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Cara Buono

Actor · Producer

1971Born, The Bronx

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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…

Known for

Stranger ThingsKaren Wheeler

HulkEdith Banner

Paper TownsMrs. Jacobsen

SupergirlGamemnae / Gemma Cooper

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRachel Zelinsky

Credits

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2026The DebutCassieMovie

2026JaneLinda CarsonMovie

2025Things Like ThisMargie KitlinMovie

2025V13IdaMovie

2025Queen of the RingBertha BurkeMovie

2024In FidelityHolly AykerMovie

2024Always, AlreadyCaraMovie

2023The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson StoryDebraMovie

2023She Came from the WoodsHeather McCalisterMovie

2022The Girl from PlainvilleGail Carter · 8 episodesShow

2018The RomanoffsDebbie Newman · 1 episodeShow

2018God Friended MeKaren · 1 episodeShow

2018Monsters and MenStaceyMovie

2018The Bad SeedAngelaMovie

2017All SaintsAimee SpurlockMovie

2017The Blacklist: RedemptionAnna Copeland · 1 episodeShow

2016BullAmaya Andrews · 1 episodeShow

2016Half the Perfect WorldSoniaMovie

2016Stranger ThingsKaren Wheeler · 38 episodesShow

2015SupergirlGamemnae / Gemma Cooper · 9 episodesShow

2015Emily & TimEmily (Segment 3)Movie

2015Paper TownsMrs. JacobsenMovie

2014A Good MarriageBetty PikeMovie

2014The Mysteries of LauraJulia Davis · 1 episodeShow

2014The DiscoverersNellMovie

2014Drew Peterson: UntouchableKathleen SavioMovie

2012Modern LoveNickyMovie

2012ElementarySarah Cushing · 1 episodeShow

2011Person of InterestMartine Rousseau · 9 episodesShow

2010Let Me InOwen's MotherMovie

2010Hawaii Five-0Agent Allison Marsh · 1 episodeShow

2010BetrayedAmy WaiteMovie

2009The Good WifeCharlene Peterson · 1 episodeShow

2009CastleSiobhan O'Doul · 1 episodeShow

2008CthulhuDannieMovie

2008The UnquietJulie BishopMovie

2007Mad MenFaye Miller · 10 episodesShow

2006Brothers and SistersRose · 3 episodesShow

2006Beer LeagueLindaMovie

2004From Other WorldsJoanneMovie

2004Six Months to LiveAlice · 3 episodesShow

2003Miss MatchMichelle Schiff · 1 episodeShow

2003NCISSarah Resnick · 1 episodeShow

2003HulkEdith BannerMovie

2002The Dead ZoneSheriff Anna Turner · 6 episodesShow

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentCharlotte Caspari · 1 episodeShow

2001Chutney PopcornJanisMovie

2000Two NinasNina CohenMovie

2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTracy Logan · 1 episodeShow

2000Attention ShoppersClaire SuavezMovie

2000TakedownChristina PainterMovie

2000Happy AccidentsBetteMovie

1999Man of the CenturyVirginia ClemensMovie

1999In a Class of His OwnSherry DonatoMovie

1999Third WatchGrace Foster · 24 episodesShow

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRachel Zelinsky · 1 episodeShow

1999Family LawCarly Hanson · 1 episodeShow

1999Deep in My HeartYoung Gerry CumminsMovie

1999The SopranosKelli Moltisanti, Kelli Lombardo · 6 episodesShow

1998River RedRachelMovie

1998Next Stop WonderlandJulieMovie

1996Killer: A Journal of MurderEsther LesserMovie

1995Kicking and ScreamingKateMovie

1995The Single GuyChristie · 1 episodeShow

1994The Cowboy WayTeresa SalazarMovie

1993Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr StoryTracey LienMovie

1993The Perfect WomanMovie

1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in WacoMovie

1992WaterlandJudy DobsonMovie

1992GladiatorDawnMovie

1990Law & OrderShelly Taggert, Alice Simonelli, Ms. Shannon, Lisa Dumont · 1 episodeShow

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