Carrie Coon
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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
older sibling sort stay
Parents always stay older than you, but sibling sort of become adults together, and that complicates that relationship, I think.
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.
fortune generous good hard open people work
I really have the good fortune that the actors who work with me on 'The Leftovers' are thoughtful, hard working, open people and generous people.
theater
I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.
allowed consider defined expected roles women
I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of, say 'Yes,' and not ruffle any feathers. Women, in particular, are sometimes not allowed to consider who they are outside of the roles that they play.