Veronica Cartwright

She originally auditioned for the role of Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's horror classic Alien (1979), but had instead been cast as Joan Lambert. She disliked the character's emotional weakness, but nevertheless accepted the role.
She was awarded the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress as Joan Lambert in Ridley Scott's horror classic Alien (1979).
She starred in two remakes of the 1950s horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Invasion (2007).
She has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Birds (1963), Alien (1979) and The Right Stuff (1983).
She appears on the cover for the second album "Ta-Dah" (2006) by the pop/rock band Scissor Sisters.

[speaking in 2011] I recently met Q [Quentin Tarantino] coming back from England and we had a long talk and I told him I'd love to work with him. I heard that he made it mandatory for the cast and crew on Grindhouse (2007) to watch Macon County Line (1974) and my husband [Richard Compton] directed that... I thought, 'This is my intro into Tarantino'. I mean, this guy knew every movie that Richard had done. We were on this flight and he was on his knees talking to me. It was so cool... I introduced myself and he said, 'Oh, I loved The Invasion of the Body Snatchers!' He didn't know that I had been married to Richard.
[speaking in 2011] There is a group of women that get all of the roles and it just doesn't seem fair when Susan Sarandon gets everything - and now she's willing to do TV. I want to get offered those parts.
No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made [The Witches of Eastwick (1987)], and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
There was a period of time when I couldn't seem to get anything. I was on the series, Daniel Boone (1964), and then, when that ended, I was still under 18, so I was too young to be in the older category and too old to be a child. So there was a few years there that were dry.