Linda hamilton is one of the most famousHollywood actresses. Glory brought her first role in the movies "Terminator" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." She is also the ex-wife of film director James Cameron.
Difficult actress relationship with her sister
Linda Hamilton was born almost simultaneously.with his twin sister Leslie. Linda was born only 6 minutes later. When the girls were five years old, a misfortune befell the family - 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 is very complexabout its similarity to it. At 16, she did everything that depended on her, just to be different from Leslie. Linda made herself short haircuts, gained about 50 kg of excess weight, tried to adhere to a different way of life from nursing. While Leslie was active and energetic, Linda tried to be a recluse and an intellectual.
Mental illness
Many biographers believe that it is fromteenage actress Linda Hamilton and began to suffer from a mental disorder - manic-depressive psychosis. Up to thirty years, she refused any therapy, but then she was still forced to resort to drugs. 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 dreamabout a stellar career. As an ordinary child, she wanted to become a fireman or an archaeologist. For two years she studied piano. One summer, Linda dedicated work at the zoo.
When performances were staged at school, she participated in them only for the reason that it seemed to the public very funny to see two identical actors in the performance.
First success
In 1976, Linda Hamilton moved fromChesterton to New York. This happened after the girl graduated from college. There she begins to attend Lee Strasberg's acting workshop. In 1979, Linda finishes her studies in the studio and moves again - this time to California. Filming the movie "Terminator" is an event after which Linda Hamilton gained worldwide fame. Filmography of the following years includes many films:
- "She wrote the murder";
- "The beauty and the Beast";
- "Mr. Destiny";
- "Silent Fall";
- "Dante Peak" and others.
For her role in the movie "Terminator" actress received a huge number of film awards.
Attempts to arrange a personal life
In 1989, Linda buys a house in France, butshe is unable to live peacefully: after the first miscarriage, she becomes pregnant again. This time, she has a child safely born - the son of Dalton. In December, she is waiting for a divorce from the father of the child - Bruce Abbott. However, Linda does not get 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 the Terminator and begins to work hard on her physical data. For a successful role, she receives new awards. After two more miscarriages, the actress Josephine’s daughter is born.
Marriage with James Cameron
In 1997, Linda Hamilton marriedCameron. Marriage lasted only a year. Recently, Linda rarely appears in an interview. She now lives with children in Malibu and still spends a lot of time working. In a few conversations with journalists, Linda talks about her past and how she manages to overcome mental disorder.
The actress believes that the marriage with James Cameronwas beneficial primarily for the director himself. After all, he could at any time use it in his films, as well as attach Linda to vacant roles in film projects of friends. After the overwhelming success of the film “Titanic,” Linda Hamilton was not needed by the director. The separation happened in 1998. Since then, the public has known very little about Linda’s personal life.
Confessions of an actress
In an interview with journalists, "CNN" Lindait is recognized that since 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 people wonder how old Linda Hamilton is. Since the actress was born in 1956, she is now 60 years old. Now the most important thing for an actress is friends and children.
