Karen Young

Karen Young

Born: September 29, 1958
in Pequannock, New Jersey, USA
Karen Young (born 29 September 1958) is an American actress.

Born in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, Young studied at Rutgers University. After graduation she moved to New York City and became an actress, appearing in such films as 9½ Weeks, Jaws: The Revenge, Daylight, Mercy and Hoffa. Her ex-husband is Tom Noonan. Young portrayed FBI Agent Robyn Sanseverino on The Sopranos and has portrayed various characters for the Law & Order franchise.

Movies for Karen Young...

The Sumo Wrestler
Title: The Sumo Wrestler
Character: Kathy
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: Movie
This is the story of an Israeli man, Jack, whose wife has been killed in a suicide bombing, leaving him in charge of two young daughters. Jack, on the verge of suicide, decides they need a fresh start and moves the family to New York. He quickly meets, marries, and moves in with Kathy, a mother of four, to try to fill the void. It doesn't. He needs some quixotic pursuit to keep him going. Kathy's stepdaughter Carmen gives him an idea: Sumo Wrestling. With Jack training, the kids start getting into trouble, Carmen tries to seduce Jack, Kathy's at her wits end... the family is falling apart. With his first match approaching, what can Jack do to do save his life and save his family?
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The Man With The Golden Brain
Title: The Man With The Golden Brain
Character: The Mother
Released: September 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Stanley is seven years old when he accidentally discovers that his brain is made of gold.
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The Green
Title: The Green
Character: Janette
Released: November 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.
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The Orphan Killer
Title: The Orphan Killer
Character: Sister Mary
Released: November 1, 2011
Type: Movie
The Orphan Killer is a tour de force murder flick that defies classification. It goes far beyond current trends in gore and breaks open a new suffering genre of horror. Marcus Miller is a serial murderer hellbent on teaching his estranged sister Audrey what it means to have family loyalty. His lessons are taught in massive doses of vulgar and unimaginable pain. Throughout her brutal torture we learn that Marcus is not the only Miller with Killer in the bloodline as Audrey proves to be a formidable adversary.
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Twelve Thirty
Title: Twelve Thirty
Character: Vivien
Released: January 14, 2011
Type: Movie
TWELVE THIRTY is drama about a family with adult children that is broken, and a self-centered young man who, in the span of a week, becomes entangled in each of their lives, wreaking havoc in the process.
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Conviction
Title: Conviction
Character: Elizabeth Waters
Released: October 15, 2010
Type: Movie
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
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Two Gates of Sleep
Title: Two Gates of Sleep
Character: Bess
Released: May 18, 2010
Type: Movie
After preparing for their mother's imminent death, two brothers go on an arduous upriver journey to honor her final request.
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Handsome Harry
Title: Handsome Harry
Character: Muriel
Released: April 25, 2009
Type: Movie
An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-buried crime.
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Restless
Title: Restless
Character: Yolanda
Released: May 29, 2008
Type: Movie
Moshe Amar is a once poet and now a "businessman" who left his wife with their new born in Israel twenty years ago and spent them in the land of limitless possibilities trying to leave a mark of immortality but, up to that point, only got the marks that frantic debt collectors are more than happy to give. Tsach is the abandoned son who is now a skilled sniper in the Israeli Army. Tsach resents his father for both abandoning his mother for 21 years and not attending her funeral.
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Heading South
Title: Heading South
Character: Brenda
Released: January 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the young men.
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Factotum
Title: Factotum
Character: Grace
Released: April 25, 2005
Type: Movie
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Denise Talbott
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Mercy
Title: Mercy
Character: Mary
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Detective Catherine Palmer is on the trail of an elusive serial killer. During her investigation she meets Vickie Kittrie, who belongs to an exclusive club of women who engage in secret sessions of bondage and S&M. Matters become even more complicated when Palmer finds herself attracted to Kittrie, leading to a brief lesbian encounter. Palmer soon learns that each victim belonged to this club of prominent, sexually experimental women. In order to catch the killer, Catherine must trust Vickie to guide her through the dangerous and illicit underground.
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Title: Third Watch
Released: September 23, 1999
Type: TV
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Christina Nerrit
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Dr. Meg Whitmere
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Joe the King
Title: Joe the King
Character: Theresa Henry
Released: January 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Agent Robyn Sanseverino
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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Pants on Fire
Title: Pants on Fire
Character: Dierdre Grogan
Released: April 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Two teachers - Julie and Barry are having an affair. When Barry confesses about his lover to his wife Dierdre, he also forces Julie to tell all about their affair to her husband Max. As a result, Barry is thrown out of his house and Max convinces Julie to stay for a while and try to work something out.
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On the Edge of Innocence
Title: On the Edge of Innocence
Character: Victoria Tyler
Released: April 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life seems hard. Zoe eventually lands up in a psychiatric ward for treatment. There she meets Jake, an unstable teenager with an anger problem. They fall in love and are soon separated by their doctors, psychiatrists and parents. Fuming, Jake suddenly sees a chance for escape and takes Zoe with him, along with a few other patients. After a trip around the country, Jake and Zoe must face up to their illness and their crime.
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Daylight
Title: Daylight
Character: Sarah Crighton
Released: December 6, 1996
Type: Movie
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
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The Wife
Title: The Wife
Character: Arlie
Released: April 21, 1995
Type: Movie
A sudden visit from a patient and his unstable, outrageously candid wife leads to a delirious night of shattering revelations for a husband and wife team of therapists.
