Carrie Coon
Carrie Coon
Carrie Alexandra Coon 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth24 January 1981
CountryUnited States of America
mom kids two
I played a lot of moms. You're always too young when you're playing moms. My first kid when I started playing moms was about six months old. And then a month later I was doing another commercial audition and my kid was two, and then about eight months later my kid was 11.
middle sort stage terribly
I've been seeing a lot of theatre in New York, and I am sort of terribly jealous of everyone on stage but also really appreciating it in a way that you can't when you're in the middle of it.
art continues men people service women
The women I know are smart, interesting people who aren't just there to service the men's stories, so I don't know why our art continues to do that.
attached felt terribly
I've never felt terribly attached to acting because I always feel like the world is really big and really interesting, and there are a lot of places that I can put my energy and be fulfilled.
cast experience great people rewarding viewing
I think if people stick with 'The Leftovers,' it's a very rewarding viewing experience. I wanted to be part of that - and what a great cast we got. I wanted to be one of those actors, in that show!
responsibility thinking play
I certainly enjoyed having my sister, because when she came I felt a certain responsibility to help her fit in, and help her learn English. I wanted her to play with all my toys. I was actually, I think, really scary to her, because I had so much energy.
children thoughtful ideas
I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and dancing all the time.
book bigs reader
I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something.
men years looks
Why do we insist women are cast 10 years younger than the role they're playing? Men don't know what a 30-year-old is supposed to look like because on TV she's always 20.
children middle-child makers
I'm a middle child, and I'm pretty diplomatic: the peace-maker.
writing player men
It's often women who are writing leading roles for women. Most of the stuff that comes my way is not actually about women. I'm just asked to be a supporting player in a story about a man, and I, frankly, was not interested in doing that.
famous
I don't want to be famous. I want to tell stories.
ended english five four graduate major plays study thesis
I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was planning to study in graduate school.
art believe create meaningful
I don't believe that art is just for entertainment. I want to create art that is meaningful in some way.