

Acting
Born in The Bronx, New York, Buono was raised in a blue-collar family and decided at an early age to make acting her life's ambition. At 11, she showed her connection to her family's work ethic by answering a casting call ad for Harvey Fierstein's "Spookhouse" and landing the role, without any assistance from her family or other adults. Buono began landing roles on television and the New York stage while in her teens and early twenties, and earned a Daytime Emmy nomination as a young victim of sexual abuse in Abby, My Love (1991) (CBS, 1991), which aired as part of the CBS Schoolbreak Special...
Highest rated appearances
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story
as Debra

Monsters and Men
as Stacey

The Bad Seed
as Angela

All Saints
as Aimee Spurlock
Half the Perfect World
as Sonia

Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 3)

Paper Towns
as Mrs. Jacobsen

A Good Marriage
as Betty Pike

The Discoverers
as Nell

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
as Kathleen Savio
Modern Love
as Nicky

Let Me In
as Owen's Mother
Betrayed
as Amy Waite

Cthulhu
as Dannie

The Unquiet
as Julie Bishop

Beer League
as Linda

From Other Worlds
as Joanne

Hulk
as Edith Banner

Chutney Popcorn
as Janis

Two Ninas
as Nina Cohen

Attention Shoppers
as Claire Suavez

Takedown
as Christina Painter

Happy Accidents
as Bette

Man of the Century
as Virginia Clemens

In a Class of His Own
as Sherry Donato

Deep in My Heart
as Young Gerry Cummins

River Red
as Rachel

Next Stop Wonderland
as Julie

Killer: A Journal of Murder
as Esther Lesser

Kicking and Screaming
as Kate

The Cowboy Way
as Teresa Salazar

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
as Tracey Lien
The Perfect Woman

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco

Waterland
as Judy Dobson

Gladiator
as Dawn