Which actress played Sarah Connor in James Cameron’s The Terminator?

Linda Hamilton played Sarah Connor in James Cameron’s The Terminator.

Released in 1984, the science-fiction action film follows Sarah Connor after a cyborg assassin travels from the future to kill her. The Terminator is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, while Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier sent back to protect Sarah.

Hamilton’s character begins as an ordinary young woman and becomes the target of a future war involving Skynet and humanity’s resistance. Her transformation into a determined survivor becomes even more prominent in the sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Hamilton returned as Sarah Connor for Terminator 2 in 1991 and later reprised the role in Terminator: Dark Fate. Her performance helped establish Sarah as one of science fiction cinema’s most recognizable protagonists.