Linda Hamilton (born September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland) is an American movie actress.
Notable for her performances as Sarah Connor in The Terminator series and other films, as well as her starring role in the TV series Beauty and the Beast. She has bipolar disorder. She has a twin sister Leslie who helped with a cameo in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. As she found that her performance as the ferocious resistance fighter in T2 had typecast her, she turned down a role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Her other movie credits include 1990's Mr. Destiny with Jim Belushi and Courteney Cox.
