Cara Seymour
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Music (Feature Film)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1988
Won a Time Out award for Best New Play for "Now and at the Hour of Our Death."
1995
Appeared in a production of Mike Leigh's "Ecstasy," winning a <i>Village Voice</i> Obie Award for Best Ensemble Acting.
1997
Landed her first film role as a drug addict in the film "The Break."
2000
Gave an acclaimed performance in the Southern Gothic film "A Good Baby."
2000
Played a prostitute in the film "American Psycho," a role she defended when the MPAA gave the film an NC-17 rating. Seymour argued publicly that the organization should recognize satire and treat depictions of sex with the same permissiveness it did violence.
2002
Appeared in the landmark period film "Gangs of New York."
2009
Appeared in the acclaimed film "An Education."
2012
Played Lily in a production of Brian Friel's "Freedom of the City" at The Irish Repertory Theater.
2014
Took on the role of Sister Harriet on the period series "The Knick."