Cara Buono

Short Biography

WEBSITEwww.carabuono.comFILMLET ME IN Matt Reeves, dir. ARTIE LANGE'S BEER LEAGUE Frank Sebastiano, dir. THE HULK Ang Lee, dir. HAPPY ACCIDENTS Brad Anderson, dir.*SundanceNEXT STOP WONDERLAND BradAnderson, dir.*SundanceLULU ON THE BRIDGE Paul Auster, dir. CHUTNEY POPCORN Nisha Ganatra, dir. TWO NINAS Neil Turitz, dir*Audience Award, Gen. ArtRIVER RED Eric Drilling, dir*SundanceMAN OF THE CENTURY Adam Abraham, dir.*Audience Award, SlamdanceKICKING AND SCREAMING Noah Baumbach, dir.TELEVISIONNCIS Sarah Resnick (Guest Lead) CBS ER Laura (FinalFatality) NBC THE SOPRANOS Kelli Moltisanti (Series Regular) HBO THE DEAD ZONE Sheriff Anna Turner (SeriesRegular) USA THIRD WATCH Grace Foster (Series Regular) NBC C.S.I. Tracey (Guest Lead) CBS L&O;: SVU Rachel (Guest Lead) NBC L&O;: CRIMINAL INTENT Cookie/Charlotte (Guest Lead) NBC UNTITLED GANZ/MANDEL Linda (Lead) ABC*PilotDEEP IN MY HEART Young Gerry/Anne Banrcoft (Lead) CBS LAW & ORDER (3X) Shannon/Alice/Shelley (GuestLead) NBC IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN Shari (Lead) Showtime MovieABBY, MY LOVE Abby (Lead) CBS*Emmy NominationTHEATREBroadwayTHE ROSE TATTOO Rosa Circle in the Square/Robert Falls, dir. SOME AMERICANS ABROAD Katie Lincoln Center Th./Roger Michel, dir. THE TENTH MAN Evelyn Lincoln CenterTh./Ulu Grosbard, dir.Off-BroadwayGOOD THING Mary The New Group/Jo Bonney, dir. ONE DAY ON WALL STREET Sherry Naked Angels/Brian Roff, dir. NOTES FROM THE CONFEDERACY Adelaide Cherry Lane Th./Eduardo Machado, dir. .Biography by Nathan Southern [-]An intense, unaffected, sloe-eyed Italian American player of television, stage, and film, Cara Buono never lacked determination. The product of a working-class Bronx household, she was determined to become an actor during adolescence, then broke into show business at age 12 (ca. 1983) and used a succession of roles, including Broadway and small screen assignments, to generate a steady income, support herself, and ultimately put herself through Columbia University in an astonishing three years. Buono made an admirable (albeit low-profile) debut in director Stephen Gyllenhaal's ambitious and vastly underrated psychological drama Waterland (as a student in the early '70s). Subsequent films varied enormously in quality, as did the scope of her roles; from a turn as an illegal immigrant daughter in the critically excoriated buddy comedy The Cowboy Way (1994), to a bit part in the critically worshipped Noah Baumbach seriocomedy Kicking and Screaming (1995). Subsequent highlights of Buono's career included a key supporting role in director Brad Anderson's wry romantic comedy Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and a portrayal of Bruce Banner's mother, Edith, in director Ang Lee's unevenly received superhero opus Hulk (2003). In the years to follow, Buono shifted her focus to television with a season-long role as Grace Foster on Third Watch and a portrayal of Anna Turner in Season Six of The Dead Zone. She also co-starred opposite Jason Cottle in the occult horror thriller Cthulhu, adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft.