Cara Buono

Q: Has Cara Buono won any awards?

While Cara Buono has not won major awards such as an Oscar, she has received nominations for her performances, particularly in television.

Q: What was Cara Buono's first film?

Cara Buono made her film debut in the 1997 movie 'The New Adventures of Peter Pan.' This marked the beginning of her acting career.

Q: What are Cara Buono's most successful films?

Some of Cara Buono's successful films include 'Let Me In' and 'The Weight of Water.' These films helped establish her as a talented actress in both independent and mainstream cinema.

Q: What is known about Cara Buono's personal life?

Cara Buono is married to Peter Thum, and they have two children together. She maintains a relatively private personal life away from the public eye.

Q: What is Cara Buono's estimated net worth?

Cara Buono's estimated net worth is around $2 million. This reflects her successful career in acting and contributions to film and television.

Q: What milestones has Cara Buono achieved in her filmography?

Cara Buono has achieved significant milestones, including starring in major TV series and films. Her role in 'Stranger Things' has been particularly impactful in her career.

Q: In which projects has Cara Buono worked as a writer?

In addition to acting, Cara Buono has worked on various screenplays. She has contributed to the writing of several independent films, showcasing her versatility in the industry.

Known for

Stranger Things (2016–)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2016– / Drama, Fantasy / 51 min

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Hulk (2003)

IMDb 5.6 / 10

2003 / Action, Sci-Fi / 138 min

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging...

Paper Towns (2015)

IMDb 6.2 / 10

2015 / Adventure, Comedy / 109 min

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs...

