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Cara Buono

Cara Buono

Actor · Born 1971-03-01 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Born in The Bronx, New York, Buono was raised in a blue-collar family and decided at an early age to make acting her life's ambition. At 11, she showed her connection to her family's work ethic by answering a casting call ad for Harvey Fierstein's "Spookhouse" and landing the role, without any assistance from her family or other adults. Buono began landing roles on television and the New York stage while in her teens and early twenties, and earned a Daytime Emmy nomination as a young victim of sexual abuse in Abby, My Love (1991) (CBS, 1991), which aired as part of the CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). She soon graduated to minor roles in Stephen Gyllenhaal's Waterland (1992), with Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke; as an illegal immigrant in The Cowboy Way (1994), with Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland; and in Noah Baumbach's much-loved indie comedy, Kicking and Screaming (1995), which reunited her with her "Abby, My Love" co-star, Josh Hamilton. While cultivating her acting career, Buono also graduated from Columbia University with a double major in English and political science in 1995, which she earned in just three years. After graduation, Buono concentrated largely on character…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Stranger Things (2016) — Karen Wheeler
  2. Hulk (2003) — Edith Banner
  3. Paper Towns (2015) — Mrs. Jacobsen
  4. Supergirl (2015) — Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
  5. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Rachel Zelinsky
  6. The Sopranos (1999) — Kelli Lombardo
  7. NCIS (2003) — Commander Sarah Resnick
  8. Let Me In (2010) — Owen's Mother
  9. Castle (2009) — Siobhan O'Doul
  10. Person of Interest (2011) — Martine Rousseau
  11. Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — Agent Allison Marsh
  12. Elementary (2012) — Sarah Cushing
  13. Mad Men (2007) — Faye Miller
  14. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Tracy Logan
  15. Law & Order (1990) — Shelly Taggert
  16. The Good Wife (2009) — Charlene Peterson
  17. A Good Marriage (2014) — Betty Pike
  18. Gladiator (1992) — Dawn
  19. Bull (2016) — Amaya Andrews
  20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Charlotte Caspari
  21. The Bad Seed (2018) — Angela
  22. Kicking and Screaming (1995) — Kate
  23. Third Watch (1999) — Grace Foster
  24. God Friended Me (2018) — Karen
  25. Brothers and Sisters (2006) — Rose
  26. Takedown (2000) — Christina Painter
  27. The Dead Zone (2002) — Sheriff Anna Turner
  28. The Cowboy Way (1994) — Teresa Salazar
  29. The Blacklist: Redemption (2017) — Anna Copeland
  30. Happy Accidents (2000) — Bette
  31. The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023) — Debra
  32. The Mysteries of Laura (2014) — Julia Davis
  33. Next Stop Wonderland (1998) — Julie
  34. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026) — Self - Karen Wheeler
  35. The Girl from Plainville (2022) — Gail Carter
  36. Beer League (2006) — Linda
  37. Monsters and Men (2018) — Stacey
  38. The Romanoffs (2018) — Debbie Newman
  39. All Saints (2017) — Aimee Spurlock
  40. Queen of the Ring (2025) — Bertha Burke

Directed

  1. Baggage (1997) — Director