Linda Hamilton is one of the most famous Hollywood actresses. Fame brought her primarily roles in the films "Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." She is also the ex-wife of filmmaker James Cameron.
The difficult relationship of the actress with her sister
Linda Hamilton was born almost simultaneously with her twin sister Leslie. Linda was born only 6 minutes later. When the girls were five years old, the family suffered a misfortune - their father died in a car accident. The girls mother married a second time to the Salisbury Police Chief. But the death of her father was not for a little girl such a source of suffering as her own sister.
Linda Hamilton was very complex about her resemblance to her. At 16, she did everything that depended on her, just to be different from Leslie. Linda did herself short haircuts, gained about 50 kg of excess weight, tried to adhere to a different lifestyle from her sister. While Leslie was active and energetic, Linda tried to be a recluse and an intellectual.
Mental illness
Many biographers believe that it was from adolescence that actress Linda Hamilton began to suffer from a mental disorder - manic-depressive psychosis. Until thirty years, she refused any therapy, but then she was still forced to resort to medication. Over time, however, the misunderstanding between the sisters began to subside, and Linda even managed to persuade James Cameron to give her sister a small role in the final episode of The Terminator.
Linda's childhood
In school, Linda Hamilton did not dream about a stellar career at all. Like an ordinary child, she wanted to become a firefighter or archaeologist. For two years, she studied piano. One summer, Linda devoted work to the zoo.
When performances were staged at the school, she participated in them only for the reason that the public seemed very amusing to see two identical actors in the performance.
First success
In 1976, Linda Hamilton moved from Chesterton to New York. This happened after the girl graduated from college. There she begins to attend the acting studio of Lee Strasberg. In 1979, Linda finished her studies in the studio and moved again - this time to California. Filming in the movie "Terminator" is an event after which Linda Hamilton gained worldwide fame. The filmography of the following years includes many films:
- "She wrote the murder";
- "The beauty and the Beast";
- "Mr. fate";
- “Silent Fall”;
- "Dante's Peak" and others.
For the role in the film "Terminator", the actress received a huge number of film awards.
Attempts to arrange a personal life
In 1989, Linda buys a house in France, but she fails to live in peace: after the first miscarriage, she becomes pregnant again. This time she has a baby - the son of Dalton. In December, she is waiting for a divorce from her child's father - Bruce Abbot. However, Linda is not depressed and buys a house in Hawaii.
There she rests between filming new films. In May 1990, the actress receives an invitation to shoot the second part of "Terminator" and begins to work hard on her physical data. For a successful role, she receives new awards. After two more miscarriages in the actress, Josephine's daughter is born.
Marriage with James Cameron
In 1997, Linda Hamilton married Cameron. The marriage lasted only a year. Recently, Linda rarely appears in interviews. She now lives with her children in Malibu and continues to devote a lot of time to work. In a few conversations with reporters, Linda talks about her past and how she manages to overcome a mental disorder.
The actress believes that a marriage with James Cameron was beneficial, first of all, for the director himself. After all, he could use her at any time in his films, as well as attach Linda to vacant roles in friends' film projects. After the overwhelming success of the film "Titanic" Linda Hamilton was not needed by the director. The breakup happened in 1998. Since then, the public has been very little known about Linda's personal life.
Confessions of an actress
In an interview with CNN reporters, Linda admits that from childhood she suffered from bouts of depression, and already in her youth she showed signs of alcoholism. She says that as a teenager, she often mixed alcohol with drugs. However, the death of one of her friends stopped Linda in time, and she decided to undergo psychotherapy.
Many are interested in how old Linda Hamilton is. Since the actress was born in 1956, she is now 60 years old. Now the most important thing for the actress is friends and children.