Name

Cara Buono

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Born

1 March 1971, New York City, New York, USA

Spouses

Peter Thum (2008–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly known

Parents

Salvatore Buono, Patricia Buono

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Debut When Mona Friedman is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming...	Cassie	Not rated
2026	Movie Jane Twenty-five-year-old nanny and aspiring writer Sophie can’t believe her luck when she lands a gig babysitting for the daughter of...	Linda Carson	Not rated
2026	Movie One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers'...	Self - Karen Wheeler	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2025	Movie Things Like This Struggling writer Zack Anthony meets Zack Mandel, an assistant to a talent agent. Their connection begins with a small act...	Margie Kitlin	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2025	Movie V13 In Vienna in 1913, Hugo, a young man from a well-off Viennese family, is sent to see Sigmund Freud, the...	Ida	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2025	Movie Queen of the Ring In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces...	Bertha Burke	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie In Fidelity Lyle and Holly, a happily married New York couple decide to test the romantic boundaries of their monogamous relationship. Soon,...	Holly Ayker	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2024	Movie Always, Already A carjacking sets the stage for this short film that intertwines narrative and documentary elements, leading viewers on a journey...	Cara	Not rated
2023	Movie The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival...	Debra	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2023	Movie She Came from the Woods In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.	Heather McCalister	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2022	TV The Girl from Plainville The controversial case of Michelle Carter, who was convicted in 2017 of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging the suicide of her...	Gail Carter	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	TV Talking Sopranos Cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa host Talking Sopranos. Michael reviews the Sopranos episode by episode giving inside info,...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2018	TV The Romanoffs An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.	Debbie Newman	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	TV God Friended Me A self-proclaimed "pesky atheist" is encouraged to help strangers by someone claiming to be God who friends him on Facebook.	Karen	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2018	Movie Monsters and Men After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of...	Stacey	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2018	Movie The Bad Seed A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.	Angela	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie All Saints Michael Spurlock decides to trade in his corporate sales career to become a pastor. Unfortunately, his first assignment is to...	Aimee Spurlock	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	TV The Blacklist: Redemption Covert operative Tom Keen joins forces with Susan "Scottie" Hargrave, the brilliant and cunning chief of a covert mercenary organization...	Anna Copeland	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	TV Bull Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.	Amaya Andrews	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	Movie Half the Perfect World When solid and steadfast hat maker Lily (Heather Lind) is seduced by her boyfriend's cousin Daniel (Ryan O'Nan), her seemingly...	Sonia	Not rated
2016	TV Stranger Things When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange...	Karen Wheeler	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2015	TV Supergirl Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from...	Gamemnae / Gemma Cooper	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Emily & Tim The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half...	Emily (Segment 3)	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2015	Movie Paper Towns Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open...	Mrs. Jacobsen	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie A Good Marriage After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?	Betty Pike	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	TV The Mysteries of Laura Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two...	Julia Davis	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie The Discoverers Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in...	Nell	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	Movie Drew Peterson: Untouchable The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of...	Kathleen Savio	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie Modern Love American tv movie with no plot outline available on the imdb	Nicky	Not rated
2012	TV Elementary A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in...	Sarah Cushing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2011	TV Person of Interest John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes...	Martine Rousseau	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2010	Movie Let Me In A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the...	Owen's Mother	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	TV Hawaii Five-0 Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to...	Agent Allison Marsh	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2010	Movie Betrayed Investigative reporter, James Vance, has disappeared and police suspect his best friend, Roger Waite, of murder.	Amy Waite	Not rated
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Charlene Peterson	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	TV Castle After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the...	Siobhan O'Doul	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Cthulhu A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate,...	Dannie	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Unquiet Do you believe in ghosts? Well, whether you do or not, you'll want to tune in for this superspooky flick...	Julie Bishop	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2007	TV Mad Men Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and...	Faye Miller	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2006	TV Brothers and Sisters The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.	Rose	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	Movie Beer League An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.	Linda	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie From Other Worlds FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters...	Joanne	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2004	TV Six Months to Live Three best friends, Peter, Rodney, and Alice, only have six months to live.	Alice	Not rated
2003	TV Miss Match Kate Fox, a divorce lawyer who dabbles at matchmaking on the side, finds herself thrust into the spotlight and dismaying...	Michelle Schiff	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2003	TV NCIS From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any...	Commander Sarah Resnick	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	Movie Hulk Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to...	Edith Banner	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2002	TV The Dead Zone Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.	Sheriff Anna Turner	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2001	TV Law & Order: Criminal Intent The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following...	Charlotte Caspari	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie Chutney Popcorn Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily...	Janis	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	Movie Two Ninas After a long lonely period of involuntary celibacy, Marty Sachs decides that he has had enough of New York and...	Nina Cohen	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	TV CSI: Crime Scene Investigation A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable...	Tracy Logan	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2000	Movie Attention Shoppers An actor's promotional appearance at a new shopping centre is ruined when a popular rival shows up at a nearby...	Claire Suavez	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2000	Movie Takedown Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and...	Christina Painter	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2000	Movie Happy Accidents A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the...	Bette	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie Man of the Century The sidewalks of New York will never be the same, thanks to Johnny Twennies, an ace reporter who bangs out...	Virginia Clemens	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie In a Class of His Own Rich Donato is the high school janitor at an Oregon high school. He is looked up to by the kids...	Sherry Donato	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	TV Third Watch The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen,...	Grace Foster	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Rachel Zelinsky	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	TV Family Law Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since...	Carly Hanson	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1999	Movie Deep in My Heart A black woma is reunited with her white birth mother after being given up for adoption.	Young Gerry Cummins	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	TV The Sopranos The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the...	Kelli Lombardo	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1999	TV The Sopranos The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the...	Kelli Moltisanti	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1998	Movie River Red Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom...	Rachel	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1998	Movie Next Stop Wonderland Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in...	Julie	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1996	Movie Killer: A Journal of Murder Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard...	Esther Lesser	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	Movie Kicking and Screaming After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her,...	Kate	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1995	TV The Single Guy	Christie	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1994	Movie The Cowboy Way Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.	Teresa Salazar	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1993	Movie Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin...	Tracey Lien	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1993	Movie The Perfect Woman The camera focuses up close on a series of unnamed women as they talk to their men. In every case,...	Unknown character	Not rated
1993	Movie In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco Religious fanatics are barricaded in a building and surrounded by police. But they're not going to surrender; they prefer to...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1992	Movie Waterland The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method...	Judy Dobson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1992	Movie Gladiator Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school....	Dawn	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Ms. Shannon	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Alice Simonelli	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Lisa Dumont	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Shelly Taggert	TMDB 7.3 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2023	Movie She Came from the Woods In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.	Producer Production	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	Movie Baggage	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie Baggage	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie Baggage	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10

Jane

2026

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

2026 / TMDB 7.3

Things Like This

2025 / TMDB 6.2

V13

2025 / TMDB 2.0

Queen of the Ring

2025 / TMDB 6.7

In Fidelity

2024 / TMDB 5.2

Got a question about Cara Buono?

What are some of Cara Buono's most notable roles?

Cara Buono is best known for her roles in 'Stranger Things' as Karen Wheeler and 'The Sopranos' as Kelli Moltisanti. Her performances in these series have garnered critical acclaim.

Has Cara Buono won any awards?

What was Cara Buono's first film?

What are Cara Buono's most successful films?

What is known about Cara Buono's personal life?

What is Cara Buono's estimated net worth?

What milestones has Cara Buono achieved in her filmography?

In which projects has Cara Buono worked as a writer?