Veronica Cartwright

Biography

Veronica Cartwright was born on April 20, 1949, in Bristol, England. She emigrated to the United States with her parents and younger sister, Angela, settling in Los Angeles, California. Cartwright is a Catholic and has attended Mass at St. Charles Borromeo with her sister Angela. As a child actress, she began her career in 1958 with a role in In Love and War, followed by repeated roles in television series such as Leave It to Beaver and The Twilight Zone. She appeared in films like The Children's Hour, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Spencer's Mountain, and Daniel Boone, achieving adult success with film roles in Inserts, Goin' South, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Cartwright's breakout feature was the science-fiction horror film Alien, for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has appeared in numerous other films and television shows, including The Right Stuff, Flight of the Navigator, The Witches of Eastwick, ER, The X-Files, and General Hospital, earning three Primetime Emmy Award nominations along the way.