Cara Buono

Cara Buono is my favorite kind of performer: the dependable craftsperson who makes everything around her better. A Bronx kid who went through LaGuardia High School and Columbia University, she brings a writer's intelligence to her acting, and indeed she writes and directs as well. I think that is why her Karen Wheeler in Stranger Things lands so well; she plays an ordinary suburban mother with enough interior life to feel like a real person rather than scenery. Decades in the business, from Mad Men to Netflix, without scandal or stagnation is its own quiet achievement. Hollywood runs on actors like her, and I wish they were celebrated more often.

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Name (English)

Cara Buono

Name (Japanese)

カーラ・ブオノ

Reading

かーら・ぶおの

Born

March 1, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / film producer / television actor / film actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

University

Columbia University

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.carabuono.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/carabuono/
• Xhttps://x.com/CaraBuono
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara%20Buono
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289540

Tags

• New York
• screenwriter
• film producer
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.