---
name: "Carrie Coon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carrie-coon"
fi1m_id: "carrie-coon"
imdb_id: "nm4689420"
tmdb_id: 1308445
wikidata_id: "Q17317909"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-09-27T09:06:29.110307+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carrie Coon

## Identity

Carrie Coon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carrie-coon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carrie-coon
- **IMDb ID:** nm4689420
- **TMDB ID:** 1308445
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17317909
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Coon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17317909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4689420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1308445

Actor. Born 24 January 1981 in Copley, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 January 1981, Copley, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Carrie Alexandra Coon
- **Frequently works with:** [Finn Wolfhard](https://film.one/person/finn-wolfhard.md), [Gil Kenan](https://film.one/person/gil-kenan.md), [Ivan Reitman](https://film.one/person/ivan-reitman.md), [Jason Reitman](https://film.one/person/jason-reitman.md), [Mckenna Grace](https://film.one/person/mckenna-grace.md), [Paul Rudd](https://film.one/person/paul-rudd.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (6), 2020s 64 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 8 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,085m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Coon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17317909, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4689420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1308445

## Coming up

- *The Liberation* (2027-01-06), as Rita Cooper

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Leftovers*](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md) (87), [*The White Lotus*](https://film.one/tv/the-white-lotus.md) (85)
- **Disney+:** [*What If...?*](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md) (63), [*Ghostbusters: Afterlife*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*Gone Girl*](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*The Post*](https://film.one/film/the-post.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Carrie Coon

> Carrie Coon’s low voice and firm presence make authority look easy. We rate her highly when the writing gives her grief or ambition to work through; *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* shows what happens when it gives her too little.

In *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024), Carrie Coon’s Callie Spengler is given a lecture to deliver and little else. That is a particularly poor use of an actor whose low voice and physical assurance can suggest intelligence without much help from the dialogue. We want to know what a woman played by Coon thinks, especially when she is grieving or trying to get her own way. Here, there is barely time to find out before someone else needs to explain the plot.

*The Leftovers* (2014–2017) made that interest worth following, with Coon as Nora Durst, a woman who lost her family in the Sudden Departure. It is the clearest starting point for her ability to make grief and resilience convincing together. Her film debut, as Margo Dunne in David Fincher’s *Gone Girl* (2014), was a supporting part. *Fargo* (2017) brought Gloria Burgle, a determined police chief in its third series.

In Julian Fellowes’s *The Gilded Age* (2022), she plays Bertha Russell, an ambitious new-money matriarch, alongside Morgan Spector. Ambition gives her firmness another use: here is someone with reason to insist on being heard. The danger is that casting her as an authoritative woman can become an excuse not to write one properly. *Frozen Empire* provides the caution.

Gil Kenan’s film keeps interrupting the Spenglers so the old team can return, while six competing strands demand further explanation. Callie is part of the family we should be getting to know, yet the writing gives her so little room that Coon has almost nothing to develop. We were irritated when the demon’s history was explained for a second time, while Callie had been given so little to do. We would sooner watch her work through Nora’s grief than deliver another lecture; start with *The Leftovers*.

## Biography

Carrie Coon is an American actress. She was born in Copley, Ohio, and trained at the University of Mount Union, where she earned a BA in English and Spanish, followed by an MFA in acting from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She began her career in regional theatre before making her Broadway debut as Honey in the 2012 revival of *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.

On screen, Coon is known for her role as Nora Durst in the series *The Leftovers* (2014–2017) and Gloria Burgle in the third season of *Fargo* (2017). Her film credits include Margo Dunne in *Gone Girl* (2014), Meg Greenfield in *The Post* (2017), and Amanda in *Widows* (2018). She has voiced Proxima Midnight in *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and played Callie Spengler in *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021) and *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024).

She has also appeared as Bertha Russell in *The Gilded Age* (2022–present) and Laurie Duffy in the third season of *The White Lotus* (2025). Coon is married to actor and playwright Tracy Letts.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024), Fi1m 52, as Callie Spengler — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-frozen-empire.md)
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), Fi1m 55, as Callie — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *The White Lotus* (2021), Fi1m 85, as Laurie Duffy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-white-lotus.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), Fi1m 63, as Proxima Midnight (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Proxima Midnight (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Widows* (2018), Fi1m 83, as Amanda — [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)
- *The Post* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Meg Greenfield — [page](https://film.one/film/the-post.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Gloria Burgle — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Gone Girl* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Margo Dunne — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, as Nora Durst — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Liberation* (2027), as Rita Cooper
- *Ann Droid* (2026), series, as Kath
- *Is / Was \ Will* (2025), Actor
- *Lake George* (2024), as Phyllis
- *His Three Daughters* (2024), as Katie · Executive Producer
- *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire* (2024), as Callie Spengler — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-frozen-empire.md)
- *Another Happy Day* (2023), as Irene
- *Little Things Are Scary* (2023), as Mother (voice)
- *Boston Strangler* (2023), as Jean Cole
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as Bertha Russell
- *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2021), as Callie — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-afterlife.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as Proxima Midnight (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *The White Lotus* (2021), series, as Laurie Duffy — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-white-lotus.md)
- *Barbecue* (2020), as Barbara
- *The Nest* (2020), as Allison O'Hara
- *Widows* (2018), as Amanda — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)
- *Kin* (2018), as Morgan Hunter
- *Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town* (2018), as Virginia
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as Proxima Midnight (voice) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter* (2018), as Linda
- *The Post* (2017), as Meg Greenfield — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-post.md)
- *The Sinner* (2017), series, as Vera Walker
- *The Keeping Hours* (2017), as Elizabeth
- *Great Choice* (2017), as Jen
- *Strange Weather* (2016), as Byrd Ritt
- *Lost Colony* (2015), Associate Producer
- *Gone Girl* (2014), as Margo Dunne — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-girl.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, as Nora Durst — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Gloria Burgle — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Intelligence* (2014), series, as Luanne Vick
- *Ironside* (2013), series, as Rachel Ryan
- *One in a Million* (2012), as Bix
- *The Playboy Club* (2011), series, as Doris Hall
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Talia Blaine
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Beatrice (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *I Am Not Your Mother*, as Nora Dresden
- *Honeymoon / Funeral*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-0ad7af88f4bf.jpg) Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-71.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-71.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-21e4e77d966d.jpg) Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-72.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-72.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-551ff7e3f1dd.jpg) Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-73.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-73.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-c3c0fc05340d.jpg) Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-34_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-34_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Coon](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-8b8b42a849ac.jpg) Carrie Coon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carrie Coon](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-729766e26a90.jpg) Carrie Coon — Image via TMDB
- ![Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-ed5260869d4c.jpg) Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Carrie_Coon_Tracy_Letts_A_House_of_Dynamite-35.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_Tracy_Letts_A_House_of_Dynamite-35.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite](https://film.one/media/person/11851/gallery-b5fa896e99eb.jpg) Carrie Coon, actress, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film A House of Dynamite — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-34.jpg/1280px-Carrie_Coon_A_House_of_Dynamite-34.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play 2018: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (won)
- Theatre World Award 2013: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 2013: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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