1986Black Moon Rising — Nina
• 1986Club Med — Kate
• 1986King Kong Lives — Amy Franklin
• 1985Secret Weapons — Elena Koslov
• 1984Children of the Corn — Vicky
• Murder, She Wrote — Carol McDermott
• 1984The Stone Boy — Eva Crescent Moon Lady
• 1984The Terminator — Sarah Connor
• 1983Secrets of a Mother and Daughter — Susan Decker
• 1983Wishman — Mattie MacGregor
• 1982Country Gold — Josie Greenwood
• King's Crossing — Lauren Hollister
• 1982Tag: The Assassination Game — Susan Swayze
• Hill Street Blues
• 1980Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case — Greta Rideout
• 1980Reunion — Anne Samoorian
• Secrets of Midland Heights — Lisa Rogers
• 1979Night-Flowers — Wafer
• Shirley
• Hot Curlers
• War on Wolves — Special Narrator

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self - Dr. Kay
• Arnold — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• 2009A Call to Arms — Self (voice)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2001Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' — Self
• 1998Getting Close to the Show — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self
• The View — Self
• 1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye — Self
• 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' — Self
• Romy Award — Self
• 1986King Kong! The Living Legend — Self
• 1985The Making of the Terminator — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host