Carrie Alexandra Coon (born January 24, 1981) is an American actress. On television, she has starred as Nora Durst in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017) and played Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2017). She won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress for The Leftovers and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for Fargo. She also starred in the second season of the anthology drama series The Sinner (2018) and has played an aspiring socialite in the HBO period drama series The Gilded Age since 2022. For her work in The Gilded Age, she received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Carrie Coon | |
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Born | Carrie Alexandra Coon January 24, 1981 Copley, Ohio, U.S. |
Education | University of Mount Union (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (MFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2006–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
On stage, Coon was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2012 revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In film, she has acted in the thriller Gone Girl (2014), the crime film Widows (2018), the political drama The Post (2017), and the dramas The Nest (2020) and His Three Daughters (2024). She has also appeared as Proxima Midnight in the superhero film Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and starred in the supernatural comedy films Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
Early life and education
editCarrie Alexandra Coon was born in Copley, Ohio,[1] on January 24, 1981,[2] to Paula (née Ploenes) and John Coon.[3] She has an older sister, an older brother, and two younger brothers.[1] She graduated from Copley High School in 1999, next attending the University of Mount Union, graduating in 2003 with a BA in English and Spanish. In 2006, she earned her MFA in acting from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4][5]
Career
editEarly career
editCoon began her career in regional theater. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Coon was immediately recruited by the Madison Repertory Theatre and made her professional stage debut in a production of Our Town. After her debut with the Madison Repertory Theatre, Coon joined the American Players Theatre and stayed with them for four seasons. Coon moved to Chicago in 2008 and made her Chicago debut with a production of Brontë at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Coon commuted between Chicago and Wisconsin for several years, alternating between Chicago productions, productions in Milwaukee, and seasons with the American Players Theatre. During these years, Coon provided for herself by performing motion capture work for a video game company based in Wisconsin.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Coon's breakthrough came in 2010 when she was cast as Honey in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The role immediately resulted in further parts in Chicago productions, and she followed the production to performances in Washington, D.C. and New York City, making her Broadway debut. For her performance, she won a Theatre World Award and received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination.[14][15][16] Steven Oxman of Variety described the Broadway revival as an "relentlessly intense" production adding that "Carrie Coon makes an especially sensitive, sympathetic Honey".[17] Mark Kennedy of The Associated Press labelled the revival "astonishing" citing Coon as giving a performance of "great fragility".[18]
Coon made her screen debut in an episode of the short-lived NBC series The Playboy Club in 2011. She later guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ironside, and Intelligence.
Breakthrough
editFollowing her Tony Award nomination in 2014, Coon was cast as one of the main characters in the HBO drama series The Leftovers, alongside Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, and Ann Dowd.[19] That same year, she made her film debut in Gone Girl, based on the 2012 novel of same name and directed by David Fincher.[20][21]
In early 2015, Coon starred in the lead role of the Off-Broadway production of Placebo at Playwrights Horizons.[22] She also participated in readings for her husband Tracy Letts' 2015–2016 season play Mary Page Marlowe and was in talks to perform in the production in Chicago if her filming schedule with The Leftovers permitted;[23] in December 2015, it was announced that Coon would be one of six actresses portraying the title character in Mary Page Marlowe for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago from March to May 2016.[24] In April 2015, Coon left The Gersh Agency for United Talent Agency.[25] In October and November 2015, Coon filmed the movie Strange Weather alongside actress Holly Hunter for director Katherine Dieckmann in Mississippi.[26] In December 2015, she filmed the horror romance The Keeping Hours for director Karen Moncrieff and Blumhouse Productions.[27]
