Carrie Coon Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family...

Carrie Coon Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family, Images, And More

American actress Carrie Alexandra Coon was born on January 24, 1981. She is most known for playing Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2017) and the grieving mother Nora Durst in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). For each of her performances, she received the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Leftovers, and an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Fargo. Along with playing Bertha Russell in the HBO series The Gilded Age, she also starred in the second season of the anthology drama series The Sinner (2018).

Coon received a Tony Award nomination for her onstage work in the Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf revival in 2012. She has also made numerous film appearances, including the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), the political drama The Post (2017), the heist thriller Widows (2018), the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the heist thriller The Post (2017), the superhero movie Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the period drama The Nest (2020), and the heist thriller The Post (2017).

Early Years

John and Paula Coon welcomed Coon into the world on January 24, 1981 in Copley, Ohio. She has two younger brothers, an elder brother, and two sisters. After graduating from Copley High School in 1999, she continued her education at the University of Mount Union, where she earned a BA in English and Spanish in 2003. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an M.F.A. in acting in 2006.

Regional theater was where Coon started her career. Coon made her professional stage debut in a production of Our Town after being hired by the Madison Repertory Theatre shortly after earning her degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Coon joined the American Players Theatre after making her stage debut with the Madison Repertory Theatre, where she remained for four seasons. After relocating to Chicago in 2008, Coon made her stage debut in a Bronte play at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Coon spent several years traveling between Chicago and Wisconsin, performing in Milwaukee performances, Chicago productions, and American Players Theatre seasons. Coon supported herself during this time by working as a motion capture artist at a Wisconsin-based video game studio.

When Coon was chosen to play Honey in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, her big break came in 2010. She followed the show to performances in Washington, D.C., and New York City, marking her Broadway debut. The role quickly led to more parts in Chicago productions. She was nominated for a Tony Award and awarded a Theatre World Award for her performance.

In an episode of the brief-lived NBC sitcom The Playboy Club in 2011, Coon made her acting debut. Later, she appeared as a guest star on Ironside, Intelligence, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

A breakthrough with The Leftovers and Gone Girl

Following her Tony Award nomination, Coon was chosen in 2014 to star alongside Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, and Ann Dowd as one of the main characters in the HBO drama series The Leftovers. She made her cinematic debut in the same year with David Fincher's Gone Girl, which was based on the same-titled novel from 2012.

Coon played the lead in the Off-Broadway version of Placebo at Playwrights Horizons in the early months of 2015. In December 2015, it was revealed that Coon would be one of six actresses playing the title role in Mary Page Marlowe for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago from March to May 2016. She also took part in readings for her husband Tracy Letts' 2015–2016 season play Mary Page Marlowe and was in discussions to perform in the production in Chicago if her filming schedule with The Leftovers permitted. Coon switched from The Gersh Agency to United Talent Agency in April 2015. In Mississippi, Coon and Holly Hunter worked on the film Strange Weather in October and November 2015 under the direction of Katherine Dieckmann. She worked in Blumhouse Productions' and director Karen Moncrieff's The Keeping Hours in December 2015.

The third season of the FX anthology series Fargo featured Coon in the title role of Gloria Burgle. She earned the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for both Fargo and The Leftovers, for which she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In the historical drama film The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, she portrayed real-life journalist Meg Greenfield. Coon co-starred in the 2018 heist thriller Widows directed by Steve McQueen.

Proxima Midnight, a member of the Black Order and a child of Thanos, was spoken and motion captured by Coon for the superhero movie Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which was directed by the Russo brothers.

Coon replaced Amanda Peet as Bertha Russell in the cast of the HBO drama series The Gilded Age on April 30, 2020.

For her performance in the movie The Nest, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.

Personal Life

In 2013, Coon wed author and actor Tracy Letts. A daughter was born in 2021, and a son was born in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
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
2023	Untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel	Callie Spengler

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"
2014–2017	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

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
	The Night of the Iguana	Charlotte
2008	The Diary of Anne Frank	Miep Gies	Overture Center for the Arts January 11 – February 3, 2008
	Brontë	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
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	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) February 25 – April 10, 2011
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
	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) 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
2017	Mary Jane	Mary Jane	New York Theatre Workshop (Off-Broadway) September 6 – October 15, 2017
2020	Bug	Agnes White	Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago) January 23 – March 8, 2020 November 11 – December 12, 2021

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2013	Theatre World Award	N/A	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Won
2013	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Play	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Nominated
2014	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Gone Girl	Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Golden Schmoes Awards	Best Supporting Actress of the Year	Gone Girl	Nominated
	IGN Summer Movie Awards	Best Movie Supporting Actress	Gone Girl	Nominated
	IndieWire Critics Poll	Best Supporting Actress	Gone Girl	6th place
	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Supporting Actress	Gone Girl	6th place
2015	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble (shared with cast)	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble (shared with cast)	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast (shared with cast)	Gone Girl	Nominated
	Gold Derby Awards	Breakthrough Performer	—	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	The Leftovers	Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Series	The Leftovers	Won
2017	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Fargo	Nominated
2017	TCA Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	The Leftovers and Fargo	Won
2018	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Strange Weather	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	Fargo	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Play	Mary Jane	Nominated
	Lucille Lortel Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play	Mary Jane	Won
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Fight (shared with Scarlett Johansson, Danai Gurira, and Elizabeth Olsen)	Avengers: Infinity War	Nominated
	Obie Award	Distinguished Performance by an Actress	Mary Jane	Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series	The Leftovers	Nominated
2019	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	The Sinner	Nominated
2020	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actress	The Nest	Nominated
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Actress	The Nest	Nominated
	Gotham Awards	Best Actress	The Nest	Nominated
	Indiana Film Journalists Association	Best Actress	The Nest	Nominated
	Jeff Award	Performer in a Principal Role – Play	Bug	Won
2021	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Actress	The Nest	Nominated
2022	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Nominated

Quick Bio

Gender	Female
Age	42 years old (in 2023)
Date of Birth	January 24, 1981
Full Name	Carrie Alexandra Coon
Profession	Actress
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Copley Township, Ohio, United States
Religion	Not Known
Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Qualification	Graduated 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.
School	Copley High School
College	University of Mount Union
Profession	Actress
Net Worth	USD $1 million approx.

Height, Weight & Physical Stats

Bodytype	Slim
Height	5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m)
Weight	54 kg (119 lbs)
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Blue

Family & Relatives

Father	John Coon
Mother	Paula Coon
Brother	Josh Coon
Marital Status	Married
Husband	Tracy Letts
No. of Children	1 (One)
Son	Haskell Letts
Daughter	None

Facts

In the 2014 psychological thriller film Gone Girl, she made her theatrical film debut as Nick's twin sister Margo "Go" Dunne. She was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" honors from the San Diego Film Critics Society and the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association because of her portrayal.
The television series The Leftovers, a supernatural mystery thriller, featured Carrie Coon as Nora Durst from 2014 to 2017. She won the 2016 Critics' Choice Television Award for "Best Actress in a Drama Series" for this performance.
In the 2018 anthology criminal drama mystery television series The Sinner, she appeared with Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, Bill Pullman, and Hannah Gross, among others.
She has participated in a number of theater productions throughout the years, such as Romeo and Juliet, The Diary of Anne Frank, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mary Page Marlowe, The Real Thing, Henry V, Bront, and The Merchant of Venice.