- Born
- Birth nameKate Rooney Mara
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Kate Mara is an American actress. She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013) as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 (2001) as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. She appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), Stone of Destiny (2008), The Open Road (2009), Transcendence (2014), and Fantastic Four (2015) as the Invisible Woman. She also appeared in the FX horror mini-series American Horror Story (2011) as Hayden McClaine. Mara's film debut was in Random Hearts (1999), with Harrison Ford in 1999, directed by Sydney Pollack. In 2015, she also had a supporting role as astronaut "Beth Johanssen" in director Ridley Scott's film The Martian (2015). In the same year, she also starred as Ashley Smith in the movie Captive (2015).
Mara also starred in Morgan (2016), Megan Leavey (2017) and My Days of Mercy (2017).
Kate was born in Bedford, New York. She is one of four children of Kathleen McNulty (Rooney) and NFL football team New York Giants executive Timothy Christopher Mara. Her younger sister is actress Rooney Mara.
Her grandfathers were Wellington Mara, co-owner of the Giants, and Timothy Rooney, owner of Yonkers Raceway, and her grand-uncle is Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, the former US Ambassador to Ireland. She is the great-granddaughter of Art Rooney Sr., the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers football franchise. She often sings the national anthem at Giants home games. Her father has Irish, German, and French-Canadian ancestry, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent.
Mara graduated from high school a year early. She was accepted at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts but deferred her admission for three consecutive years.
- IMDb mini biography by: tweetie bird and Pedro Borges
- SpouseJamie Bell(July 15, 2017 - present) (2 children)
- ParentsKathleen McNulty (Rooney)Timothy Christopher Mara
- RelativesArt Rooney(Great Grandparent)John Mara Jr.(Cousin)Wellington Mara(Grandparent)Timothy Rooney(Grandparent)John Mara(Aunt or Uncle)Rooney Mara(Sibling)
- Great-grandfather Tim Mara founded the New York Giants. Great-grandfather Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Kate and her younger sister Patricia have their mother's maiden name, Rooney, as their middle name, but her sister takes it as her first name and is known professionally as Rooney Mara.
- Kate and her sister Rooney Mara both appeared in Best Picture Oscar nominated films in 2011. Rooney was in The Social Network (2010), Kate in 127 Hours (2010).
- Mara has stated she comes from a "huge" family. Her father is one of 11 children. She has 22 aunts and uncles and 40 cousins.
- Her younger sister Rooney Mara is also an actress.
- Eventually you get bored and you want to work.
- Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
- Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.
- All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.
- I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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