In The Terminator, which actor plays Sarah Connor?

Linda Hamilton plays Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984). Her performance begins with Sarah as an ordinary Los Angeles waitress who becomes the target of a time-traveling machine from the future.

The film presents Sarah as the mother of John Connor, a future resistance leader whose birth is central to the conflict. Kyle Reese travels from the future to protect her and explains that the Terminator was sent to eliminate her before John can be born.

Hamilton returned as Sarah in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where the character is physically stronger and more knowledgeable about the coming war. She also appeared in Terminator: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, and Terminator: Dark Fate, although her roles vary in size.

Sarah is sometimes confused with other science-fiction heroines played by actresses such as Sigourney Weaver, but Weaver played Ellen Ripley in the Alien series. Hamilton’s portrayal is specifically associated with the Terminator franchise.