Cara Buono
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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 s...
Known For
Filmography
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
as Self - Karen Wheeler
Jane
2026
as Linda Carson
The Debut
2026
as Cassie
Queen of the Ring
2025
as Bertha Burke
Things Like This
2025
as Margie Kitlin
V13
2025
as Ida
Always, Already
2024
as Cara
In Fidelity
2024
as Holly Ayker
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
2023
as Debra
She Came from the Woods
2023
as Heather McCalister
The Girl from Plainville
2022
as Gail Carter
Talking Sopranos
2020
as Self
The Bad Seed
2018
as Angela
Monsters and Men
2018
as Stacey
God Friended Me
2018
as Karen
The Romanoffs
2018
as Debbie Newman
All Saints
2017
as Aimee Spurlock
The Blacklist: Redemption
2017
as Anna Copeland
Half the Perfect World
2016
as Sonia
Bull
2016
as Amaya Andrews
Stranger Things
2016
as Karen Wheeler
Emily & Tim
2015
as Emily (Segment 3)
Paper Towns
2015
as Mrs. Jacobsen
Supergirl
2015
as Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
as Kathleen Savio
A Good Marriage
2014
as Betty Pike
The Discoverers
2014
as Nell
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Julia Davis
Modern Love
2012
as Nicky
Elementary
2012
as Sarah Cushing
Person of Interest
2011
as Martine Rousseau
Betrayed
2010
as Amy Waite
Let Me In
2010
as Owen's Mother
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Agent Allison Marsh
Castle
2009
as Siobhan O'Doul
The Good Wife
2009
as Charlene Peterson
Cthulhu
2008
as Dannie
The Unquiet
2008
as Julie Bishop
Mad Men
2007
as Faye Miller
Beer League
2006
as Linda
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Rose
From Other Worlds
2004
as Joanne
Six Months to Live
2004
as Alice
Hulk
2003
as Edith Banner
NCIS
2003
as Sarah Resnick
Miss Match
2003
as Michelle Schiff
The Dead Zone
2002
as Sheriff Anna Turner
Chutney Popcorn
2001
as Janis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Charlotte Caspari
Happy Accidents
2000
as Bette
Two Ninas
2000
as Nina Cohen
Attention Shoppers
2000
as Claire Suavez
Takedown
2000
as Christina Painter
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Tracy Logan
In a Class of His Own
1999
as Sherry Donato
Man of the Century
1999
as Virginia Clemens
Deep in My Heart
1999
as Young Gerry Cummins
Third Watch
1999
as Grace Foster
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Rachel Zelinsky
Family Law
1999
as Carly Hanson
The Sopranos
1999
as Kelli Lombardo
The Sopranos
1999
as Kelli Moltisanti
River Red
1998
as Rachel
Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Julie
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
as Esther Lesser
Kicking and Screaming
1995
as Kate
The Single Guy
1995
as Christie
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Teresa Salazar
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
1993
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1993
as Tracey Lien
The Perfect Woman
1993
Gladiator
1992
as Dawn
Waterland
1992
as Judy Dobson
Law & Order
1990
as Shelly Taggert
Law & Order
1990
as Alice Simonelli
Law & Order
1990
as Ms. Shannon
Law & Order
1990
as Lisa Dumont