Carrie Coon Biography

Carrie Alexandra Coon (born January 24, 1981) is an American actress. Coon was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2012 revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. In 2014, she began starring as Nora Durst in the HBO drama series, The Leftovers, and appeared in the thriller film Gone Girl.

Early life

Coon was born and raised in Copley, Ohio, the daughter of Paula (ne Ploenes) and John Coon. She has an older sister and three brothers. She graduated from Copley High School in 1999, next attending the University of Mount Union, graduating in 2003 with a B.A in English and Spanish. In 2006 she earned her M.F.A in Acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Career

Coon 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 Bront. 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.

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 DC and New York City, making her Broadway debut. For her performance, she won a Theatre World Award and received a Tony Award nomination.

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. After her Tony Award nomination, Coon was cast as one of the main characters in the HBO drama series, The Leftovers, alongside Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, and Ann Dowd. She later made her film debut in Gone Girl, based on the 2012 novel of same name and directed by David Fincher.

In early 2015, Coon starred in the lead role of the Off-Broadway production of Placebo at Playwrights Horizons. 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 permits; 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. In April 2015, Coon left The Gersh Agency for United Talent Agency. In October and November 2015, Coon filmed the movie Strange Weather alongside actress Holly Hunter for director Katherine Dieckmann in Mississippi. In December 2015, she filmed the horror romance The Keeping Hours for director Karen Moncrieff and Blumhouse Productions.

Personal life

In 2013, Coon married actor and playwright Tracy Letts. The previous year they had appeared together in the Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Gone Girl	Margo "Go" Dunne	Nominated - Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2016	Strange Weather	Byrd	Post-production
2016	The Keeping Hours	Elizabeth	Post-production
2016	Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town	Virginia	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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-present	The Leftovers	Nora Durst	Main cast Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2015) Nominated - Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2014)
2017	Fargo	Gloria Burgle	Season 3

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Our Town	Emily	Overture Center for the Arts (Madison Repertory Theatre) February 17 - March 12, 2006
	Romeo and Juliet	Ensemble	American Players Theatre (Spring Green, Wisconsin) July 2 - October 7, 2006 July 4 - October 8, 2006 July 5 - September 23, 2006
	The Matchmaker	Ermengarde
	Measure for Measure	Juliet
2007	Anna Christie	Anna	Overture Center for the Arts February 2-25, 2007
	Misalliance	Hypatia	American Players Theatre June 15 - October 6, 2007 June 22 - October 5, 2007 August 3 - October 6, 2007
	The Merchant of Venice	Ensemble
	Night of the Iguana	Charlotte
2008	The Diary of Anne Frank	Miep	Overture Center for the Arts January 11 - February 3, 2008
	Bront	Emily	Remy Bumppo Theatre Company (Chicago debut) March 20 - May 4, 2008
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Helena	American Players Theatre June 7 - October 5, 2008 June 20 - September 20, 2008 August 1 - October 4, 2008
	Henry IV	Lady Percy
	The Belle's Stratagem	Miss Ogle
2009	Magnolia	Ariel	Goodman Theatre (Chicago) March 14 - April 19, 2009
	Henry V	Kate	American Players Theatre August 7 - October 2, 2009
2010	Blackbird	Una	Renaissance Theatreworks (Milwaukee) January 15 - February 7, 2010 October 1-24, 2010
	reasons to be pretty	Stephanie
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) December 2, 2010 - February 13, 2011
2011			Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) February 25 - April 10, 2011
	The Real Thing	Annie	Writers Theatre (Glencoe) September 13 - December 4, 2011
2012	The Girl in the Yellow Dress	Celia	Next Theatre (Evanston) January 19 - February 26, 2012
	Pretty Penny	Crystal	Writers Theatre March 12, 2012 Staged reading for one night only
	The March	Emily Thompson	Steppenwolf Theatre Company April 5 - June 10, 2012 June 28 - August 26, 2012
	Three Sisters	Masha
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Booth Theatre (Broadway debut) Nominated: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play September 27, 2012 - March 3, 2013
2015	Placebo	Louise	Playwrights Horizons (Off-Broadway) February 20 - April 6, 2015
2016	Mary Page Marlowe	Mary Page Marlowe (ages 27-36)	Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) March 31 - June 5, 2016

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2013	Theatre World Award		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Play
2014	Empire Award	Best Female Newcomer	Gone Girl
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Supporting Actress
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actress
	San Diego Film Critics Society Award	Best Supporting Actress
2015	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	The Leftovers
2016	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Actress in a Drama Series