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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.

Carolyn Farina
Born	1963/1964 (age 57–58)[1][2] Bayside, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, psychologist

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Metropolitan	Audrey Rouget
1992	Little Noises	Cousin Linny	(credited as "Caroline Farina")
1993	The Age of Innocence	Janey Archer
1998	The Last Days of Disco	Audrey Rouget
2011	Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress	Carolina Antonucci
TBA	South of Hope Street	Mira	(filming)

References

External links

• Carolyn Farina at IMDb
• "What Happened to Carolyn Farina?" by Julian O'Dea
• 2015 40-minute interview featuring Whit Stillman, Carolyn Farina, and Dylan Hundley regarding Metropolitan

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