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Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
29 September
Location
New Jersey, United States
Edit pageKaren Young
Biography
Karen Young (born September 29, 1958) is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre. She was born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University with a degree in English.
After moving to New York City, Young began her acting career. While working as a waitress, she responded to a casting call in Backstage, landing her first major role in Tony Garnett's 1983 vigilante thriller Handgun, where she cut her hair and performed nude for the film.
Young went on to appear in films including 9½ Weeks, Heat (1986), Jaws: The Revenge, Torch Song Trilogy, Night Game, The Wife, Daylight, and Mercy. She also starred in independent and international films such as Heading South, Two Gates of Sleep, and Conviction, and played Sister Mary in The Orphan Killer (2011).
On television, Young is known for her role as FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The Sopranos and has appeared in multiple roles across the Law & Order franchise.
Her stage work includes performances in both New York productions of Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind, portraying daughter Sally in 1985 and mother Lorraine in Ethan Hawke’s 2010 production, which earned critical acclaim.
In her personal life, Young married actor Tom Noonan in 1992, with whom she had two children before their divorce in 1999. She later married Ken Eisen in 2012.
