Cara Buono (born March 1, 1971 in New York City, New York) is an American actress best known for Mad Men, Stranger Things, Hulk, and Let Me In.
She is married to Peter Thum and they have one child.
Film Roles
- Gladiator (1992) as Dawn
- Waterland as Judy Dobson
- The Cowboy Way as Teresa Salazar
- Killer A Journal Of Murder as Esther Lesser
- Kicking And Screaming 1995 as Kate
- Next Stop Wonderland as Julie
- Man Of The Century as Virginia Clemens
- Chutney Popcorn as Janis
- Happy Accidents as Bette
- Attention Shoppers as Claire Suarez
- Hulk as Edith Banner
- From Other Worlds as Joanne Schwartzbaum
- Artie Langes Beer League as Linda Salvo
- Cthulhu as Dannie Marsh
- Let Me In as Owen's Mother
- The Discoverers as Nell
- A Good Marriage as Betty Pike
- Paper Towns as Connie Jacobsen
- All Saints as Aimee Spurlock
- Monsters And Men as Stacey
Television Roles
- Dream Street as Joann (2 episodes)
- Ill Fly Away as Diane (3 episodes)
- The Single Guy as Christie (1 episode)
- New York Undercover as Connie (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Shelly Taggert/Alice Simonelli/Attorney Shannon (3 episodes)
- Family Law as Carly Hanson (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Charlotte Fielding (1 episode)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Tracy Logan (1 episode)
- Miss Match as Michelle Schiff (1 episode)
- Third Watch as Grace Foster (2004-2005, 22 episodes)
- The Sopranos as Kelli Moltisani (7 episodes)
- Queens Supreme as Bettina Martinelli (1 episode)
- The Dead Zone as Sheriff Anna Turner (6 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rachel Zelinsky (1 episode)
- ER as Lisa Salamunovich (1 episode)
- NCIS as Navy Cdr. Sarah Resnik (1 episode)
- Mad Men as Faye Miller (10 episodes)
- Brothers & Sisters as Rose (3 episodes)
- Hawaii Five-0 as Agent Allison Marsh (1 episode)
- A Gifted Man as Carol Gordan (1 episode)
- Castle as Siobhan O'Doul (1 episode)
- The Good Wife as Charlene Peterson (1 episode)
- The Carrie Diaries as Penny (1 episode)
- Elementary as Sarah Cushing (1 episode)
- Person of Interest as Martine Rousseau (8 episodes)
- The Mysteries of Laura as Julia Davis (1 episode)
- Stranger Things as Karen Wheeler
- The Blacklist: Redemption as Anna Copeland (1 episode)
- Bull as Amaya Andrews (1 episode)
- The Romanoffs as Debbie Newman (1 episode)
- Supergirl (2015) as Gamemnae (recurring)
- The Girl From Plainville as Gail Carter (8 episodes)
Cara Buono provides examples of the following tropes:
- Billing Displacement: She is credited as a main cast member on Stranger Things despite Karen Wheeler being at most a secondary character. Made more noticeable by her getting an individual credit when all the far more prominent younger actors are billed in pairs, though they are at least all placed ahead of her. By Season 4, Buono was taken out of the opening credits and instead put in "Also Starring" for the episodes in which she's featured. And even then this billing still falls into the trope, as she's grouped up with three actors who are season regulars in contrast to her minor part.
