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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cara Buon...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Things Like This
2025
as 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 ...

Queen of the Ring
2025
as Bertha
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 domin...

In Fidelity
2024
as 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 t...
Always, Already
2024
as Cara
A carjacking sets the stage for this short film that intertwines narrative and documentary elements, leading viewers on a journey through the complexi...

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
2023
as Debra
The true story of how Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours, 15-year-old Kara Robinson plots a daring escape from a ser...

She Came from the Woods
2023
as Heather McCalister
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

She Came from the Woods
2023
Producer
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

Monsters and Men
2018
as 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 lo...

The Bad Seed
2018
as Angela
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.

All Saints
2017
as 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 a...
Half the Perfect World
2016
as 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...

Emily & Tim
2015
as 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.

Paper Towns
2015
as 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 climb...

A Good Marriage
2014
as Betty Pike
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

The Discoverers
2014
as 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...

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
2014
as 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.

Let Me In
2010
as 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 a...
Betrayed
2010
as Amy Waite
Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.

Cthulhu
2008
as 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...

The Unquiet
2008
as 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 pos...

Beer League
2006
as Linda
An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.

From Other Worlds
2004
as 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 b...

Hulk
2003
as 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 ragin...

Chutney Popcorn
2001
as 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. ...

Two Ninas
2000
as 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 bus...

Attention Shoppers
2000
as Claire Suavez
An actor's promotional appearance at a new shopping centre is ruined when a popular rival shows up at a nearby store.

Takedown
2000
as 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, h...

Happy Accidents
2000
as 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 ...

Man of the Century
1999
as Virginia Clemens
If ever a man seems lost in time, it would be Johnny Twennies, a newspaper writer who talks, walks and fights like he stepped out of the Jazz Age. Whe...

In a Class of His Own
1999
as 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: ...

Deep in My Heart
1999
as Young Gerry Cummins
A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

River Red
1998
as 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, D...

Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as 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...
Baggage
1997
Director, Writer, Producer

Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
as 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...

Kicking and Screaming
1995
as Kate
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding inste...

The Cowboy Way
1994
as Teresa Salazar
Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1993
as 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 vanish...

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
1993
Religious fanatics are barricaded in a building and surrounded by police. But they're not going to surrender; they prefer to die.

Waterland
1992
as 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 i...

Gladiator
1992
as 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 is noticed an...

V13
N/A
as 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 tha...