# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cara-buono
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:50.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cara-buono"
name: "Cara Buono"
slug: "cara-buono"
description: "Cara Buono is an American actress. She made her film debut in Gladiator (1992) and received recognition for her roles in various television shows including CBS Schoolbreak Special (1991), Law & Order (1996–2024), Mad Men (2010), and starred as Karen Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). Her roles earned her nominations for both a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming."
tagline: "American actress, screenwriter, and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cara_Buono_at_the_Chiller_Theatre_Expo_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           23.216632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "CaraBuono"
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    handle:    "carabuono"
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    handle:    "nm0120648"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump