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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 20, 1949
Place of Birth:
Bristol, England, UK
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Veronica Cartwright
Biography
Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is a British-born American actress. She is known for appearing in science fiction and horror films, and has earned numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Her younger sister is actress Angela Cartwright.
As a child actress, Cartwright appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds, the latter of which was her first commercial success. She made her transition into mainstream, mature roles with 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The following year, she played Lambert in the science-fiction horror film Alien, which earned her recognition and a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She additionally appeared in the films The Right Stuff and The Witches of Eastwick which earned her praise, and in the 1990s, received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, one of which was for her role on ER and two of which were for her role in The X-Files.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Ruse | Olivia |
| 2025 | A Kill for a Kill | Janice |
| 2025 | Alien, Terror in Space | Self - Interviewee |
| 2020 | Breaking Fast | Judy |
| 2020 | Life After The Navigator | Herself |
| 2019 | The Field | Edith |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self |
| 2019 | Limbo | Louise |
| 2017 | Mommy I Didn't Do It | Judge Tannin |
| 2017 | Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Self |
| 2016 | The Dark Below | |
| 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Lillian |
| 2013 | Montana Amazon | Margaret |
| 2013 | The Odd Way Home | Francine |
| 2013 | Non-Stop | Rose |
| 2011 | InSight | Patricia |
| 2011 | The Yellow Wallpaper | Catherine Sayer |
| 2010 | Neowolf | Mrs. Belakov |
| 2009 | Call of the Wild | Sheriff Taylor |
| 2009 | The Face is Familiar | |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Wendy Lenk |
| 2007 | Mommy's House | Mommy |
| 2005 | Barry Dingle | Eleanor Dingle |
| 2005 | The Perfect Scary Movie | Self |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Sara Kinsey |
| 2004 | Straight-Jacket | Jerry Albrecht |
| 2004 | Twisted | Landlady |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self |
| 2003 | Just Married | Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited) |
| 2002 | The Alien Saga | Self |
| 2001 | Critic's Choice | Watkins |
| 2001 | Alien Evolution | Self / 'Lambert' |
| 2001 | Inside The Osmonds | Olive Osmond |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Mother |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Minister on Television |
| 2000 | All About 'The Birds' | Self |
| 1999 | A Slipping Down Life | Mrs. Casey |
| 1999 | The Last Man on Planet Earth | Director Elizabeth Riggs |
| 1999 | Trash | Principal Evans |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Rocky Cooper |
| 1997 | Quicksilver Highway | Myra |
| 1997 | Sparkler | Dottie Delgato |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Connie Cipriani |
| 1996 | The Lottery | Maggie Dunbar |
| 1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Octavia Tarrant |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper | Pat |
| 1994 | Dead Air | The Caller |
| 1994 | On Hope | |
| 1994 | Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Sister Aja |
| 1994 | Speed | Bag Lady (uncredited) |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Barbara |
| 1993 | Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story | Carla Hulin |
| 1992 | Lincoln and the War Within | |
| 1992 | Man Trouble | Helen Dextra |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water | Victoria Haines |
| 1990 | Hitler's Daughter | Patricia Benedict |
| 1990 | False Identity | Vera Errickson |
| 1990 | A Son's Promise | Dorothy Donaldson |
| 1989 | Valentino Returns | Patricia "Pat" Gibbs |
| 1989 | Desperate for Love | Betty Petrie |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Felicia Alden |
| 1986 | Flight of the Navigator | Helen Freeman |
| 1986 | Wisdom | Samantha Wisdom |
| 1986 | Intimate Encounters | Emily |
| 1985 | My Man Adam | Elaine Swit |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Betty Grissom |
| 1983 | Nightmares | Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat") |
| 1982 | Prime Suspect | Janice Staplin |
| 1981 | Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill | Sister Theresa |
| 1979 | Alien | Lambert |
| 1978 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Nancy Bellicec |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Hermine |
| 1978 | The Kid from Not-So-Big | Corrine |
| 1976 | Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Marjorie |
| 1975 | Inserts | Harlene |
| 1964 | One Man's Way | Mary |
| 1963 | The Birds | Cathy Brenner |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Becky Spencer (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Rosalie Wells |
| 1958 | In Love and War | Allie O'Neill |
| The Vicar's Wife | Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A Man on the Inside | Beverly Banki |
| 2018 | The Resident | Celeste Crisforth |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Beatrice O'Malley |
| 2018 | Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Fortune Teller |
| 2017 | The Good Doctor | Maxine Stanley |
| 2016 | Creature Features | Self |
| 2015 | Bosch | Irene Saxon |
| 2014 | Resurrection | Helen Edgerton |
| 2014 | The Real History of Science Fiction | Self |
| 2011 | Revenge | Judge Elizabeth Blackwell |
| 2009 | Eastwick | Bun Waverly |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Marian Porter |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Lily Sunder |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Lydia Ashford |
| 2005 | Invasion | Valerie Shenkman |
| 2005 | The Closer | Vera Mathers |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Flora Martin |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Mother Mary Claire |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Mrs. Beckworth |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Susan |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Diane Chase |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Virginia Kennison |
| 1999 | Family Law | Norma Benson |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Judith McFarland |
| 1997 | George & Leo | Anna |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Ms. Fitzhenry |
| 1996 | Boston Common | Betty |
| 1995 | Sliders | The Flame (voice) |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | ER | Norma Houston |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Shirlee Gibbons |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Cassandra Spender |
| 1989 | Baywatch | Mrs. Harris (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 | Molly Hark |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Ethel Skakel Kennedy |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Marceline "Marcy" Jones |
| 1973 | Here We Go Again | Nancy |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Petey Traine |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Nancy Robins |
| 1967 | Mannix | Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Dragnet | Melissa Stevens |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Jemima Boone |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Miriam Moore (Age 9) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Gillian |
| 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Violet Rutherford |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sarah Butler |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Judy Davidson |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Viola Wellington (uncredited) |