Cara Buono

Cara Buono

1971-03-01 The Bronx, New York, USA 42 Credits

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...

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Things Like This

Things Like This

2025

as Margie Kitlin

7.7
Acting

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

Queen of the Ring

2025

as Bertha

6.6
Acting

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

In Fidelity

2024

as Holly Ayker

Acting

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

Acting

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

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

2023

as Debra

7.1
Acting

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

She Came from the Woods

2023

as Heather McCalister

5.6
Acting

In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

She Came from the Woods

She Came from the Woods

2023

Producer

5.6
Producing

In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

Monsters and Men

Monsters and Men

2018

as Stacey

5.9
Acting

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

The Bad Seed

2018

as Angela

7.0
Acting

A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.

All Saints

All Saints

2017

as Aimee Spurlock

6.2
Acting

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

Acting

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

Emily & Tim

2015

as Emily (Segment 3)

6.1
Acting

The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century.

Paper Towns

Paper Towns

2015

as Mrs. Jacobsen

6.2
Acting

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

A Good Marriage

2014

as Betty Pike

5.3
Acting

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

The Discoverers

The Discoverers

2014

as Nell

4.9
Acting

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

Drew Peterson: Untouchable

2014

as Kathleen Savio

5.4
Acting

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

Let Me In

2010

as Owen's Mother

6.8
Acting

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

Acting

Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.

Cthulhu

Cthulhu

2008

as Dannie

5.1
Acting

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

The Unquiet

2008

as Julie Bishop

3.0
Acting

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

Beer League

2006

as Linda

5.2
Acting

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

From Other Worlds

From Other Worlds

2004

as Joanne

3.8
Acting

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

Hulk

2003

as Edith Banner

5.6
Acting

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

Chutney Popcorn

2001

as Janis

5.2
Acting

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

Two Ninas

2000

as Nina Cohen

4.7
Acting

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

Attention Shoppers

2000

as Claire Suavez

2.5
Acting

An actor's promotional appearance at a new shopping centre is ruined when a popular rival shows up at a nearby store.

Takedown

Takedown

2000

as Christina Painter

6.1
Acting

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

Happy Accidents

2000

as Bette

6.8
Acting

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

Man of the Century

1999

as Virginia Clemens

6.4
Acting

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

In a Class of His Own

1999

as Sherry Donato

8.0
Acting

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

Deep in My Heart

1999

as Young Gerry Cummins

6.0
Acting

A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.

River Red

River Red

1998

as Rachel

7.0
Acting

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

Next Stop Wonderland

1998

as Julie

5.9
Acting

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

Directing Writing Producing
Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

as Esther Lesser

5.9
Acting

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

Kicking and Screaming

1995

as Kate

6.2
Acting

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

The Cowboy Way

1994

as Teresa Salazar

5.7
Acting

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

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

1993

as Tracey Lien

7.2
Acting

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

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

1993

5.2
Acting

Religious fanatics are barricaded in a building and surrounded by police. But they're not going to surrender; they prefer to die.

Waterland

Waterland

1992

as Judy Dobson

6.3
Acting

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

Gladiator

1992

as Dawn

7.6
Acting

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

V13

N/A

as Ida

Acting

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...