Cara Buono

Cara Buono is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men; Kelli Moltisanti in the sixth season of The Sopranos; Linda Salvo in the 2006 comedy Artie Lange’s Beer League; and Karen Wheeler in the horror sci-fi Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). She has appeared in films including Hulk (2003) and Let Me In (2010).

Buono was born and raised in the Bronx in a blue-collar family of Italian descent. She has two brothers and a sister.[1][2][3]

Buono attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School[4] and graduated from Columbia University where she was a double major in English and political science. She earned her degree in three years.[5] She made her acting debut in Harvey Fierstein’s play Spookhouse at the age of 12