Cara Buono

Cara Buono

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cara Buono, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Rachel Zelinsky

NCIS

NCIS

2003 • as Commander Sarah Resnick

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Shelly Taggert

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Alice Simonelli

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Ms. Shannon

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Lisa Dumont

Filmography

2025

Queen of the Ring
Queen of the Ring
as Bertha
Movie - Released: 3/7/2025
Things Like This
Things Like This
as Margie Kitlin
Movie - Released: 5/16/2025

2024

Movie
Always, Already
as Cara
Movie - Released: 4/8/2024
In Fidelity
In Fidelity
as Holly Ayker
Movie - Released: 11/4/2024

2023

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
as Debra
Movie - Released: 2/11/2023
She Came from the Woods
She Came from the Woods
as Heather McCalister
Movie - Released: 2/10/2023

2022

The Girl from Plainville
The Girl from Plainville
as Gail Carter
TV - Released: 3/29/2022

2020

Talking Sopranos
Talking Sopranos
as Self
TV - Released: 4/7/2020

2018

The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed
as Angela
Movie - Released: 9/9/2018
Monsters and Men
Monsters and Men
as Stacey
Movie - Released: 9/22/2018
God Friended Me
God Friended Me
as Karen
TV - Released: 9/30/2018
The Romanoffs
The Romanoffs
as Debbie Newman
TV - Released: 10/11/2018

2017

All Saints
All Saints
as Aimee Spurlock
Movie - Released: 8/25/2017
The Blacklist: Redemption
The Blacklist: Redemption
as Anna Copeland
TV - Released: 2/23/2017

2016

Movie
Half the Perfect World
as Sonia
Movie - Released: 8/26/2016
Bull
Bull
as Amaya Andrews
TV - Released: 9/20/2016
Stranger Things
Stranger Things
as Karen Wheeler
TV - Released: 7/15/2016

2015

Emily & Tim
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 3)
Movie - Released: 8/29/2015
Paper Towns
Paper Towns
as Mrs. Jacobsen
Movie - Released: 6/18/2015
Supergirl
Supergirl
as Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper
TV - Released: 10/26/2015

2014

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Drew Peterson: Untouchable
as Kathleen Savio
Movie - Released: 1/29/2014
A Good Marriage
A Good Marriage
as Betty Pike
Movie - Released: 10/3/2014
The Discoverers
The Discoverers
as Nell
Movie - Released: 5/16/2014
The Mysteries of Laura
The Mysteries of Laura
as Julia Davis
TV - Released: 9/17/2014

2012

Elementary
Elementary
as Sarah Cushing
TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

Person of Interest
Person of Interest
as Martine Rousseau
TV - Released: 9/22/2011

2010

Movie
Betrayed
as Amy Waite
Movie - Released: 5/14/2010
Let Me In
Let Me In
as Owen's Mother
Movie - Released: 10/1/2010
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0
as Agent Allison Marsh
TV - Released: 9/20/2010

2009

Castle
Castle
as Siobhan O'Doul
TV - Released: 3/9/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Charlene Peterson
TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

The Unquiet
The Unquiet
as Julie Bishop
Movie - Released: 1/27/2008

2007

Cthulhu
Cthulhu
as Dannie
Movie - Released: 3/31/2007
Mad Men
Mad Men
as Faye Miller
TV - Released: 7/19/2007

2006

Beer League
Beer League
as Linda
Movie - Released: 9/15/2006
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters
as Rose
TV - Released: 9/24/2006

2004

From Other Worlds
From Other Worlds
as Joanne
Movie - Released: 10/29/2004
TV
Six Months to Live
as Alice
TV - Released: 3/29/2004

2003

Hulk
Hulk
as Edith Banner
Movie - Released: 6/19/2003
NCIS
NCIS
as Commander Sarah Resnick
TV - Released: 9/23/2003
Miss Match
Miss Match
as Michelle Schiff
TV - Released: 9/26/2003

2002

The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Anna Turner
TV - Released: 6/16/2002

2001

Chutney Popcorn
Chutney Popcorn
as Janis
Movie - Released: 1/11/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Charlotte Caspari
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

Happy Accidents
Happy Accidents
as Bette
Movie - Released: 1/25/2000
Two Ninas
Two Ninas
as Nina Cohen
Movie - Released: 12/1/2000
Attention Shoppers
Attention Shoppers
as Claire Suavez
Movie - Released: 9/21/2000
Takedown
Takedown
as Christina Painter
Movie - Released: 3/15/2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Tracy Logan
TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

In a Class of His Own
In a Class of His Own
as Sherry Donato
Movie - Released: 10/17/1999
Man of the Century
Man of the Century
as Virginia Clemens
Movie - Released: 10/29/1999
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
as Young Gerry Cummins
Movie - Released: 2/14/1999
Third Watch
Third Watch
as Grace Foster
TV - Released: 9/23/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rachel Zelinsky
TV - Released: 9/20/1999
Family Law
Family Law
as Carly Hanson
TV - Released: 9/20/1999
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
as Kelli Lombardo
TV - Released: 1/10/1999
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
as Kelli Moltisanti
TV - Released: 1/10/1999

1998

River Red
River Red
as Rachel
Movie - Released: 11/6/1998
Next Stop Wonderland
Next Stop Wonderland
as Julie
Movie - Released: 8/21/1998

1996

Killer: A Journal of Murder
Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Esther Lesser
Movie - Released: 9/6/1996

1995

Kicking and Screaming
Kicking and Screaming
as Kate
Movie - Released: 10/6/1995
The Single Guy
The Single Guy
as Christie
TV - Released: 9/21/1995

1994

The Cowboy Way
The Cowboy Way
as Teresa Salazar
Movie - Released: 6/3/1994

1993

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
Movie - Released: 5/23/1993
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
as Tracey Lien
Movie - Released: 11/9/1993

1992

Gladiator
Gladiator
as Dawn
Movie - Released: 3/6/1992
Waterland
Waterland
as Judy Dobson
Movie - Released: 8/21/1992

1990

Law & Order
Law & Order
as Shelly Taggert
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Alice Simonelli
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Ms. Shannon
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Lisa Dumont
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Unknown

Movie
V13
as Ida
Movie