About
Born in The Bronx, New York, Buono was raised in a blue-collar family and decided at an early age to make acting her life's ambition. At 11, she showed her connection to her family's work ethic by answering a casting call ad for Harvey Fierstein's "Spookhouse" and landing the role, without any assistance from her family or other adults. Buono began landing roles on television and the New York stage while in her teens and early twenties, and earned a Daytime Emmy nomination as a young victim of sexual abuse in Abby, My Love (1991) (CBS, 1991), which aired as part of the CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984). She soon graduated to minor roles in Stephen Gyllenhaal's Waterland (1992), with Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke; as an illegal immigrant in The Cowboy Way (1994), with Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland; and in Noah Baumbach's much-loved indie comedy, Kicking and Screaming (1995), which...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
NCISSeries • 2003
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010
CastleSeries • 2009
Stranger ThingsSeries • 2016
Person of InterestSeries • 2011
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
The SopranosSeries • 1999
The Good WifeSeries • 2009
ElementarySeries • 2012
Mad MenSeries • 2007
SupergirlSeries • 2015
Third WatchSeries • 1999
BullSeries • 2016
Brothers and SistersSeries • 2006
The Dead ZoneSeries • 2002
The DebutMovie • 2026
Family LawSeries • 1999
The Mysteries of LauraSeries • 2014
God Friended MeSeries • 2018
The Single GuySeries • 1995
HulkMovie • 2003