Cara Buono
Cara Buono | |
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Born | The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States |
March 1, 1974
Residence | Greenwich Village, New York |
Occupation | Actress, screenwriter, director |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse(s) | Peter Thum |
Cara Buono (born March 1, 1974)[1] is an American actress, screenwriter and director, known for her role as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men.
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Early life
Buono was born and raised in The Bronx, New York City, New York, in a blue-collar family[2] with two brothers and a sister.[3] She is of Italian descent.[4][5]
Buono attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School[6] and is a 1995 graduate of Columbia University with a double major in English and political science. She earned her degree in three years.[7] She made her acting debut in Harvey Fierstein's play Spook House.[citation needed]
Career
Buono continued stage work both on Broadway and Off Broadway, and started her film career opposite Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons in Waterland (1992). Much of her work has been in indie films such as Chutney Popcorn (1999), Happy Accidents (2000), Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Two Ninas (1999), which she co-produced. In 1999, she played a small role as a young Gerry Cummins in the TV movie, Deep in My Heart (1999).
Buono has directed, produced and written films, including the short film Baggage (1997), which starred Liev Schreiber.[citation needed] She co-wrote the screenplay When the Cat's Away with Brad Anderson and sold a pitch to Miramax for a screenplay adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise.[citation needed]
She starred in the final season of the NBC drama Third Watch (1999) as paramedic Grace Foster, and Ang Lee's first Hulk movie from marvel comics 2003 as Rebecca Banner (whose name was changed to Edith for the film), the mother of Bruce Banner the Hulk.
She also appeared as Kelli, the wife of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), in the two-part final season of the HBO drama series The Sopranos, which aired in 2006 and 2007. Additionally, she appeared as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men,[8] for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.[9]
Personal life
As of August 2010, Buono lives in New York City's Greenwich Village with her husband, Ethos Water founder Peter Thum.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Gladiator | Dawn | |
1992 | Waterland | Judy Dobson | |
1994 | The Cowboy Way | Teresa Salazar | |
1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Esther Lesser | |
1995 | Kicking and Screaming | Kate | |
1997 | Made Men | Toni-Ann Antonelli | |
1998 | Next Stop Wonderland | Julie | |
1998 | River Red | Rachel | |
1999 | Man of the Century | Virginia Clemens | |
1999 | Two Ninas | Nina Cohen | |
1999 | Chutney Popcorn | Janis | |
2000 | Happy Accidents | Bette | |
2000 | Takedown | Christina Painter | |
2000 | Attention Shoppers | Claire Suarez | |
2003 | Hulk | Edith Banner | |
2004 | From Other Worlds | Joanne Schwartzbaum | |
2006 | Artie Lange's Beer League | Linda Salvo | |
2007 | Cthulhu | Dannie Marsh | |
2010 | Betrayed | Amy Waite | Short film |
2010 | Stuff | Madeline | Short film |
2012 | The Discoverers | Nell | |
2014 | A Good Marriage | Betty Pike | |
2015 | Paper Towns | Connie Jacobsen | |
2015 | Half the Perfect World | Sonia | Completed |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Dream Street | Joann | Episodes: Pilot, "Money for Nothing" |
1991 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Abby Morris | Episode: "Abby, My Love" |
1992 | I'll Fly Away | Diane | Episodes: "Cool Winter Blues", "The Way Things Are", "Slow Coming Dark" |
1993 | Tribeca | Rose Polito | Episode: "The Hopeless Romantic" |
1993 | Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story | Tracey Lien | TV film |
1995 | The Single Guy | Christie | Episode: "Tennis" |
1996 | New York Undercover | Connie | Episode: "A Time to Kill" |
1996, 1998 |
Law & Order | Shelly Taggert / Alice Simonelli |
Episodes: "Girlfriends", "Punk" |
1999 | Deep in My Heart | Young Gerry Cummins | TV film |
2001 | Family Law | Carly Hanson | Episode: "Intentions" |
2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Charlotte Fielding | Episode: "Phantom" |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tracy Logan | Episode: "Chasing the Bus" |
2002 | Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | Sarah (voice) | Video game |
2003 | Miss Match | Michelle Schiff | Episode: "The Love Bandit" |
2004 | Six Months to Live | Alice | Episode: "1.1" |
2004–05 | Third Watch | Grace Foster | Main role (24 episodes) |
2006–07 | The Sopranos | Kelli Moltisanti | Recurring role (7 episodes) |
2007 | Law & Order | Attorney Shannon | Episode: "Melting Pot" |
2007 | Queens Supreme | Bettina Martinelli | Episode: "That Voodoo That You Do" |
2007 | The Dead Zone | Sheriff Anna Turner | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rachel Zelinsky | Episode: "Unorthodox" |
2008 | The Unquiet | Julie Bishop | TV film |
2009 | ER | Lisa Salamunovich | Episode: "And in the End..." |
2009 | NCIS | Navy Cdr. Sarah Resnik | Episode: "Power Down" |
2010 | Mad Men | Faye Miller | Regular role (10 episodes) |
2011 | Brothers & Sisters | Rose | Episodes: "Safe at Home", "The One That Got Away", "Brody" |
2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Agent Allison Marsh | Episode: "Ho'opa'i" |
2011 | A Gifted Man | Carol Gordan | Episode: "In Case of Discomfort" |
2012 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Kathleen Savio | TV film |
2013 | Castle | Siobhan O'Doul | Episode: "The Wild Rover" |
2013 | The Good Wife | Charlene Peterson | Episode: "A More Perfect Union" |
2014 | The Carrie Diaries | Penny | Episode: "Hungry Like the Wolf" |
2014 | Elementary | Sarah Cushing | Episode: "Ears to You" |
2014–15 | Person of Interest | Martine Rousseau | Episodes: "Panopticon", "Prophets", "Point of Origin", "The Devil You Know", "The Cold War", "If-Then-Else", "Search and Destroy", "Asylum" |
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- ↑ Hochberg, Mina (September 27, 2010). Q&A with Cara Buono. AMCtv.com
- ↑ 2011 Outstanding Guest Actress Nominees in a Drama Series Emmys.com
External links
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- 1971 births
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from New York City
- American film actresses
- American people of Italian descent
- American stage actresses
- Columbia University alumni
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
- Living people
- People from the Bronx
- Actresses of Italian descent