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Early life and education

Buono was born and raised in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, in a blue-collar family of Italian descent. She has two brothers and a sister.²³⁴

She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School⁵ and graduated from Columbia University with a double major in English and political science, which she completed in three years.⁶ She made her acting debut in Harvey Fierstein's play Spookhouse at the age of 12.⁷

Career

Buono continued stage work both on Broadway and Off Broadway, and started her film career opposite Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons in Waterland (1992). Much of her work has been in indie films such as Chutney Popcorn (1999), Happy Accidents (2000), Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and Two Ninas (1999), which she co-produced. In 1999, she had a small role as a young Gerry Cummins in the TV movie, Deep in My Heart (1999).

She starred in the final season of the NBC drama Third Watch (1999) as paramedic Grace Foster, and Ang Lee's feature film of Marvel Comics' Hulk in 2003 as the mother of the title character's alter ego, Bruce Banner.

She also appeared as Kelli, the wife of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), in the two-part final season of the HBO drama series The Sopranos, which aired in 2006 and 2007. She appeared as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men,⁸ for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.⁹

Personal life

Buono lives in New York City's Greenwich Village with her husband Peter Thum, founder of Ethos Water,¹⁰ and their daughter.¹¹

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

External links

• Cara Buono at IMDb 
• Cara Buono on Instagram

References

1. "Today's Birthdays". The Arizona Republic. The Associated Press. March 1, 2011. p. D6. Actress Cara Buono ('Mad Men') is 40. /wiki/The_Arizona_Republic ↩

2. Watkins, Gwynne (September 20, 2010). "Mad Men's Cara Buono on Her Character Faye's Affair With Don Draper". New York. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2012. http://www.vulture.com/2010/09/mad_mens_carla_buono_faye_on_d.html ↩

3. Freydkin, Donna (August 30, 2010). "Cara Buono shares cooking tips but no 'Mad Men' secrets". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-08-27-CaraBuono27_ST_N.htm ↩

4. "Cara Buono". Vogue Italy. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927171628/http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/focus-on/2010/10/cara-buono ↩

5. "LaGuardia Arts Alumni". Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. https://archive.today/20140408163845/http://laguardiahs.org/alumni/ ↩

6. "A NIGHT OUT WITH -- Cara Buono; Mrs. Wisguy". The New York Times. April 8, 2007. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/fashion/08nite.html ↩

7. "A NIGHT OUT WITH -- Cara Buono; Mrs. Wisguy". The New York Times. April 8, 2007. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/fashion/08nite.html ↩

8. Hochberg, Mina (September 27, 2010). Q&A with Cara Buono Archived September 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. AMCtv.com http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2010/09/cara-buono-interview.php ↩

9. 2011 Outstanding Guest Actress Nominees in a Drama Series Emmys.com http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2011/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actress%20In%20A%20Drama%20Series ↩

10. Freydkin, Donna (August 30, 2010). "Cara Buono shares cooking tips but no 'Mad Men' secrets". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-08-27-CaraBuono27_ST_N.htm ↩

11. Cara Buono [@CaraBuono] (October 16, 2016). "My husband @peterthum made this with our 3 year old daughter. #boo" (Tweet) – via Twitter. https://x.com/CaraBuono/status/787804806576476160 ↩

12. Boucher, Geoff (September 19, 2019). "'Supergirl': Mitch Pileggi And Cara Buono Join Season 5 Cast". Deadline. https://deadline.com/2019/09/supergirl-mitch-pileggi-xfiles-and-cara-buono-stranger-things-join-season-4-cast-1202738235/ ↩