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Love & Human Remains
Title: Love & Human Remains
Character: The Singer
Released: July 22, 1994
Type: Movie
In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual affairs. As David and Candy's odd assortment of friends — including a telepathic sex worker and an ill-tempered yuppie — pass in and out of their beds, a serial murder stalks the city's women.
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Hoffa
Title: Hoffa
Character: Young Woman at RTA
Released: December 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
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Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Title: Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Character: Faye Vaughan
Released: January 19, 1992
Type: Movie
This follow-up to "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" chronicles the fact-based fight by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Colombian government to bring down billionaire drug lords Don Pablo Escobar Gaviria and José Rodriguez Gacha, leaders of the infamous Medellin Cartel.
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Title: Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Character: Faye Vaughan
Released: January 19, 1992
Type: TV
A D.E.A. Agent goes to Columbia to take on the Cartel. He learns that the Cartel is not above killing anyone who opposes them, like judges and Police. Eventually a man who worked for the Cartel, who is in an American prison, offers to help them take down the Cartel. So another Federal Agent poses a money launderer and the try to take the Cartel down.
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A Blink of Paradise
Title: A Blink of Paradise
Character: Patient
Released: January 17, 1992
Type: Movie
"A Blink of Paradise" is a twelve minute investigation into the event that caused one woman's first memory. Obsessed by past images of herself as a baby in a carriage, she uncovers a simple fact concerning her mother that explains why she has been haunted by them ever since. This is realized through an interweaving of her present life (on a therapist's couch) and the visual fragments she has retained of that day. Having located the source of her pain, she is now able to go forward with newfound understanding.
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The Boy Who Cried Bitch
Title: The Boy Who Cried Bitch
Character: Candice Love
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Divorced rich bitch Candice Love has three sons at boarding school. The eldest, 12 year-old Dan, is totally unmanageable and aggressive, a bad influence on his brothers. When attempts to 'socialise' him fail, his mother takes him back home, where he gradually progresses into psychosis.
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To the Moon, Alice
Title: To the Moon, Alice
Character: Alice
Released: October 2, 1991
Type: Movie
A homeless family of three sleeps on a TV production stage, by day looking for a job. One day somebody finds them.
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Title: The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Character: Theresa
Released: March 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend gives them a hint. When word leaks out a Mafia boss puts a killer on the gang's trail.
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The Summer My Father Grew Up
Title: The Summer My Father Grew Up
Character: Chandelle
Released: March 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Cassie Rickman
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Leslie Cooper
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Ms. Milford
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mrs. Sachs
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Little Sweetheart
Title: Little Sweetheart
Character: Dorothea
Released: October 19, 1989
Type: Movie
A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.
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Night Game
Title: Night Game
Character: Roxy
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
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Criminal Law
Title: Criminal Law
Character: Ellen Faulkner
Released: April 28, 1989
Type: Movie
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the killer, he agrees to again defend him... much to the consternation of his friends. However, he explains that by being his attorney he will be better able to catch the man in a mistake... and on this the rest of the film develops, with the killer playing a cat and mouse game with the attorney until, at last, they both must recognize that they are not all that different.
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Torch Song Trilogy
Title: Torch Song Trilogy
Character: Laurel
Released: December 14, 1988
Type: Movie
A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
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Jaws: The Revenge
Title: Jaws: The Revenge
Character: Carla Brody
Released: July 17, 1987
Type: Movie
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
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The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Title: The Making of Jaws The Revenge
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.
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The High Price of Passion
Title: The High Price of Passion
Character: Robin Benedict
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.
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Heat
Title: Heat
Character: Holly
Released: October 16, 1986
Type: Movie
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Marcia Trafficante
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Nine 1/2 Weeks
Title: Nine 1/2 Weeks
Character: Sue
Released: February 9, 1986
Type: Movie
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Officer Sandra Stahl
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Almost You
Title: Almost You
Character: Lisa Willoughby
Released: March 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a private nurse, the beautiful Lisa enters the Boyers' lives. A complicated situation develops as Alex sees Lisa as the cure for his own problems as well as his wife's.
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Birdy
Title: Birdy
Character: Hannah Rourke
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
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Maria's Lovers
Title: Maria's Lovers
Character: Rosie
Released: October 3, 1984
Type: Movie
When her teenage sweetheart Ivan returns home from WWII, Maria eagerly accepts his marriage proposal, looking forward to a lifetime of happiness. But her joy is short-lived when Ivan’s dark past shrouds their wedding night in misery, driving a wedge between them that neither knows how to remove. Confused and depressed, Maria attempts to mend her true love’s heart despite the advances of other suitors. But when a traveling musician hits the right note, Maria struggles to justify her unfulfilling life. Is her passion too powerful to be contained within the sanctity of marriage?
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Handgun
Title: Handgun
Character: Kathleen
Released: May 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.