Join us for a 90-minute Career Retrospective with actor Carrie Coon

BIO: Carrie Coon is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents with a wide variety of roles across film, television, and theatre. She has garnered acclaim throughout her career and continues to cultivate her impressive body of work. 

Carrie can currently be seen co-starring in Azazel Jacobs’ His Three Daughters, alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olson. The film follows three distant sisters who reunite in NYC to care for their sick father. Tensions rise as they confront past issues, aiming to heal family bonds amid laughter and tears. The acclaimed film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and was released by Netflix in September.

She recently wrapped production on season three of the Emmy-winning anthology series The White Lotus, alongside Michelle Monaghan, Christian Friedel, Aimee Lou Wood, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey and Leslie Bibb. 

In 2023, Carrie was seen in season two of HBO’s Emmy-nominated series The Gilded Age alongside Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon and Morgan Spector. The series, created by Julian Fellowes, centers on a period of immense economic change, of fortunes made and lost and the rise of disparity between old money and new. Carrie portrays ‘Bertha Russell,’ who comes from the ordinary middle class and is determined to use her money to position to break into a society that resists change. This role earned Carrie her second primetime Emmy nomination for “Best Actress in a Drama Series”. The series has also been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series” and is currently in production on season three. 

Carrie’s breakout role in film came in the highly acclaimed film Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, and Neil Patrick Harris. Based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl tells the story of Nick (Affleck); a man in a rocky marriage whose life implodes when his wife goes missing and he becomes a suspect for murder. Carrie portrays “Margo ‘Go’ Dunne;” Nick’s twin sister and confidant. 

Additional film credits include Matt Ruskin’s Boston Strangler, Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife; Gil Kenan’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Jeffrey Reiner’s Lake George; Sean Durkin’s The Nest for which she received critical acclaim; Nora Fiffer’s Another Happy Day, which Carrie executive produced; Steve McQueen’s Widows; Jonathan and Jon Baker’s Kin; Anthony and Joe Russo’s Marvel Universe blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War; Jody Hill’s The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter; Steven Spielberg’s The Post; Christian Papierniack’s Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Tow; Karen Moncrieff’s The Keeping Hours; and Katherine Dieckmann’s Strange Weather.

 In television, Carrie starred as ‘Vera Walker’ in the second season of the USA Network’s critically lauded limited drama series The Sinner. For her work, Carrie was nominated for her third Critics’ Choice Television Award; this time for “Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series.” In 2017, Carrie made history by winning the first ever double TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for her brilliant work in both HBO’s The Leftovers and FX’s anthology series Fargo. The latter of which also earned her an Emmy nomination in the category of “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie” as well as a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for “Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series.” For her work in The Leftovers, Carrie was awarded the 2016 Critics’ Choice Television Award for “Best Actress in a Drama Series.” Her additional television credits include Intelligence, Ironside, Law & Order: SVU and The Playboy Club. 

Carrie’s increasing renown can be traced back to the Steppenwolf stage in Chicago, Illinois. In 2011 - in her inaugural performance with the venerable Chicago-based acting ensemble - Carrie starred as ‘Honey’ in the theatre company’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opposite Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, and Madison Dirks. The production opened on Broadway shortly thereafter to universal acclaim and would go on to win the 2013 Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Play.” For her portrayal, Carrie was recognized with both a Tony Award nomination for “Best Featured Actress in a Play”, and a Theatre World Award to honor her outstanding Broadway debut. Since her debut, she has gone on to star in numerous additional productions for Steppenwolf, including The March, Three Sisters, and Mary Page Marlowe. She was named an ensemble member in January 2019.

Outside of her theatre work with Steppenwolf, Carrie most recently portrayed the titular character in Amy Herzog’s world premiere drama Mary Jane at the New York Theatre Workshop. Her performance garnered a 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, an Obie Award, and a Drama Desk Award nomination. The play revolved around a single mother caring for her chronically ill son and enjoyed a hugely successful extended Off-Broadway run. Prior to her performance in Mary Jane, Carrie made her Off-Broadway debut in the 2015 world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s Placebo at Playwrights Horizons. Additional theatre credits include Magnolia (Goodman Theatre); The Real Thing (Writers Theatre); The Girl in the Yellow Dress (Next Theatre); Our Town and Anna Christie (Madison Repertory Theatre); Reasons to be Pretty, Blackbird (Renaissance Theaterworks); and multiple seasons with American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. 

Born and raised in Copley, Ohio, she received her B.A. from the University of Mount Union and her M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She currently resides in New York with her husband and creative collaborator, Tracy Letts. 

Run time: 90 minutes