Following the success of the Terminator series, she hosted Saturday Night Live. The movie, which made $14 million at the box office,[7] was panned by critics. And she reprised the role of Sarah Connor in the sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which arrived in 1991 and was just re-released in theaters after a 3D conversion. She reprised the character, Sarah Connor, for the theme park attraction T2 3-D. It is a spin-off from the Terminator series of films. Sarah and John now find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world. The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron.It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day save mankind from extinction by a hostile Artifical Intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future. [8] Hamilton's next role was in The Terminator (1984), opposite Michael Biehn. Hamilton underwent intense physical training to emphasize the character's transformation from the first film. For her performance in the film, which co-starred Kate Nelligan and Bruce Dern, Hamilton was awarded a CableACE Award for best dramatic performance and nominated for another Golden Globe Award in 1996. Shadow Conspiracy flopped at the box office, but Dante's Peak grossed $180 million and was one of the biggest commercial hits of the year. [22], In an October 2005 appearance on Larry King Live, Hamilton discussed her depression and bipolar disorder, which led to violent mood swings and suicidal thoughts during her marriage to Abbott, and, in her view, caused the failure of both of her marriages. 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 which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. With the help of Kyle Reese, Sarah defeated the T-800 and lived on to try and prepare John for his role in the coming man/machine war. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. She was born to a waitress mother and a veteran father. 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). [1][2][3] Hamilton had an identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Freas (1956–2020),[4][5] one older sister and one younger brother. She returned to television in A Mother's Prayer (1995) playing a mother who lost her husband and is diagnosed with AIDS. In New York, she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg.[6]. Buy Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1 Episode 1 on Google Play, then watch on your PC, Android, or iOS devices. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television, and C2 Pictures (C2 Pictures was replaced by The Halcyon Company in season two). She has said that she was raised in a very 'boring' family, and "voraciously read books" during her spare time. 10 Sarah: Sigourney Weaver Hamilton's father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, a physician, died when she was five, and her mother later married a police chief. 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