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Karen Young(I)

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Karen Young
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Karen Young was born in Pequannock, New Jersey, and educated at Rutgers University. She was the eldest of six children; her mother was a homemaker and her father was a stonemason. After college, she went to New York City to pursue a career in acting and has been a New Yorker ever since.

One of her first successes was in the original theatrical production of "A Lie of the Mind", written and directed by Sam Shepard. She has consistently worked in film, most recently starring opposite Charlotte Rampling in the French production Vers le sud (2005), which was directed by the esteemed Laurent Cantet in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. TV viewers can also see her as FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino in the HBO series The Sopranos (1999).
BornSeptember 29, 1958
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Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Trina McGee, Colin Fox, Danielle Harris, Jay O. Sanders, Renoly Santiago, Sage Stallone, and Karen Young in Daylight (1996)
Burt Reynolds and Karen Young in Heat (1986)
Max Ligosh and Karen Young in Joe the King (1999)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Laurent Cantet and Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Charlotte Rampling, Louise Portal, and Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Charlotte Rampling, Laurent Cantet, Louise Portal, and Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)
Karen Young at an event for Vers le sud (2005)

Known for:

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Jaws: The Revenge
3.0
  • Carla Brody
  • 1987
Daylight (1996)
Daylight
5.9
  • Sarah Crighton
  • 1996
Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Torch Song Trilogy
7.8
  • Laurel
  • 1988
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Nine 1/2 Weeks
5.9
  • Sue
  • 1986

Credits

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Actress

  • The Sumo Wrestler (2012)
    The Sumo Wrestler
    • Kathy
    • 2012
  • L'homme à la cervelle d'or (2012)
    L'homme à la cervelle d'or
    • The mother
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Karen Young in Temma (2012)
    Temma
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Dr. Meg Whitmere
    • Christina Nerrit
    • TV Series
    • 2004–2011
  • The Orphan Killer (2011)
    The Orphan Killer
    • Sister Mary
    • 2011
  • Warrior Woman (2011)
    Warrior Woman
    • Alice
    • 2011
  • Julia Ormond, Illeana Douglas, Jason Butler Harner, and Cheyenne Jackson in The Green (2011)
    The Green
    • Janette
    • 2011
  • David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
    CSI: Miami
    • Diana Chandler
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Conviction (2010)
    Conviction
    • Elizabeth Waters
    • 2010
  • Twelve Thirty (2010)
    Twelve Thirty
    • Vivien
    • 2010
  • Two Gates of Sleep (2010)
    Two Gates of Sleep
    • Bess
    • 2010
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • Mrs. Sachs
    • Ms. Milford
    • Leslie Cooper ...
    • TV Series
    • 1996–2010
  • Steve Buscemi, Aidan Quinn, Campbell Scott, and Jamey Sheridan in Handsome Harry (2009)
    Handsome Harry
    • Muriel
    • 2009
  • Bonne année (2008)
    Bonne année
    • Ellen
    • 2008
  • Restless (2008)
    Restless
    • Yolanda
    • 2008

Director

  • The Pesky Suitor
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1995
  • A Blink of Paradise
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1992

Writer

  • The Pesky Suitor
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1995
  • A Blink of Paradise
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1992

Videos10

Bonne Annee
Clip 8:41
Bonne Annee
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Trailer 1:47
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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:01
Official Trailer
Handgun
Trailer 2:17
Handgun
The Green
Trailer 1:50
The Green
Handsome Harry
Trailer 2:05
Handsome Harry
Mercy (2000)
Trailer 1:48
Mercy (2000)
Joe The King
Trailer 2:21
Joe The King
Bonne Annee
Trailer 1:31
Bonne Annee

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  • Born
    • September 29, 1958
    • Pequannock, New Jersey, USA
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      Ken EisenApril 17, 2012 - present
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    • 2 Pictorials

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    Has two children, a son and daughter, from her former marriage to Tom Noonan.
  • Quotes
    I always had in the back of my mind that, rightly or wrongly, I expected to work more when I was older because I had not, in fact, become a star in my 20s or 30s. I still feel I've only gotten better as an actress. I knew that if I just hung in there, I could really have a shot. I just didn't know where it would come from. There's a security in slogging on in that you don't have the time or wherewithal to say, 'Oh, poor me.' I always felt that if I plugged along, I knew my breaks would come.

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