With Tears, Smiles And Grim Accounts The Hostages Return
Date: 25 January 1981
Carrie Alexandra Coon (born January 24, 1981) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex characters on stage and screen, she has received a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
On television, her breakout role was as Nora Durst in the drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). Subsequently, she received her first nomination for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role as Gloria Burgle in the third season of the black comedy crime anthology series Fargo (2017), her second for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Bertha Russell in the period drama series The Gilded Age (2022–present) and her third for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Laurie Duffy in the third season of the satirical dramedy anthology series The White Lotus (2025).
She made her film debut in Gone Girl (2014), with further roles in films such as The Post (2017), Widows (2018), The Nest (2020), Boston Strangler (2023), and His Three Daughters (2024). She has also portrayed characters in blockbuster films such as Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Callie Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and its sequel, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). On stage, Coon made her Broadway debut as the naive wife Honey in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2012), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Read more...The January 24, 1981 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 23 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 44 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, January 24, 2025, 258 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, January 24, 2026, in 106 days. You have lived for 16,329 days, or about 391,913 hours, or about 23,514,808 minutes, or about 1,410,888,480 seconds.
Date: 25 January 1981
By Eva Hoffman and Margot Slade
Eva Hoffman
Date: 25 January 1981
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