Veronica Cartwright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 20, 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Bristol, England, UK
- Credits
- 143
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
The Ruse
2025Movie
Olivia
Alien: Terror in Space
2025Movie
Self - Actress
A Kill for a Kill
2025Movie
Janice
A Man on the Inside
2024TV
Beverly Banki
Gotham Knights
2023TV
Eunice Harmon
Life After The Navigator
2020Movie
Herself
Breaking Fast
2020Movie
Judy
The Field
2019Movie
Edith
Limbo
2019Movie
Louise
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019Movie
Self
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018TV
Fortune Teller
The Rookie
2018TV
Beatrice O'Malley
The Resident
2018TV
Celeste Crisforth
The Good Doctor
2017TV
Maxine Stanley
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017Movie
Self
Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017Movie
Judge Tannin
Creature Features
2016TV
Self
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod
2016Movie
Self
The Dark Below
2016Movie
CSI: Cyber
2015TV
Renetta Wilkerson
Bosch
2015TV
Irene Saxon
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014Movie
Lillian
Resurrection
2014TV
Helen Edgerton
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014TV
Self
Non-Stop
2013Movie
Rose
The Odd Way Home
2013Movie
Francine
Montana Amazon
2013Movie
Margaret
The Yellow Wallpaper
2011Movie
Catherine Sayer
Revenge
2011TV
Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
InSight
2011Movie
Patricia
Neowolf
2010Movie
Mrs. Belakov
Eastwick
2009Movie
Bun Waverly
Eastwick
2009TV
Bun Waverly
Drop Dead Diva
2009TV
Marian Porter
Call of the Wild
2009Movie
Sheriff Taylor
The Face is Familiar
2009Movie
The Invasion
2007Movie
Wendy Lenk
Mommy's House
2007Movie
Mommy
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005Movie
Self
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Flora Martin
Invasion
2005TV
Valerie Shenkman
Supernatural
2005TV
Lily Sunder
The Closer
2005TV
Vera Mathers
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Lydia Ashford
Barry Dingle
2005Movie
Eleanor Dingle
Boston Legal
2004TV
Judge Peggy Zeder
Kinsey
2004Movie
Sara Kinsey
Twisted
2004Movie
Landlady
Straight-Jacket
2004Movie
Jerry Albrecht
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003Movie
Self
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Mother Mary Claire
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003Movie
Self
Just Married
2003Movie
Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
The Alien Saga
2002Movie
Self
Without a Trace
2002TV
Mrs. Beckworth, Susan
In the Bedroom
2001Movie
Minister on Television
Alien Evolution
2001Movie
Self / 'Lambert'
Scary Movie 2
2001Movie
Mother
Inside The Osmonds
2001Movie
Olive Osmond
Critic's Choice
2001Movie
Watkins
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Diane Chase
All About 'The Birds'
2000Movie
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Virginia Kennison
Family Law
1999TV
Norma Benson
Trash
1999Movie
Principal Evans
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999Movie
Director Elizabeth Riggs
A Slipping Down Life
1999Movie
Mrs. Casey
Will & Grace
1998TV
Judith McFarland
The Rat Pack
1998Movie
Rocky Cooper
Sparkler
1997Movie
Dottie Delgato
George & Leo
1997TV
Anna
Money Talks
1997Movie
Connie Cipriani
Quicksilver Highway
1997Movie
Myra
The Lottery
1996Movie
Maggie Dunbar
7th Heaven
1996TV
Ms. Fitzhenry
Boston Common
1996TV
Betty
American Gothic
1995TV
Angela
Sliders
1995TV
The Flame (voice)
My Brother's Keeper
1995Movie
Pat
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995Movie
Octavia Tarrant
Dead Air
1994Movie
The Caller
On Hope
1994Movie
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Shirlee Gibbons
ER
1994TV
Norma Houston
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Karen Flanders
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994Movie
Sister Aja
The X-Files
1993TV
Cassandra Spender
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993Movie
Carla Hulin
It's Nothing Personal
1993Movie
Barbara
Lincoln and the War Within
1992Movie
Man Trouble
1992Movie
Helen Dextra
Walking the Dog
1992Movie
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992Movie
Self
Dead in the Water
1991Movie
Victoria Haines
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991Movie
Self
Hitler's Daughter
1990Movie
Patricia Benedict
False Identity
1990Movie
Vera Errickson
A Son's Promise
1990Movie
Dorothy Donaldson
Valentino Returns
1989Movie
Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
1989Movie
Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Baywatch
1989TV
Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Desperate for Love
1989Movie
Betty Petrie
Tanner '88
1988TV
Molly Hark
The Witches of Eastwick
1987Movie
Felicia Alden
Wisdom
1986Movie
Samantha Wisdom
Intimate Encounters
1986Movie
Emily
L.A. Law
1986TV
A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
Flight of the Navigator
1986Movie
Helen Freeman
My Man Adam
1985Movie
Elaine Swit
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985TV
Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Miami Vice
1984TV
Society Dame
The Right Stuff
1983Movie
Betty Grissom
Nightmares
1983Movie
Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Prime Suspect
1982Movie
Janice Staplin
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981Movie
Sister Theresa
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980TV
Marceline "Marcy" Jones
Alien
1979Movie
Lambert
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978Movie
Nancy Bellicec
Goin' South
1978Movie
Hermine
The Kid from Not-So-Big
1978Movie
Corrine
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976Movie
Marjorie
Inserts
1975Movie
Harlene
Here We Go Again
1973TV
Nancy
Flip Side
1970Movie
Then Came Bronson
1969TV
Petey Traine
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Nancy Robins
Mannix
1967TV
Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
Dragnet
1967TV
Melissa Stevens
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Jemima Boone
One Man's Way
1964Movie
Mary
Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
1963Movie
Spencer's Mountain
1963Movie
Becky Spencer (uncredited)
The Birds
1963Movie
Cathy Brenner
The Children's Hour
1961Movie
Rosalie Wells
Route 66
1960TV
Miriam Moore (Age 9)
My Three Sons
1960TV
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Anne Rogers
One Step Beyond
1959TV
Gillian
In Love and War
1958Movie
Allie O'Neill
Leave It to Beaver
1957TV
Violet Rutherford
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Sarah Butler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Judy Davidson, Viola Wellington (uncredited)
The Vicar's Wife
Movie
Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe