Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour

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'''Cara Seymour''' (born 6 January 1964){{citation needed|date=December 2013}} is an English actress.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/movies/10EVER.html|title=A Search for a Dry Shelter in a Teenager's Dreary Life|last=Martel|first=Ned|date=10 September 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 September 2011}}
'''Cara Seymour''' (born 6 January 1964) is an English actress. name="Playbill">{{cite web |title=Cara Seymour (Performer) |url=https://playbill.com/person/cara-seymour |website=Playbill |access-date=April 21, 2026}}She is known for roles in ''American Psycho'', ''Dancer in the Dark'', ''Gangs of New York'', and the Cinemax series ''The Knick''.{{cite news |last=Winter |first=Jessica |title=Cara Seymour Looks for Trouble |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/cara-seymour-looks-for-trouble/ |work=The Village Voice |date=November 28, 2000 |access-date=April 21, 2026}}


==Career==
==Career==
She has appeared in films such as ''[[You've Got Mail]]'', ''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'', ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]'', ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'', ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'', and ''[[An Education]]''. She appeared on stage in the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] production of [[Caryl Churchill]]'s ''The Skriker''.
Seymour performed on stage before gaining wider screen attention, including in the New York run of Mike Leigh's ''Ecstasy''. By 2000, she had appeared ''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'', ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'', and ''A Good Baby'', and was filming''[[Gangs of New York]]''. Her later film credits include''[[Hotel Rwanda]]'', ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' and ''[[An Education]]''.{{cite web |title=An Education press materials |url=https://www.sonyclassics.com/aneducation/aneducation_presskit.pdf |website=Sony Pictures Classics |access-date=April 21, 2026}} She appeared on stage in the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] production of [[Caryl Churchill]]'s ''The Skriker''.

She portrayed Sister Harriet in the Cinemax series ''The Knick''.{{cite magazine |last=Poniewozik |first=James |title=The Knick Is a Period Piece That's Vitally Present |url=https://time.com/3079900/review-the-knick/ |magazine=Time |date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=April 21, 2026}}


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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! Role
! Role
! Notes
! Notes
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| 2007 || ''Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's for One More Day'' || Catherine Benetto || Television film
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| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Red Riding]]: The Year of Our Lord 1974'' || Mary Cole || Three part Channel 4 television series, released theatrically in the U.S.
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Red Riding]]: The Year of Our Lord 1974'' || Mary Cole || Three part Channel 4 television series, released theatrically in the U.S.