Cara Buono

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.3637

Gender

Female

Birthday

01-Mar-1971

Age

(55 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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Cara Buono

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 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.


Credits

Half the Perfect World Half the Perfect World (2016) Character: Sonia
When solid and steadfast hat maker Lily (Heather Lind) is seduced by her boyfriend's cousin Daniel (Ryan O'Nan), her seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.
The Perfect Woman The Perfect Woman (1993) Character: N/A
The camera focuses up close on a series of unnamed women as they talk to their men. In every case, even though we don't hear what the men are saying, we know exactly what line and lie they're pitching. The women, who are desperate for affection and a relationship, apologize, bend over backwards to accommodate, cooperate with every male fantasy, tolerate every male insecurity, ignore infidelities, and pick up the check.
Always, Already Always, Already (2024) Character: Cara
A carjacking sets the stage for this short film that intertwines narrative and documentary elements, leading viewers on a journey through the complexities of identity and an exploration of life's accumulating experiences.
V13 V13 (2025) Character: Ida
In Vienna in 1913, Hugo, a young man from a well-off Viennese family, is sent to see Sigmund Freud, the inventor of psychoanalysis. Hugo complains that he feels an impulsive revulsion tinged with hatred for Jews. Freud accepts him for an analysis. Hugo befriends a struggling artist obsessed with vegetarianism and German nationalism, Adolf. Filmed in contemporary New York City—particularly in the Bronx—V13 portrays the origins of the Nazi Weltenschaung. Alan Cumming gives an extraordinary performance as SIgmund Freud. The screenplay is based on a play by Alain Didier-Weill. His prior collaboration with the director, THE CALLER (2008), won the Made in New York Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival.
River Red River Red (1998) Character: Rachel
Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, Dave turns to petty crime to pay the bills.
Attention Shoppers Attention Shoppers (2000) Character: Claire Suavez
An actor's promotional appearance at a new shopping centre is ruined when a popular rival shows up at a nearby store.
Modern Love Modern Love (2012) Character: Nicky
American tv movie with no plot outline available on the imdb
In a Class of His Own In a Class of His Own (1999) Character: Sherry Donato
Rich Donato is the high school janitor at an Oregon high school. He is looked up to by the kids who often seek his advice. There is only one problem: he doesn't have a high school diploma. The school board tells him that he must get his GED in 30 days or he will lose his job. He tries taking the test on his own, but fails. His wife rallies the community to help Rich pass the test. Now that Rich has help from teachers and students, there is nothing he can't do.
Deep in My Heart Deep in My Heart (1999) Character: Young Gerry Cummins
A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.
In Fidelity In Fidelity (2024) Character: Holly Ayker
Lyle and Holly, a happily married New York couple decide to test the romantic boundaries of their monogamous relationship. Soon, a hypothetical love triangle with their rock star neighbor becomes a reality they must now navigate.
Betrayed Betrayed (2010) Character: Amy Waite
Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.
The Unquiet The Unquiet (2008) Character: Julie Bishop
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, whether you do or not, you'll want to tune in for this superspooky flick that takes you inside an abandoned -- and possibly haunted! -- women's prison. A skeptic and her ex-husband, a documentary filmmaker, both with differing opinions about the supernatural, stumble across some scary revelations about the facility's violent and abusive history.
Killer: A Journal of Murder Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) Character: Esther Lesser
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Jane Jane (2026) Character: Linda Carson
Twenty-five-year-old nanny and aspiring writer Sophie can’t believe her luck when she lands a gig babysitting for the daughter of her favorite author. But not everything in this house is as it seems.
A Good Marriage A Good Marriage (2014) Character: Betty Pike
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
Monsters and Men Monsters and Men (2018) Character: Stacey
After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of events that alter the lives of a local police officer and a star high-school athlete.
Waterland Waterland (1992) Character: Judy Dobson
The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.
Let Me In Let Me In (2010) Character: Owen's Mother
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
She Came from the Woods She Came from the Woods (2023) Character: Heather McCalister
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023) Character: Debra
Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.
Hulk Hulk (2003) Character: Edith Banner
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Drew Peterson: Untouchable Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2014) Character: Kathleen Savio
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Next Stop Wonderland Next Stop Wonderland (1998) Character: Julie
Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a local newspaper on her behalf. Erin's disgust turns to curiosity as she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates. Meanwhile, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another.
Emily & Tim Emily & Tim (2015) Character: Emily (Segment 3)
The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.
Man of the Century Man of the Century (1999) Character: Virginia Clemens
The sidewalks of New York will never be the same, thanks to Johnny Twennies, an ace reporter who bangs out his column on an old manual typewriter and is blissfully aware that he sticks out like a sore thubm. His girlfriend is fed up because he hasn't even kissed her and the local mob wants to bump him off because he's hot on their trail. Can Johnny blow the lid off an important crime scoop, get the girl, and keep from getting himself killed?
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026) Character: Self - Karen Wheeler
An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.
All Saints All Saints (2017) Character: Aimee Spurlock
Michael Spurlock decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunately, his first assignment is to close a country church and sell the prime piece of land where it sits. He soon has a change of heart when the church starts to welcome refugees from Burma. Spurlock now finds himself working with the refugees to turn the land into a working farm to pay the church's bills.
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993) Character: Tracey Lien
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
Cthulhu Cthulhu (2008) Character: Dannie
A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
Kicking and Screaming Kicking and Screaming (1995) Character: Kate
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
The Cowboy Way The Cowboy Way (1994) Character: Teresa Salazar
Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993) Character: N/A
Religious fanatics are barricaded in a building and surrounded by police. But they're not going to surrender; they prefer to die.
Takedown Takedown (2000) Character: Christina Painter
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...
Paper Towns Paper Towns (2015) Character: Mrs. Jacobsen
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.
The Debut The Debut (2026) Character: Cassie
When Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role—even if it means waging war against the show’s domineering director.
From Other Worlds From Other Worlds (2004) Character: Joanne
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her backyard. With the help of a fellow contactee, an African immigrant, she is determined to solve the mystery of her otherworldly experiences. Along the way, she finds romance, saves the planet and finds new meaning in her life.
Chutney Popcorn Chutney Popcorn (2001) Character: Janis
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena's sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.
Gladiator Gladiator (1992) Character: Dawn
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight, he's noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing — where punches can kill.
Two Ninas Two Ninas (2000) Character: Nina Cohen
After a long lonely period of involuntary celibacy, Marty Sachs decides that he has had enough of New York and wants to pack up and run the family business in Maine. Yet before he leaves, he meets two available, attractive women, both named Nina. Nina Cohen shares many of the same eccentric interests as Marty, but she has grow gun-shy from one too many bad relationships. Blonde bombshell Nina Harris literally knocks Marty off his feet in an ill-fated attempt at snagging a cab.
Beer League Beer League (2006) Character: Linda
An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.
Happy Accidents Happy Accidents (2000) Character: Bette
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470.
Things Like This Things Like This (2025) Character: Margie Kitlin
Struggling writer Zack Anthony meets Zack Mandel, an assistant to a talent agent. Their connection begins with a small act of kindness and soon grows after a disastrous but comedic first date. As they spend more time together, they uncover a surprising shared past that feels like fate. Despite personal challenges and misunderstandings, their bond deepens as they navigate what could be the start of something special.
The Discoverers The Discoverers (2014) Character: Nell
Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.
The Bad Seed The Bad Seed (2018) Character: Angela
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
Queen of the Ring Queen of the Ring (2025) Character: Bertha Burke
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history.



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