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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-03-01 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

کارا بونو

Cara Buono

Biography

Cara Buono (born March 1, 1971) is an American actress, screenwriter and director best known for her roles as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men, Kelli Moltisanti in the sixth season of The Sopranos, Linda Salvo in the 2006 comedy Artie Lange's Beer League, and Karen Wheeler in the 2016 horror sci-fi Netflix original series Stranger Things. She has appeared in such films as Hulk (2003) and Let Me In (2010).

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Acting

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V13 as Ida

2025

Queen of the Ring as Bertha

2024		In Fidelity as Holly Ayker
2024		Always, Already as Cara

2023		Things Like This as Margie Kitlin
2023		The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story as Debra
2023		She Came from the Woods as Heather McCalister

2022

The Girl from Plainville as Gail Carter

2020

Talking Sopranos as Self

2018		The Romanoffs as Debbie Newman
2018		God Friended Me as Karen
2018		Monsters and Men as Stacey
2018		The Bad Seed as Angela

2017		All Saints as Aimee Spurlock
2017		The Blacklist: Redemption as Anna Copeland

2016		Bull as Amaya Andrews
2016		Half the Perfect World as Sonia
2016		Stranger Things as Karen Wheeler

2015		Supergirl as Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
2015		Emily & Tim as Emily (Segment 3)
2015		Paper Towns as Mrs. Jacobsen

2014		A Good Marriage as Betty Pike
2014		The Mysteries of Laura as Julia Davis
2014		The Discoverers as Nell
2014		Drew Peterson: Untouchable as Kathleen Savio

2012

Elementary as Sarah Cushing

2011

Person of Interest as Martine Rousseau

2010		Let Me In as Owen's Mother
2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Agent Allison Marsh
2010		Betrayed as Amy Waite

2009		The Good Wife as Charlene Peterson
2009		Castle as Siobhan O'Doul

2008

The Unquiet as Julie Bishop

2007		Mad Men as Faye Miller
2007		Cthulhu as Dannie

2006		Brothers and Sisters as Rose
2006		Beer League as Linda

2004		From Other Worlds as Joanne
2004		Six Months to Live as Alice

2003		Miss Match as Michelle Schiff
2003		NCIS as Commander Sarah Resnick
2003		Hulk as Edith Banner

2002

The Dead Zone as Sheriff Anna Turner

2001		Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Charlotte Caspari
2001		Chutney Popcorn as Janis

2000		Two Ninas as Nina Cohen
2000		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Tracy Logan
2000		Attention Shoppers as Claire Suavez
2000		Takedown as Christina Painter
2000		Happy Accidents as Bette

1999		Man of the Century as Virginia Clemens
1999		In a Class of His Own as Sherry Donato
1999		Third Watch as Grace Foster
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rachel Zelinsky
1999		Family Law as Carly Hanson
1999		Deep in My Heart as Young Gerry Cummins
1999		The Sopranos as Kelli Moltisanti
1999		The Sopranos as Kelli Lombardo

1998		River Red as Rachel
1998		Next Stop Wonderland as Julie

1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder as Esther Lesser

1995		Kicking and Screaming as Kate
1995		The Single Guy as Christie

1994

The Cowboy Way as Teresa Salazar

1993		Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story as Tracey Lien
1993		In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

1992		Waterland as Judy Dobson
1992		Gladiator as Dawn

1990		Law & Order as Shelly Taggert
1990		Law & Order as Alice Simonelli
1990		Law & Order as Ms. Shannon
1990		Law & Order as Lisa Dumont

Directing

1997

Baggage as Director

Production

2023

She Came from the Woods as Producer

1997

Baggage as Producer

Writing

1997

Baggage as Writer