Carolyn Farina
Carolyn Farina | |
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| Born | 1963 or 1964 (age 59–60)[1][2] Bayside, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Carolyn Farina (born 1963 or 1964)[1][2] is an American actress best known for her starring role as Audrey Rouget in the 1990 Whit Stillman film Metropolitan.
Career
Farina was born and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York.[1][2] Her father left the family very early.[2] A shy child, she began acting classes in grade school.[2][1] After high school, she had jobs as a waitress, secretary, and receptionist.[2] She spent one semester at Queens College, and also studied acting at a variety of venues including the Lee Strasberg Institute.[2][1]
She had no professional acting experience or agent when she auditioned for, and was cast as the lead in, Whit Stillman's 1990 independent film, Metropolitan.[1] Her performance received very positive reviews, which noted her sensitivity and perceptiveness.[1][3]
Apart from a brief non-speaking cameo reprisal of her character Audrey Rouget in Stillman's follow-up film The Last Days of Disco (1998), during the 1990s following her starring role in Metropolitan Farina received only small roles in two more films. These were a non-speaking role in Little Noises (1992), which was directed by Jane Spencer, and a small role as the protagonist's sister in The Age of Innocence (1993), which was directed by Martin Scorsese.
She returned to college after this period and earned a Master’s degree in psychology; and made a new career working as a child psychologist.[4][5]
In 2011 she appeared briefly in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress, playing a waitress in a diner.
Filmography
- Metropolitan (1990) as Audrey Rouget
- Little Noises (1992) as Cousin Linny (credited as "Caroline Farina")
- The Age of Innocence (1993) as Janey Archer
- The Last Days of Disco (1998) as Audrey Rouget
- Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress (2011) as Carolina Antonucci
- South of Hope Street (2018; filming)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Meet a Miracle on 34th Street: Metropolitan's Carolyn Farina". People. October 1, 1990. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
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- ^ a b c d e f g Cedrone, Lou (September 12, 1990). "A new Audrey Hepburn?". Baltimore Sun.
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- ^ Dawes, Amy (January 26, 1990). "Film Review: Whit Stillman's Metropolitan". Variety. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ Jacobs, Matthew (August 17, 2015). "Metropolitan Star Carolyn Farina Says She Stopped Getting Film Offers Because She Wasn't Blond". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Carolyn Farina". LinkedIn. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
External links
- Carolyn Farina at IMDb
- "What Happened to Carolyn Farina?" by Julian O'Dea (2013/2015)
- 2015 40-minute interview featuring Whit Stillman, Carolyn Farina, and Dylan Hundley regarding Metropolitan
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