Carrie Coon

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**Carrie Alexandra Coon** (born January 24, 1981) is an American actress. She starred as Nora Durst in the HBO supernatural mystery drama series *The Leftovers* (2014–2017), for which she won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Coon starred as Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series *Fargo* (2017), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Coon also won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for both performances. She starred as Vera Walker in the second season of the anthology crime drama series *The Sinner* (2018), for which she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award.

On stage, Coon was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2012 revival of *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*. She has also appeared in numerous films, including as Margo Dunne in the psychological thriller *Gone Girl* (2014), Meg Greenfield in the political drama *The Post* (2017), Amanda Nunn in the heist drama *Widows* (2018), and "Child of Thanos" Proxima Midnight in the superhero film *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018).

## Early life

Carrie Alexandra Coon was born in Copley, Ohio on January 24, 1981, the daughter of Paula (*née* Ploenes) and John Coon. She has an older sister, an older brother, and two younger 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

### Early 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 *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.

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*.

### Breakthrough with *Gone Girl* and *The Leftovers*

Following 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. That same year, she 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.

Coon starred in the lead role of Gloria Burgle in the third season of the FX anthology series *Fargo*. She received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for 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 played real life journalist Meg Greenfield in the Steven Spielberg-directed historical drama film *The Post*. In 2018, Coon co-starred in the Steve McQueen heist thriller film *Widows*.

Coon provided the voice and motion capture for Proxima Midnight, a member of the Black Order and a child of Thanos, in the Russo Brothers-directed action film *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018).