Coon starred in the lead role of Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series Fargo.[28] She received a nomination for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role and won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for both Fargo and The Leftovers. In 2017, she filmed Great Choice, a horror short mimicking a 1990s Red Lobster commercial.[29] The same year she played real life journalist Meg Greenfield in the Steven Spielberg–directed historical drama film The Post.[30] In 2018, Coon co-starred in the Steve McQueen heist thriller film Widows.[31] Coon provided the voice and motion capture for Proxima Midnight, a member of the Black Order and a child of Thanos, in the superhero film Avengers: Infinity War (2018) directed by the Russo brothers.[32]
On April 30, 2020, Coon joined the cast of the HBO drama series The Gilded Age as Bertha Russell.[33] She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for her work in the film The Nest.[34] In January 2024, Coon joined the cast of the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus, which is expected to premiere in 2025.[35] She starred in the Azazel Jacobs family drama His Three Daughters (2023) alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows three estranged daughters as they care for their dying father. Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Coon is masterful at conveying the space between those inner and outer selves."[36] The film was picked up for distribution by Netflix and released in September 2024.[37]
Personal life
editCoon married actor and playwright Tracy Letts in 2013.[38] They have a son born in 2018[39] and a daughter born in 2021.[40]
Acting credits
editFilm
edit† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Gone Girl | Margo "Go" Dunne | |
2016 | Strange Weather | Byrd | |
2017 | The Keeping Hours | Elizabeth | |
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town | Virginia | ||
The Post | Meg Greenfield | ||
2018 | The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter | Linda Ferguson | |
Avengers: Infinity War | Proxima Midnight | ||
Kin | Morgan Hunter | ||
Widows | Amanda Nunn | ||
2020 | The Nest | Allison O'Hara | |
2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Callie Spengler | |
2023 | Boston Strangler | Jean Cole | |
His Three Daughters | Katie | ||
Another Happy Day | Irene | ||
2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Callie Spengler | |
Lake George | Phyllis | [41] |
Television
edit† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | The Playboy Club | Doris Hall | Episode: "An Act of Simple Duplicity" |
2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Talia Blaine | Episode: "Girl Dishonored" |
2013 | Ironside | Rachel Ryan | Episode: "Pilot" |
2014 | Intelligence | Luanne Vick | Episode: "Patient Zero" |
2014–2017 | The Leftovers | Nora Durst | Main role |
2017 | Fargo | Gloria Burgle | Main role (season 3) |
2018 | The Sinner | Vera Walker | Main role (season 2) |
2021 | What If...? | Proxima Midnight (voice) | Episode: "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" |
2022–present | The Gilded Age | Bertha Russell | Main role |
2023 | Teenage Euthanasia | Michelle's Mother (voice) | Episode: "Viva La Flappanista" |
2025 | The White Lotus † | TBA | Main role (season 3) |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | Our Town | Emily | Overture Center for the Arts (Madison Repertory Theatre) | [42] |
Romeo and Juliet | Ensemble | American Players Theatre (Spring Green, Wisconsin) | [43] | |
The Matchmaker | Ermengarde | [44] | ||
Measure for Measure | Juliet | [45] | ||
2007 | Anna Christie | Anna | Overture Center for the Arts | [46] |
Misalliance | Hypatia | American Players Theatre | [46] | |
The Merchant of Venice | Ensemble | [47] | ||
The Night of the Iguana | Charlotte | [48] | ||
2008 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Miep Gies | Overture Center for the Arts | [49] |
Brontë | Emily | Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (Chicago debut) | [50] | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | American Players Theatre | [51] | |
Henry IV | Lady Percy | [52] | ||
The Belle's Stratagem | Miss Ogle | [53] | ||
2009 | Magnolia | Ariel | Goodman Theatre (Chicago) | [54] |
Henry V | Kate | American Players Theatre | [42] | |
2010 | Blackbird | Una | Renaissance Theatreworks (Milwaukee) | [55] |
Reasons to Be Pretty | Stephanie | [56] | ||
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) | [57] | |
2011 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) | [57] |
The Real Thing | Annie | Writers Theatre (Glencoe) | [58] | |
2012 | The Girl in the Yellow Dress | Celia | Next Theatre (Evanston) | [59] |
Pretty Penny | Crystal | Writers Theatre | [60] | |
The March | Emily Thompson | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | [61] | |
Three Sisters | Masha | [62] | ||
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey | Booth Theatre (Broadway debut) | [63] | |
2015 | Placebo | Louise | Playwrights Horizons (Off-Broadway) | [64] |
2016 | Mary Page Marlowe | Mary Page Marlowe (ages 27–36) | Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) | [24] |
2017 | Mary Jane | Mary Jane | New York Theatre Workshop (Off-Broadway) | [65] |
2020 | Bug | Agnes White | Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) | [66] |
Awards and nominations
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