Veronica Cartwright

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Rookie

Grey's Anatomy

Supernatural

Criminal Minds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Good Doctor

The X-Files

All Movies (86)

• The Ruse2025 · as Olivia
• Alien: Terror in Space2025 · as Self - Actress
• A Kill for a Kill2025 · as Janice
• Life After The Navigator2020 · as Herself
• Breaking Fast2020 · as Judy
• The Field2019 · as Edith
• Limbo2019 · as Louise
• Memory: The Origins of Alien2019 · as Self
• Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches2017 · as Self
• Mommy I Didn't Do It2017 · as Judge Tannin
• The Dark Below2016
• The Town that Dreaded Sundown2014 · as Lillian
• Non-Stop2013 · as Rose
• The Odd Way Home2013 · as Francine
• Montana Amazon2013 · as Margaret
• The Yellow Wallpaper2011 · as Catherine Sayer
• InSight2011 · as Patricia
• Neowolf2010 · as Mrs. Belakov
• Eastwick2009 · as Bun Waverly
• Call of the Wild2009 · as Sheriff Taylor
• The Face is Familiar2009
• The Invasion2007 · as Wendy Lenk
• Mommy's House2007 · as Mommy
• The Perfect Scary Movie2005 · as Self
• Barry Dingle2005 · as Eleanor Dingle
• Kinsey2004 · as Sara Kinsey
• Twisted2004 · as Landlady
• Straight-Jacket2004 · as Jerry Albrecht
• The Beast Within: Making Alien2003 · as Self
• Realizing The Right Stuff2003 · as Self
• Just Married2003 · as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
• The Alien Saga2002 · as Self
• In the Bedroom2001 · as Minister on Television
• Alien Evolution2001 · as Self / 'Lambert'
• Scary Movie 22001 · as Mother
• Inside The Osmonds2001 · as Olive Osmond
• Critic's Choice2001 · as Watkins
• All About 'The Birds'2000 · as Self
• Trash1999 · as Principal Evans
• The Last Man on Planet Earth1999 · as Director Elizabeth Riggs
• A Slipping Down Life1999 · as Mrs. Casey
• The Rat Pack1998 · as Rocky Cooper
• Sparkler1997 · as Dottie Delgato
• Money Talks1997 · as Connie Cipriani
• Quicksilver Highway1997 · as Myra
• The Lottery1996 · as Maggie Dunbar
• My Brother's Keeper1995 · as Pat
• Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh1995 · as Octavia Tarrant
• Dead Air1994 · as The Caller
• On Hope1994
• Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance1994 · as Sister Aja
• Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story1993 · as Carla Hulin
• It's Nothing Personal1993 · as Barbara
• Lincoln and the War Within1992
• Man Trouble1992 · as Helen Dextra
• Walking the Dog1992
• Dead in the Water1991 · as Victoria Haines
• The Horror Hall of Fame II1991 · as Self
• Hitler's Daughter1990 · as Patricia Benedict
• False Identity1990 · as Vera Errickson
• A Son's Promise1990 · as Dorothy Donaldson
• Valentino Returns1989 · as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
• Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier1989 · as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
• Desperate for Love1989 · as Betty Petrie
• The Witches of Eastwick1987 · as Felicia Alden
• Wisdom1986 · as Samantha Wisdom
• Intimate Encounters1986 · as Emily
• Flight of the Navigator1986 · as Helen Freeman
• My Man Adam1985 · as Elaine Swit
• The Right Stuff1983 · as Betty Grissom
• Nightmares1983 · as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
• Prime Suspect1982 · as Janice Staplin
• Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill1981 · as Sister Theresa
• Alien1979 · as Lambert
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers1978 · as Nancy Bellicec
• Goin' South1978 · as Hermine
• The Kid from Not-So-Big1978 · as Corrine
• Bernice Bobs Her Hair1976 · as Marjorie
• Inserts1975 · as Harlene
• One Man's Way1964 · as Mary
• Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers1963
• Spencer's Mountain1963 · as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
• The Birds1963 · as Cathy Brenner
• The Children's Hour1961 · as Rosalie Wells
• In Love and War1958 · as Allie O'Neill
• The Vicar's Wife— · as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe

All TV Shows (56)

• A Man on the Inside2024 · as Beverly Banki
• Gotham Knights2023 · as Eunice Harmon
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina2018 · as Fortune Teller
• The Rookie2018 · as Beatrice O'Malley
• The Resident2018 · as Celeste Crisforth
• The Good Doctor2017 · as Maxine Stanley
• Creature Features2016 · as Self
• CSI: Cyber2015 · as Renetta Wilkerson
• Bosch2015 · as Irene Saxon
• Resurrection2014 · as Helen Edgerton
• The Real History of Science Fiction2014 · as Self
• Revenge2011 · as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
• Eastwick2009 · as Bun Waverly
• Drop Dead Diva2009 · as Marian Porter
• Criminal Minds2005 · as Flora Martin
• Invasion2005 · as Valerie Shenkman
• Supernatural2005 · as Lily Sunder
• The Closer2005 · as Vera Mathers
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Lydia Ashford
• Boston Legal2004 · as Judge Peggy Zeder
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Mother Mary Claire
• Without a Trace2002 · as Mrs. Beckworth
• Without a Trace2002 · as Susan
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Diane Chase
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Virginia Kennison
• Family Law1999 · as Norma Benson
• Will & Grace1998 · as Judith McFarland
• George & Leo1997 · as Anna
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Ms. Fitzhenry
• Boston Common1996 · as Betty
• American Gothic1995 · as Angela
• Sliders1995 · as The Flame (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Shirlee Gibbons
• ER1994 · as Norma Houston
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Karen Flanders
• The X-Files1993 · as Cassandra Spender
• Baywatch1989 · as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
• Tanner '881988 · as Molly Hark
• L.A. Law1986 · as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
• Robert Kennedy & His Times1985 · as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
• Miami Vice1984 · as Society Dame
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones1980 · as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
• Here We Go Again1973 · as Nancy
• Then Came Bronson1969 · as Petey Traine
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Nancy Robins
• Mannix1967 · as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
• Dragnet1967 · as Melissa Stevens
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Jemima Boone
• Route 661960 · as Miriam Moore (Age 9)
• My Three Sons1960
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Anne Rogers
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Gillian
• Leave It to Beaver1957 · as Violet Rutherford
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sarah Butler
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Judy Davidson
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Viola Wellington (uncredited)