Cara Buono Biography

Fast Facts

• Made stage debut at age 12 as an understudy in Harvey Fierstein's 1984 Off-Broadway play Spook House; also appeared on stage in revivals of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man (1989) and Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tatttoo (1995)
• Was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Abby, My Love, a 1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special about a teen who's sexually abused by her father
• (Buono later counseled rape victims at New York City's Roosevelt Hospital
• ) Wrote and directed the 1997 short film Baggage (starring Minnie Driver and Liev Schreiber)
• Film credits range from The Hulk and Artie Lange's Beer League to the 1999 indie romance Two Ninas (which she co-produced)
• Has run in three New York City Marathons
• Is certified to teach yoga