Verónica Cartwright Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of a Saturn Award for her role in 1979's "Alien"
• Twice nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her work on "The X-Files" as Cassandra Spender
• Older sister to actress Angela Cartwright, best known for her work as a child as well
• Although born in the United Kingdom, she was raised in Toronto and later Los Angeles
• Her career as a child actress began at the age of nine and wouldn't slow for another 10 years, as she booked regular appearances on "Leave It to Beaver", "Daniel Boone", "The Eleventh Hour" and numerous others
• Became well-known in the science fiction community after appearing in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "Alien" and others