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The storiedTerminatorfranchise plays host toSarah Connor , one of the toughest female Hero in tonic civilisation story , and here ’s who play her . On the surface , it might seem that theTerminatormovies revolve aroundJohn Connor , but at the substance of the series is Sarah , who starts out as an retiring waitress just trying to make a living and get by . That is until she ’s hunted by a homicidal bionic man and falls in love with a world from the future just long enough to become pregnant with humanity ’s plain savior .
A lesser cleaning lady might have crumple under that pressure , but Sarah rose to the occasion , becoming toughened as nail and doing her best to teach young John to be just as capable . Sure , she finally lose it a bit and drop some time in a mental hospital , but if those involved with putting her there believed her warnings about judgment 24-hour interval , they would ’ve probably had a breakdown too .
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Sarah Connor has now appear in four of the sixTerminatormovies made to escort , as well as asterisk in her own FOX TV series . Here ’s all the actresses who ’ve institute Sarah Connor to life so far , on both the freehanded and small-scale screens .
Linda Hamilton (Terminator, T2 & Dark Fate)
Linda Hamiltonoriginated the role of Sarah Connor in 1984’sThe Terminator , complete with an extremely 1980s haircut . With the help of Kyle Reese , Sarah get the better of the T-800 and live on to try and devise John for his role in the coming man / machine state of war . Hamilton returned to the part for 1991’sTerminator 2 : Judgment Day , with Sarah now battle - harden , muscled up , and quick for a fighting , finally with John and a new T-800 by her side . After a nearly 30 - yr hiatus , Hamilton again played Sarah in 2019’sTerminator : Dark Fate , which deplorably saw John encounter his oddment at the hands of yet another T-800 .
Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
FutureGame of Thronesstar Lena Headey had the unenviable task of direct over the Sarah Connor role for FOX’sTerminator : The Sarah Connor ChroniclesTV serial . gratefully , she prove up to the task , albeit enduring a spot of criticism for not being as ripped as Hamilton . The Sarah Connor Chronicleswas sadly canceled after only two season and 31 sequence .
Willa Taylor (Terminator Genisys)
A young actress by the name of Willa Taylor play Sarah Connor at 9 - years - old inTerminator Genisysflashback scenes , which illustrate how - in a strange alternative timeline - a untried Sarah was saved from death in 1973 by a reprogrammed T-800 dubbed " pop . "
Emilia Clarke (Terminator Genisys)
Finally , anotherGame of Thronesstar , Emilia Clarke , played an adultSarah ConnorinTerminator Genisys ' alternate timeline . This timeline also saw John Connor from the future become an evil advanced Terminator model , and well , Genisys ' plot was reasonably confusing , to put it mildly .
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