Caroline Sidney Aaron (née Abady; born August 7, 1952)[1] is an American actress. She has appeared in multiple Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, and Woody Allen films and is also known for her role in the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Aaron was born in Richmond, Virginia.[1] Her mother, Nina Abady (née Friedman) was a civil rights activist; Alabama-born, she was of Syrian Jewish descent, and worked full time to support her three kids after the death of Aaron's father, who was of Sephardic Jewish (Lebanese-Jewish) descent.[2] Aaron's elder sister, Josephine Abady, a theatre director and producer, died from breast cancer on May 25, 2002, aged 52.
Aaron attended American University in Washington, D.C., studying performing arts.[3] She studied acting at HB Studio[4] in New York City.
Aaron is known for her performances in films like Mike Nichols' Heartburn (1986) and Primary Colors (1998), as well as Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990), and Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She also appeared in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Stanley Tucci's Big Night (1996). She also appeared in 21 Jump Street (2012) and its sequel 22 Jump Street (2014).
She is also known for her work on television, including guest roles on Wings, Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Desperate Housewives, Transparent, Madam Secretary, and The Good Fight.
Her Broadway roles include Woody Allen's Relatively Speaking, I Hate Hamlet, Social Security, and The Iceman Cometh starring Jason Robards.[5]
She was a regular on the critically acclaimed and Primetime Emmy Award-winning show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), with her comic performance of a Jewish mother winning her two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series alongside the rest of the series' cast.
Aaron is a guest instructor at HB Studio.[6]
She has been married to James Foreman since 1980; they have two children.[7]