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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

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