Karen Young(I)
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Karen Young was born in Pequannock, New Jersey, and educated at Rutgers
University. She was the eldest of six children; her mother was a
homemaker and her father was a stonemason. After college, she went to
New York City to pursue a career in acting and has been a New Yorker
ever since.
One of her first successes was in the original theatrical production of
"A Lie of the Mind", written and directed by
Sam Shepard. She has consistently worked in
film, most recently starring opposite
Charlotte Rampling in the French
production Heading South (2005), which
was directed by the esteemed
Laurent Cantet in both Haiti and the
Dominican Republic. TV viewers can also see her as FBI Agent Robyn
Sanseverino in the HBO series
The Sopranos (1999).
University. She was the eldest of six children; her mother was a
homemaker and her father was a stonemason. After college, she went to
New York City to pursue a career in acting and has been a New Yorker
ever since.
One of her first successes was in the original theatrical production of
"A Lie of the Mind", written and directed by
Sam Shepard. She has consistently worked in
film, most recently starring opposite
Charlotte Rampling in the French
production Heading South (2005), which
was directed by the esteemed
Laurent Cantet in both Haiti and the
Dominican Republic. TV viewers can also see her as FBI Agent Robyn
Sanseverino in the HBO series
The Sopranos (1999).