Carrie Coon

Carrie Coon is my favorite kind of actor: stage-forged, late-blooming, and completely uninterested in celebrity as a project. Trained at Wisconsin-Madison and proven in the theatre before television found her, she carries a groundedness that prestige drama desperately needs. She can hold a close-up with nothing but stillness and let grief or fury surface by degrees. The Emmy and Tony nominations feel almost beside the point; what matters is that writers now build roles knowing she can land emotional weight no one else can. I suspect her Ohio pragmatism keeps her honest, and every project she joins instantly gains credibility in my book.

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Name (English)

Carrie Coon

Name (Japanese)

キャリー・クーン

Reading

きゃりー・くーん

Born

January 24, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Copley Township, Ohio, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

High school

Copley High School

University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Theatre World Award
• 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/carriecoon/
• Xhttps://x.com/carriecoon
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%20Coon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17317909

Tags

• Ohio
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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