Veronica A. Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is an English-born American actress who played Lambert in the 1979 film Alien. She later lent her voice and likeness to the character in the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation and its expansion packs. Other notable films Cartwright has appeared in include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Flight of the Navigator (1986). As well as her work on film, Cartwright has had an extensive career in television.
For her role in Alien, Cartwright won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In addition to this, she has been nominated for three Emmys.
Awards and Nominations[]
Year | Film | Notes |
---|---|---|
1979 | Alien | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1958 | In Love and War | Uncredited |
1961 | The Children's Hour | |
1963 | The Birds | |
Spencer's Mountain | Uncredited | |
1964 | One Man's Way | With Tom Skerritt |
1974 | Inserts | |
1978 | The Kid from Not-So-Big | |
Goin' South | ||
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | ||
1979 | Alien | |
1983 | Nightmares | |
The Right Stuff | With Lance Henriksen | |
1985 | My Man Adam | |
1986 | Flight of the Navigator | |
Wisdom | With Tom Skerritt | |
1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | |
1989 | Valentino Returns | |
1990 | False Identity | |
1992 | Man Trouble | With Raymond Cruz, David St. James and Harry Dean Stanton |
1994 | Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance | |
1995 | Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh | |
1996 | Shoot the Moon | |
1997 | Money Talks | With Michael Papajohn |
Sparkler | ||
1998 | My Engagement Party | |
1999 | A Slipping-Down Life | With Guy Pearce |
Trash | ||
2001 | In the Bedroom | |
Scary Movie 2 | ||
2003 | Just Married | |
2004 | Twisted | Uncredited |
Straight-Jacket | ||
Kinsey | ||
2005 | Barry Dingle | |
2007 | The Invasion | |
2009 | Call of the Wild | |
2010 | Neowolf | |
2011 | Montana Amazon | |
InSight | With Adam Baldwin | |
2012 | The Yellow Wallpaper | |
Adventures of the Dunderlands | ||
2013 | The Odd Way Home | |
2014 | The Town That Dreaded Sundown |
Documentary Appearances[]
- The Making of Alien3
- Alien Evolution
- The Alien Saga
- The Beast Within: Making Alien
- Memory: The Origins of Alien
External Links[]
- Veronica Cartwright at the Internet Movie Database
- Veronica Cartwright on Wikipedia