Cara Buono

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 roles in independent films and on television. She was the wife and confidante of prison guard Robert Sean Leonard, who served as an earpiece for monstrous 1930s criminal Carl Panzram (James Woods) in Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995), before playing an accident-prone opera singer in love with a young man (Gibson Frazier) with Jazz-Era affectations in the offbeat Man of the Century (1999). She soon added behind-the-camera credits to her expanding resume, including writer/director on the short, Baggage (1997), with Liev Schreiber and Minnie Driver, and served as co-producer and star of the comedy, Two Ninas (1999), about a pair of similarly monikered women (Buono and Amanda Peet) who fell for a very unlucky man. She continues to write and co-wrote "When the Cat's Away" (1999), with Brad Anderson, and wrote an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, "This Side of Paradise". Buono's screen credits grew more obscure at the launch of the new millennium - art house and film festival circles saw the lesbian drama, Chutney Popcorn (1999), Attention Shoppers (2000), Happy Accidents (2000) with Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio. She soon turned to television for wider exposure, and earned it through supporting roles on high profile series like Third Watch (1999) and The Sopranos (1999). In 2007, she joined the cast of the cult favorite, The Dead Zone (2002) (USA, 2002-2007) as Sheriff Anna Turner, who investigated the death of her predecessor (Chris Bruno). During this period, Buono maintained her screen career in features as varied as Ang Lee's Hulk (2003), playing David Banner's mother, who was killed by his genetically-induced rage, and Beer League (2006), and Artie Lange's hapless lay-about love interest. In 2010, she appeared as the divorced mother of Kodi Smit-McPhee in Let Me In (2010), the critically-praised American remake of the Swedish vampire movie, Let the Right One In (2008). That same year, she landed her most widely seen role-to-date on Mad Men (2007), playing Dr. Faye Miller. For her efforts, Buono received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.

Nacimiento: 1971-03-01, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,8 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Stranger Things como Karen Wheeler

Conocido por

Stranger Things (2016) — Karen Wheeler
Supergirl (2015) — Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
Hulk (2003) — Edith Banner
Los Soprano (1999) — Kelli Lombardo / Kelli Moltisanti
Ciudades de papel (2015) — Mrs. Jacobsen
Vigilados, Person of Interest (2011) — Martine Rousseau
Mad Men (2007) — Faye Miller
Déjame entrar (2010) — Owen's Mother

Filmografía

El Debut (2026) — Cassie
Jane (2026) — Linda Carson
Things Like This (2025) — Margie Kitlin
V13 (2025) — Ida
Queen of the Ring (2025) — Bertha Burke
In Fidelity (2024) — Holly Ayker
Always, Already (2024) — Cara
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023) — Debra
La bruja del bosque (2023) — Heather McCalister
The Girl from Plainville (2022) — Gail Carter
Los Romanov (2018) — Debbie Newman
God Friended Me (2018) — Karen
Monsters and Men (2018) — Stacey
The Bad Seed (2018) — Angela
All Saints (2017) — Aimee Spurlock
The Blacklist: Redemption (2017) — Anna Copeland
Bull (2016) — Amaya Andrews
Half the Perfect World (2016) — Sonia
Stranger Things (2016) — Karen Wheeler
Supergirl (2015) — Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
Emily & Tim (2015) — Emily (Segment 3)
Ciudades de papel (2015) — Mrs. Jacobsen
Un buen matrimonio (2014) — Betty Pike
Los misterios de Laura (USA) (2014) — Julia Davis
The Discoverers (2014) — Nell
Intocable: la historia de Drew Peterson (2014) — Kathleen Savio
Modern Love (2012) — Nicky
Elementary (2012) — Sarah Cushing
Vigilados, Person of Interest (2011) — Martine Rousseau
Déjame entrar (2010) — Owen's Mother
Hawái 5.0 (2010) — Agent Allison Marsh
Betrayed (2010) — Amy Waite
The Good Wife (2009) — Charlene Peterson
Castle (2009) — Siobhan O'Doul
Cthulhu (2008) — Dannie
Los fantasmas de Blackstone (2008) — Julie Bishop
Mad Men (2007) — Faye Miller
Cinco hermanos (2006) — Rose
Beer League (2006) — Linda
From Other Worlds (2004) — Joanne
Six Months to Live (2004) — Alice
Miss Match (2003) — Michelle Schiff
Navy: Investigación criminal (2003) — Sarah Resnick
Hulk (2003) — Edith Banner
La zona muerta (2002) — Sheriff Anna Turner
Ley y orden: Acción criminal (2001) — Charlotte Caspari
Chutney Popcorn (2001) — Janis
Two Ninas (2000) — Nina Cohen
CSI: Las Vegas (2000) — Tracy Logan
Attention Shoppers (2000) — Claire Suavez
Hackers 2: Asalto final (2000) — Christina Painter
Happy Accidents (2000) — Bette
Man of the Century (1999) — Virginia Clemens
In a Class of His Own (1999) — Sherry Donato
Turno de guardia (1999) — Grace Foster
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Rachel Zelinsky
Leyes de familia (1999) — Carly Hanson
Deep in My Heart (1999) — Young Gerry Cummins
Los Soprano (1999) — Kelli Lombardo / Kelli Moltisanti
River Red (1998) — Rachel
Próxima parada Wonderland (1998) — Julie
El corredor de la muerte (1996) — Esther Lesser
Kicking and Screaming (1995) — Kate
The Single Guy (1995) — Christie
Dos cowboys en Nueva York (1994) — Teresa Salazar
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993) — Tracey Lien
The Perfect Woman (1993)
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993)
El país del agua (1992) — Judy Dobson
Gladiator (1992) — Dawn
Ley y orden (1990) — Shelly Taggert / Alice Simonelli / Ms. Shannon / Lisa Dumont