Veronica Cartwright was born to Rosemary and Frank Cartwright. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child, and she grew up in Los Angeles, California, with her younger sister, Angela Cartwright, who is also an actress.
In 1963, Veronica Cartwright guest starred twice in NBC’s medical drama, The Eleventh Hour, in the episodes “The Silence of Good Men” and “My Name is Judith, I’m Lost, You See”.
Veronica Cartwright appeared in the films The Children’s Hour (1961) and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963). She had successful film roles in Inserts (1974), Goin’ South (1978), and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
Veronica Cartwright’s performances in The Hands of its Enemy, The Triplet Collection, and Homesteaders brought her Drama-Logue Awards for Best Actress. In 2014, Cartwright reprised her role as Joan Lambert for DLC episodes in Alien: Isolation.
Veronica Cartwright appeared in Spencer’s Mountain (1963). Veronica Cartwright won a regional Emmy Award for the television movie Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers (1964).