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Veronica Cartwright
Born 1949-04-20
📍 Bristol, England, UK
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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Filmography 134
The Ruse
as Olivia
2025
Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actress
2025
A Kill for a Kill
as Janice
2025
A Man on the Inside
as Beverly Banki
2024
Gotham Knights
as Eunice Harmon
2023
Life After The Navigator
as Herself
2020
Breaking Fast
as Judy
2020
The Field
as Edith
2019
Limbo
as Louise
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
2019
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
as Fortune Teller
2018
The Rookie
as Beatrice O'Malley
2018
The Resident
as Celeste Crisforth
2018
The Good Doctor
as Maxine Stanley
2017
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
2017
Mommy I Didn't Do It
as Judge Tannin
2017
Creature Features
as Self
2016
The Dark Below
2016
CSI: Cyber
as Renetta Wilkerson
2015
Bosch
as Irene Saxon
2015
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Lillian
2014
Resurrection
as Helen Edgerton
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self
2014
Non-Stop
as Rose
2013
The Odd Way Home
as Francine
2013
Montana Amazon
as Margaret
2013
The Yellow Wallpaper
as Catherine Sayer
2011
Revenge
as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
2011
InSight
as Patricia
2011
Neowolf
as Mrs. Belakov
2010
Eastwick
as Bun Waverly
2009
Drop Dead Diva
as Marian Porter
2009
Call of the Wild
as Sheriff Taylor
2009
The Face is Familiar
2009
The Invasion
as Wendy Lenk
2007
Mommy's House
as Mommy
2007
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
2005
Criminal Minds
as Flora Martin
2005
Invasion
as Valerie Shenkman
2005
Supernatural
as Lily Sunder
2005
The Closer
as Vera Mathers
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Lydia Ashford
2005
Boston Legal
as Judge Peggy Zeder
2004
Kinsey
as Sara Kinsey
2004
Twisted
as Landlady
2004
Straight-Jacket
as Jerry Albrecht
2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003
Nip/Tuck
as Mother Mary Claire
2003
Realizing The Right Stuff
as Self
2003
Just Married
as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
2003
The Alien Saga
as Self
2002
Without a Trace
as Mrs. Beckworth
2002
Without a Trace
as Susan
2002
In the Bedroom
as Minister on Television
2001
Alien Evolution
as Self / 'Lambert'
2001
Scary Movie 2
as Mother
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Diane Chase
2000
All About 'The Birds'
as Self
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Virginia Kennison
1999
Family Law
as Norma Benson
1999
Trash
as Principal Evans
1999
The Last Man on Planet Earth
as Director Elizabeth Riggs
1999
A Slipping Down Life
as Mrs. Casey
1999
Will & Grace
as Judith McFarland
1998
The Rat Pack
as Rocky Cooper
1998
Sparkler
as Dottie Delgato
1997
George & Leo
as Anna
1997
Money Talks
as Connie Cipriani
1997
Quicksilver Highway
as Myra
1997
The Lottery
as Maggie Dunbar
1996
7th Heaven
as Ms. Fitzhenry
1996
Boston Common
as Betty
1996
American Gothic
as Angela
1995
Sliders
as The Flame (voice)
1995
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
as Octavia Tarrant
1995
Dead Air
as The Caller
1994
On Hope
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Shirlee Gibbons
1994
ER
as Norma Houston
1994
Chicago Hope
as Karen Flanders
1994
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Sister Aja
1994
The X-Files
as Cassandra Spender
1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
as Carla Hulin
1993
It's Nothing Personal
as Barbara
1993
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Man Trouble
as Helen Dextra
1992
Dead in the Water
as Victoria Haines
1991
Hitler's Daughter
as Patricia Benedict
1990
False Identity
as Vera Errickson
1990
A Son's Promise
as Dorothy Donaldson
1990
Valentino Returns
as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
1989
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
1989
Baywatch
as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
1989
Desperate for Love
as Betty Petrie
1989
Tanner '88
as Molly Hark
1988
The Witches of Eastwick
as Felicia Alden
1987
Wisdom
as Samantha Wisdom
1986
Intimate Encounters
as Emily
1986
L.A. Law
as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
1986
Flight of the Navigator
as Helen Freeman
1986
My Man Adam
as Elaine Swit
1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
1985
Miami Vice
as Society Dame
1984
The Right Stuff
as Betty Grissom
1983
Nightmares
as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
1983
Prime Suspect
as Janice Staplin
1982
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Sister Theresa
1981
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
1980
Alien
as Lambert
1979
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Nancy Bellicec
1978
Goin' South
as Hermine
1978
The Kid from Not-So-Big
as Corrine
1978
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Marjorie
1976
Inserts
as Harlene
1975
Here We Go Again
as Nancy
1973
Then Came Bronson
as Petey Traine
1969
The Name of the Game
as Nancy Robins
1968
Mannix
as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
1967
Dragnet
as Melissa Stevens
1967
Daniel Boone
as Jemima Boone
1964
One Man's Way
as Mary
1964
Spencer's Mountain
as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
1963
The Birds
as Cathy Brenner
1963
The Children's Hour
as Rosalie Wells
1961
Route 66
as Miriam Moore (Age 9)
1960
My Three Sons
1960
The Twilight Zone
as Anne Rogers
1959
One Step Beyond
as Gillian
1959
In Love and War
as Allie O'Neill
1958
Leave It to Beaver
as Violet Rutherford
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah Butler
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Judy Davidson
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Viola Wellington (uncredited)
1955
The Vicar's Wife
as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe