Cocooned woman

Cocooned woman is the name given to an unnamed character featured in the Aliens film series. Played by actress Barbara Coles, she appeared in the 1986 sci-fi/action film Aliens.

Biography
This woman was a human colonist who lived at the Hadley's Hope colony on the planet Acheron (Weyland-Yutani designation, LV-426). In the year 2179, the atmospheric processing center on the planet was infested by alien xenomorphs. The xenomorphs used human bodies as living hosts for their young. This particular woman was captured and cocooned and subsequently bonded with a facehugger, which impregnated her with a chestburster alien inside of her body.

Members of the United States Colonial Marines touched down on LV-426 to investigate a loss of communications. After surveying the nearby laboratory station, they came to the processing plant where they found evidence of a xenomorph hive. Corporal Cynthia Dietrich found this woman in a nearly catatonic state, attached to the wall of the building in her cocooned. As the other members of the USCM unit converged, the woman birthed a chestburster. This alone would have killed her, but Dietrich and Sergeant Al Apone trained their flame weapons upon her, incinerating both the cocooned woman and the creature that she birthed.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by director James Cameron and screenwriters Walter Hill and David Giler.


 * The cocooned woman is the first on-screen death seen in Aliens.


 * Playing the role of the cocooned woman is Barbara Coles' fifth, and to date, final film appearance.