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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 20, 1949
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Also Known As
- ورونیکا کارت رایت
- ورونیکا کارترایت
Veronica Cartwright
1.3 Popularity
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
6.0
Olivia
The Ruse
2025
7.0
Self - Interviewee
Alien, Terror in Space
2025
3.0
Janice
A Kill for a Kill
2025
7.5
Beverly Banki
A Man on the Inside
2024
7.9
Herself
Life After The Navigator
2020
6.4
Judy
Breaking Fast
2020
5.2
Edith
The Field
2019
5.5
Louise
Limbo
2019
6.3
Self
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
8.2
Fortune Teller
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
Credits
The Ruse
as Olivia
2025
6.0
Alien, Terror in Space
as Self - Interviewee
2025
7.0
A Kill for a Kill
as Janice
2025
3.0
A Man on the Inside
as Beverly Banki
2024
7.5
Life After The Navigator
as Herself
2020
7.9
Breaking Fast
as Judy
2020
6.4
The Field
as Edith
2019
5.2
Limbo
as Louise
2019
5.5
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self
2019
6.3
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
as Fortune Teller
2018
8.2
The Rookie
as Beatrice O'Malley
2018
8.5
The Resident
as Celeste Crisforth
2018
8.4
The Good Doctor
as Maxine Stanley
2017
8.5
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
as Self
2017
0.0
Mommy I Didn't Do It
as Judge Tannin
2017
5.7
Creature Features
as Self
2016
10.0
The Dark Below
2016
4.6
Bosch
as Irene Saxon
2015
7.9
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Lillian
2014
5.7
Resurrection
as Helen Edgerton
2014
7.3
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self
2014
6.9
Non-Stop
as Rose
2013
5.7
The Odd Way Home
as Francine
2013
6.1
Montana Amazon
as Margaret
2013
6.8
The Yellow Wallpaper
as Catherine Sayer
2011
4.5
Revenge
as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
2011
7.6
InSight
as Patricia
2011
4.7
Neowolf
as Mrs. Belakov
2010
2.5
Eastwick
as Bun Waverly
2009
5.9
Drop Dead Diva
as Marian Porter
2009
7.7
Call of the Wild
as Sheriff Taylor
2009
6.1
The Face is Familiar
2009
0.0
The Invasion
as Wendy Lenk
2007
6.0
Mommy's House
as Mommy
2007
5.7
🎬
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
2005
7.5
Criminal Minds
as Flora Martin
2005
8.3
Invasion
as Valerie Shenkman
2005
7.1
Supernatural
as Lily Sunder
2005
8.3
The Closer
as Vera Mathers
2005
7.9
Grey's Anatomy
as Lydia Ashford
2005
8.2
🎬
Barry Dingle
as Eleanor Dingle
2005
2.5
Kinsey
as Sara Kinsey
2004
6.6
Twisted
as Landlady
2004
5.6
Straight-Jacket
as Jerry Albrecht
2004
5.7
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003
8.2
Just Married
as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
2003
5.8
The Alien Saga
as Self
2002
6.6
Without a Trace
as Mrs. Beckworth
2002
7.2
Without a Trace
as Susan
2002
7.2
In the Bedroom
as Minister on Television
2001
6.9
Alien Evolution
as Self / 'Lambert'
2001
5.9
Scary Movie 2
as Mother
2001
5.8
🎬
Inside The Osmonds
as Olive Osmond
2001
8.0
🎬
Critic's Choice
as Watkins
2001
0.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Diane Chase
2000
7.6
All About 'The Birds'
as Self
2000
7.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Virginia Kennison
1999
7.9
Family Law
as Norma Benson
1999
8.2
Trash
as Principal Evans
1999
4.8
The Last Man on Planet Earth
as Director Elizabeth Riggs
1999
3.5
A Slipping Down Life
as Mrs. Casey
1999
4.1
Will & Grace
as Judith McFarland
1998
6.8
The Rat Pack
as Rocky Cooper
1998
5.9
Sparkler
as Dottie Delgato
1997
2.5
George & Leo
as Anna
1997
0.0
Money Talks
as Connie Cipriani
1997
6.0
Quicksilver Highway
as Myra
1997
5.0
The Lottery
as Maggie Dunbar
1996
5.4
7th Heaven
as Ms. Fitzhenry
1996
6.4
Boston Common
as Betty
1996
6.9
Sliders
as The Flame (voice)
1995
7.6
🎬
My Brother's Keeper
as Pat
1995
1.0
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
as Octavia Tarrant
1995
5.4
Dead Air
as The Caller
1994
5.2
On Hope
1994
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Shirlee Gibbons
1994
7.2
ER
as Norma Houston
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
Speed
as Bag Lady (uncredited)
1994
7.1
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Sister Aja
1994
3.4
The X-Files
as Cassandra Spender
1993
8.4
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
as Carla Hulin
1993
0.0
It's Nothing Personal
as Barbara
1993
0.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
0.0
Man Trouble
as Helen Dextra
1992
4.9
Dead in the Water
as Victoria Haines
1991
5.3
Hitler's Daughter
as Patricia Benedict
1990
5.7
False Identity
as Vera Errickson
1990
5.0
A Son's Promise
as Dorothy Donaldson
1990
6.0
Valentino Returns
as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
1989
0.8
Baywatch
as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
1989
5.9
Desperate for Love
as Betty Petrie
1989
5.4
Tanner '88
as Molly Hark
1988
6.7
The Witches of Eastwick
as Felicia Alden
1987
6.5
Wisdom
as Samantha Wisdom
1986
5.8
Intimate Encounters
as Emily
1986
3.5
L.A. Law
as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
1986
7.1
Flight of the Navigator
as Helen Freeman
1986
7.0
My Man Adam
as Elaine Swit
1985
6.5
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
1985
7.0
The Right Stuff
as Betty Grissom
1983
7.4
Nightmares
as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
1983
5.6
Prime Suspect
as Janice Staplin
1982
6.6
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
as Sister Theresa
1981
5.8
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
1980
7.2
Alien
as Lambert
1979
8.2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Nancy Bellicec
1978
7.2
Goin' South
as Hermine
1978
5.8
The Kid from Not-So-Big
as Corrine
1978
0.0
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Marjorie
1976
5.6
Inserts
as Harlene
1975
5.7
Here We Go Again
as Nancy
1973
5.0
The Name of the Game
as Nancy Robins
1968
6.8
Mannix
as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
1967
6.7
Dragnet
as Melissa Stevens
1967
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Jemima Boone
1964
6.9
One Man's Way
as Mary
1964
4.0
Spencer's Mountain
as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
1963
6.7
The Birds
as Cathy Brenner
1963
7.5
The Children's Hour
as Rosalie Wells
1961
7.7
Route 66
as Miriam Moore (Age 9)
1960
6.3
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
8.4
One Step Beyond
as Gillian
1959
5.6
In Love and War
as Allie O'Neill
1958
5.5
Leave It to Beaver
as Violet Rutherford
1957
7.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah Butler
1956
5.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Judy Davidson
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Viola Wellington (uncredited)
1955
7.7
The Vicar's Wife
as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe
N/A
0.0