## Personal life

Coon married actor and playwright Tracy Letts in 2013. They have a son who was born in 2018.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blank, Matthew (May 28, 2013). "Playbill.com's Cue & A: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tony Nominee Carrie Coon". *Playbill*. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/playbill.coms-cue-a-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-tony-nominee-carrie-coon-205806. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Date of birth, familysearch.org; accessed July 24, 2014
3. ↑ "Darleen Ploenes Obituary – Akron, OH | Akron Beacon Journal". http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?n=darleen-ploenes-dee&pid=127083189. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
4. ↑ "Mount Union Announces Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts As 2015 Schooler Lecturers". *Mount Union*. 2015. http://www.mountunion.edu/mount-union-announces-carrie-coon-tracy-letts-as-2015-schooler-lecturers. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
5. ↑ "Mount Union Alumna Carrie Coon Pursuing Successful Acting Career". *Mount Union*. 2010. http://www.mountunion.edu/mount-union-alumna-carrie-coon-pursuing-successful-acting-career. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
6. ↑ "Reading Between the Lines: Carrie Coon's Voracious Appetite for Words Serves Her Well in Role as Actress". 2007. http://host.madison.com/entertainment/reading-between-the-lines-carrie-coon-s-voracious-appetite-for/article\_e3bd32f5-5bed-54c8-a1a6-78ae969ac59a.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
7. ↑ "How Carrie Coon went from the Rathskeller to the red carpet". 2013. http://host.madison.com/news/local/city-life/how-carrie-coon-went-from-the-rathskeller-to-the-red/article\_89c6a0b5-bf2b-55ba-9675-2edb7423be93.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
8. ↑ "20 movies from 2014 with Wisconsin ties". *Journal Sentinel*. 2014. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/20-movies-from-2014-with-wisconsin-ties-b99403471z1-286245601.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
9. ↑ "The Bronte Beat". *Chicago Reader*. 2008. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-bronte-beat/Content?oid=1109957. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
10. ↑ "Carrie Coon is poised to move beyond regional theater". *Journal Sentinel*. 2010. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/112393964.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
11. ↑ "Another taboo topic for Renaissance Theaterworks". *On Milwaukee*. 2010. http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/renaissanceblackbird.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
12. ↑ "Carrie Coon Video Game Credits". 2010. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/carrie-coon/credits/developerId,371145/. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
13. ↑ "Carrie Coon: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf". *Call Me Adam*. 2012. http://www.callmeadam.com/interviews/2012/9/27/carrie-coon-edward-albees-whos-afraid-of-virginia-wolf.html. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
14. ↑ "From out of nowhere, Carrie Coon". *Chicago Tribune*. 2011. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-07/entertainment/ct-ae-1009-carrie-coon-20111007\_1\_steppenwolf-honey-tracy-letts. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
15. ↑ "Carrie Coon — Nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play". 2014. http://www.broadway.com/buzz/awards/tony-awards/nominees/404/carrie-coon/. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
16. ↑ "Broadway Start Date Set for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Starring Tracy Letts and Amy Morton". 2012. http://www.broadway.com/buzz/161953/broadway-start-date-set-for-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-starring-tracy-letts-and-amy-morton/. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
17. ↑ Lesley Goldberg. "Christopher Eccleston, Carrie Coon Among 4 Cast in Damon Lindelof's 'The Leftovers'". *The Hollywood Reporter*. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/damon-lindelof-leftovers-christopher-eccleston-carrie-coon-564841. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
18. ↑ "David Fincher, Fox Set 'Gone Girl' Cast; Tyler Perry To Play Defense Attorney". *Deadline*. http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/david-fincher-fox-sets-gone-girl-cast-tyler-perry-to-play-defense-attorney/. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
19. ↑ "Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit And Carrie Coon Added To Cast Of David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'". *Indiewire*. http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tyler-perry-kim-dickens-patrick-fugit-and-carrie-coon-added-to-cast-of-david-finchers-gone-girl-20130905. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
20. ↑ "Off Broadway Review: 'Placebo' with Carrie Coon". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/placebo-review-carrie-coon-playwrights-horizons-1201454606/. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
21. ↑ "Carrie Coon on Her Return to the NY Stage in 'Placebo,' Female Sexuality, and Hollywood Anonymity". *The Hollywood Reporter*. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carrie-coon-her-return-ny-781161. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Carrie Coon to star in Tracy Letts' 'Mary Page Marlowe'". *Chicago Tribune*. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/news/ct-cast-steppenwolf-mary-page-marlowe-20151207-story.html. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
23. ↑ "'Gone Girl's' Carrie Coon Signs With UTA (Exclusive)". *The Hollywood Reporter*. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gone-girls-carrie-coon-signs-789305. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
24. ↑ "Film uses Mississippi to tell story". *Clarion Ledger*. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/11/12/film-uses-mississippi-tell-story/75608508/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
25. ↑ "Lee Pace, Carrie Coon Starring in Romance 'Keeping Hours'". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2015/film/news/lee-pace-carrie-coon-romance-keeping-hours-1201618280/. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
26. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (July 11, 2016). "*Fargo* Taps *The Leftovers*' Carrie Coon as Female Lead in Season 3". *TVLine*. http://tvline.com/2016/07/11/fargo-season-3-carrie-coon-cast-fx/. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
27. ↑ "Steven Spielberg Pentagon Papers Film Adds Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford", *Variety* (6 June 2017). Retrieved on 14 July 2017.
28. ↑ Kit, Borys (June 22, 2017). "Carrie Coon Joins Steve McQueen's Heist Thriller 'Widows' (Exclusive)". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/carrie-coon-joins-steve-mcqueens-heist-thriller-widows-1016112. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
29. ↑ Mitchell, Robert (April 16, 2018). "Carrie Coon Joins 'Avengers: Infinity War' as Villain". https://variety.com/2018/film/news/emmy-nominee-carrie-coon-avengers-infinity-war-proxima-midnight-1202753810/. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
30. ↑ Marcus, Bennett (December 20, 2013). "August: Osage County Playwright Tracy Letts On His Hospital-Room Marriage and Claire Danes's "Giant Baby"", *Vanity Fair*.
31. ↑ Juneau, Jen (July 2, 2018). "Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Welcome Son Haskell", *People*. Retrieved on December 2, 2019.
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Popular Wisconsin actress wowing Steppenwolf audiences". *Journal Sentinel*. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/112393964.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
33. ↑ "Romeo and Juliet-2006 (2006 Season)". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/romeo-and-juliet-2006. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
34. ↑ "The Matchmaker- American Players Theatre". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/the-matchmaker. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
35. ↑ "Measure for Measure – American Players Theatre". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/measure-for-measure. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 "Reading Between the Lines: Carrie Coon's Voracious Appetite for Words Serves Her Well in Role as Actress". *Wisconsin State Journal*. http://host.madison.com/entertainment/reading-between-the-lines-carrie-coon-s-voracious-appetite-for/article\_e3bd32f5-5bed-54c8-a1a6-78ae969ac59a.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
37. ↑ "The Merchant of Venice-2007 (2007 Season)". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/the-merchant-of-venice-2007. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
38. ↑ "The Night of the Iguana (2007 Season)". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/the-night-of-the-iguana. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
39. ↑ "Same old story, but Anne Frank still relevant". *The Daily Cardinal*. http://host.madison.com/daily-cardinal/news/same-old-story-but-anne-frank-still-relevant/article\_937e37c1-4195-5607-9c75-85f3de5e9a29.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
40. ↑ "Bronte by Polly Teale". Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. http://www.remybumppo.org/bronte-pages-218.php. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
41. ↑ "A Midsummer Night's Dream works its magic". *Isthmus*. http://www.isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22989. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
42. ↑ "Henry IV: The Making of a King (2008 Season)". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/henry-iv-the-making-of-a-king. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
43. ↑ "The Belle's Stratagem (2008 Season)". American Players Theatre. http://americanplayers.org/tickets/past-production/the-belles-stratagem. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
44. ↑ "Goodman Theatre Artist Bios: Carrie Coon". Goodman Theatre. http://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists-archive/creative-partners/actors/carrie-coon/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
45. ↑ "'Blackbird' pulls no punches". *Journal Sentinel*. http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/81897947.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
46. ↑ "Plenty of "Reasons" to get to Renaissance Theaterworks". *Dial Urban Milwaukee*. http://urbanmilwaukeedial.com/2010/10/04/plenty-of-reasons-to-get-to-renaissance-theaterworks/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
47. ↑ "Peter Marks reviews 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at Arena Stage". *Washington Post*. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/07/AR2011030704703.html. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
48. ↑ "Review: The Real Thing (Writers' Theatre)". *Chicago Theater Beat*. http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2011/09/25/review-the-real-thing-writers-theatre/. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
49. ↑ "Review: The Girl in the Yellow Dress (Next Theatre)". *Chicago Theater Beat*. http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2012/01/24/review-the-girl-in-the-yellow-dress-next-theatre/#review. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
50. ↑ "Pretty Penny". About The Artists. http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/53729-pretty-penny-at-325-tudor-court-march-12-2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
51. ↑ "Review: The March (Steppenwolf Theatre)". *Chicago Theater Beat*. http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2012/04/18/review-the-march-steppenwolf-theatre/#review. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
52. ↑ "Review: Three Sisters (Steppenwolf Theatre)". *Chicago Theater Beat*. http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2012/07/12/review-three-sisters-steppenwolf-theatre/#review. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
53. ↑ "Melissa James Gibson's PLACEBO Begins Tonight at Playwrights Horizons". *Broadway World*. http://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Melissa-James-Gibsons-PLACEBO-Begins-Tonight-at-Playwrights-Horizons-20150220. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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57. ↑ "2018 Lucille Lortel Award Winners".
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