Biography
Trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, she became a movie star as Sarah Connor, the mother-to-be of humanity's last hope in James Cameron's action/sci-fi masterpiece, "The Terminator" (1984), and then won over an entirely new set of fans as a doomed lover in the lushly romantic urban fantasy "Beauty and the Beast" (CBS, 1987-1990) opposite Ron Perlman. Her impressive turn - and even more impressive muscular physique - as the ultimate …
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Career Milestones
2005 | Cast in Tom Arnold's feature screenwriting debut "The Kid and I" | |
2001 | Had featured role in the anthology film "A Girl Thing" (Showtime) | |
2001 | Co-starred with Treat Williams and Jonathan Jackson in "Skeletons in the Closet" | |
2000 | Played title part in L.A. stage production of "Laura" | |
2000 | Portrayed a journalist whose life is altered after an encounter with a notorious Parisian madam in the Lifetime movie "Sex & Mrs. X" | |
1998 | With Alfred Molina, portrayed a married couple who shelter Jewish children at their boarding school during WWII in the "Marie Taquet" segment of "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples" (Showtime) | |
1997 | Co-starred in the feature "Dante's Peak" | |
1995 | Offered a strong turn as a widow infected with HIV who seeks to find a suitable home for her young son in the affecting TV-movie "A Mother's Prayer" (USA Network) | |
1991 | Reprised her signature role of Sarah Connor in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", again directed by Cameron | |
1987 | Played the female lead of Catherine Chandler, an attorney who was attacked and nursed back to health by the leonine Vincent (Ron Perlman) in the cult hit CBS romantic drama "Beauty and the Beast"; character was killed off in 1989 when the actress opted to leave the series; garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1989) | |
1986 | Stumbled on the big screen in "Black Moon Rising" and "King Kong Lives" | |
1984 | Breakthrough screen role, as Sarah Connor in "The Terminator", helmed by her future husband James Cameron | |
1984 | Had recurring role on NBC's "Hill Street Blues" as Ed Marinaro's girlfriend | |
1983 | Acted in "The Stone Boy" | |
1982 | Feature film acting debut, a lead in "TAG: The Assassination Game"; met first husband Bruce Abbott, who co-starred | |
1982 | Had lead in the short-lived CBS primetime soap "King's Crossing" | |
1980 | TV series debut as regular, played one of the teens in the short-lived CBS primetime serial "Secrets of Midland Heights" | |
1980 | Starred as Greta Rideout, a woman who accused her husband of marital rape, in the fact-based ABC movie "Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case" | |
1979 | Primetime TV debut in a guest role on the NBC series "Shirley", starring Shirley Jones | |
1979 | Moved to Hollywood | |
| Played the young Elizabeth in an Actor's Studio production of "Richard II" | ||
| Professional bow and TV acting debut on the daytime soap "Search For Tomorrow" in the late 1970s | ||
1976 | Moved to NYC | |
| While in college, appeared with the Kent Players, a community theater in Maryland | ||
| Became involved with acting as a child; worked with children's theater groups | ||
Awards
1995 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in A Mother's Prayer |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance in Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female in Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Beauty and the Beast |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Beauty and the Beast |
1987 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Beauty and the Beast |