
Cara Buono
Acting
Born: 1971-03-01 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
🎬 Movies (20)

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Self - Karen Wheeler

Things Like This
2025
Margie Kitlin

V13
2025
Ida

Queen of the Ring
2025
Bertha Burke

In Fidelity
2024
Holly Ayker
Always, Already
2024
Cara

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
2023
Debra

She Came from the Woods
2023
Heather McCalister

Monsters and Men
2018
Stacey

The Bad Seed
2018
Angela

All Saints
2017
Aimee Spurlock
Half the Perfect World
2016
Sonia

Emily & Tim
2015
Emily (Segment 3)

Paper Towns
2015
Mrs. Jacobsen

A Good Marriage
2014
Betty Pike

The Discoverers
2014
Nell

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
Kathleen Savio
Modern Love
2012
Nicky

Let Me In
2010
Owen's Mother
Betrayed
2010
Amy Waite
📺 TV Shows (20)

The Girl from Plainville
2022
Gail Carter

Talking Sopranos
2020
Self

The Romanoffs
2018
Debbie Newman

God Friended Me
2018
Karen

The Blacklist: Redemption
2017
Anna Copeland

Bull
2016
Amaya Andrews

Stranger Things
2016
Karen Wheeler

Supergirl
2015
Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper

The Mysteries of Laura
2014
Julia Davis

Elementary
2012
Sarah Cushing

Person of Interest
2011
Martine Rousseau

Hawaii Five-0
2010
Agent Allison Marsh

The Good Wife
2009
Charlene Peterson

Castle
2009
Siobhan O'Doul

Mad Men
2007
Faye Miller

Brothers and Sisters
2006
Rose
Six Months to Live
2004
Alice

Miss Match
2003
Michelle Schiff

NCIS
2003
Commander Sarah Resnick

The Dead Zone
2002
Sheriff Anna Turner