Sarah Connor (Terminator)

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Sarah Connor
Terminator character
Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
First appearance	The Terminator (1984)
Last appearance	Fortnite Battle Royale (2021)
Created by	James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd
Portrayed by	Adult: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator, T2, T2-3D, Dark Fate) Emilia Clarke (Genisys) Lena Headey (Chronicles) Young: Willa Taylor (Genisys)
Voiced by	Linda Hamilton (Salvation, Gears 5)
In-universe information
Full name	Sarah Jeanette Connor
Gender	Female
Significant other	Kyle Reese
Children	John Connor (son)
Relatives	Tara 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.