Sarah Connor (Terminator)

Sarah Connor
Terminator character
First appearanceThe Terminator (1984)
Last appearanceFortnite Battle Royale (2021)
Created byJames Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd
Portrayed by
Voiced byLinda Hamilton (Salvation, Gears 5)
In-universe information
Full nameSarah Jeanette Connor
GenderFemale
Significant otherKyle Reese
ChildrenJohn Connor (son)
RelativesTara Connor (daughter-in-law)

Sarah Jeanette Connor is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the Terminator franchise. She is one of the protagonists of The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), as well as the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009). The character develops from a timid damsel in distress victim in the first film to a wanted fugitive committing acts of terrorism, a hardened warrior and mother who sacrificed everything for her son's future, on the verge of losing touch with her own humanity, and a mentor preparing and protecting a protégée for her destiny.

In an alternate timeline, depicted in Terminator Genisys, she is in her younger years, raised by a Terminator, while in another alternate timeline, depicted in Terminator: Dark Fate, she hunts numerous rogue Terminators (from various alternate timelines) in the years following her son's death.

Sarah was portrayed by Linda Hamilton in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, T2-3D: Battle Across Time, Terminator Salvation (voice only), and Terminator: Dark Fate; she was additionally portrayed by Emilia Clarke, Willa Taylor as a younger Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys and Lena Headey as an older Sarah Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.