A principal character in the Terminator franchise of movies, played by actress Linda Hamilton.
Quote most famously associated with this character was not spoken by this character, but by the eponymous assassin of the film as he blasts his way through a roster of Sarah Connors (one of which holds the key to changing the future, yadda yadda yadda).
An affirmative answer to the question "Sarah Connor?" was followed by a nasty blockbuster SFX death in all but one case.
- Sarah Connor begins The Terminator (aka T1)as an average woman with an average waitressing job, living with the average roommate from hell, until she finds herself targeted for death by a futuristic cyborg with a Viennese accent.
- In Terminator 2 (aka T2), she has undergone a radical transformation into a completely toned, buffed out, hypervigilant survivalist type with really spooky eyes and some real issues trusting futuristic cyborgs with Viennese accents.
Compare and Contrast
T1:
Sarah: Then you're from the future too - is that right?
Kyle: Right.
Sarah: Right.
They struggle together and she bites his hand in her attempt to escape.
T2:
Dr. Silberman: You broke my arm!
Sarah Connor: There's 215 bones in the human body. That's one.
"I am Sarah Connor! You are Sarah Connor! We are ALL Sarah Connor!": a Women's Studies professor.
Between her snappy T2 deathbunny dialogue and her startlingly muscular yet feminine form, Sarah Connor became a feminist avatar. Ironically, actress Linda Hamilton became more famous for her muscles than for her acting as a result of her new iconic status, making all those seasons on the cult hit television series Beauty and the Beast even more of a waste.
In light of the fact that it took her the better part of a decade to shake attempts at stereocasting based on her success with the Sarah Connor character, it is perhaps unsurprising that Linda Hamilton has elected not to participate in Terminator 3.
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