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Kate Mara

Acting

Born February 27, 1983 · Bedford, New York, USA

Also known as Kate Rooney Mara

Biography

Kate Rooney Mara (born February 27, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her work in television, playing reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013–2014; 2016), computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the Fox thriller series 24 (2006), wronged mistress Hayden McClaine in the FX miniseries American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), Patty Bowes in the first season of the FX drag ball culture drama series Pose (2018), and a teacher who begins an illicit relationship with an underage student in the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020). For the latter, she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best New Scripted Series as an executive producer. Mara made her film debut in Random Hearts(1999). She has since appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), Stone of Destiny (2008), The Open Road (2009), Transcendence (2014), The Martian (2015), Fantastic Four (2015), Morgan (2016), Megan Leavey (2017), My Days of Mercy (2017), and Chappaquiddick (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Max Mara Face of the Future Award · 2015

Filmography50+ titles

The Smell of Money

2023Executive Producer

INVINCIBLE

2021as Becky (voice)

Pose

2018as Patty

Black Mirror

2011as Lana Stanfield

American Horror Story

2011as Hayden McClaine

House of Cards

2013as Zoe Barnes

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Lori

Brokeback Mountain

2005as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)

Cold Case

2003as Jill Shelby

24

2001as Shari Rothenberg

The Martian

2015as Beth Johanssen

CSI: Miami

2002as Stephanie Brooks

Everwood

2002as Kate Morris

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Janelle Macklin

Entourage

2004as Brittany

Megan Leavey

2017as Megan Leavey

My Days of Mercy

2017as Mercy

Law & Order

1990as Jenna Erlich

A Teacher

2020as Claire Wilson

Nip/Tuck

2003as Vanessa Bartholomew

Class of '09

2023as Ashley Poet

127 Hours

2010as Kristi Moore

Shooter

2007as Sarah Fenn

Iron Man 2

2010as U.S. Marshal

We Are Marshall

2006as Annie Cantrell

Call Jane

2022as Lana

Happythankyoumoreplease

2010as Mississippi

Stone of Destiny

2008as Kay Matheson

Friendship

2024as Tami Waterman

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Transsiberian

2008as Abby

Imperfect Women

2026as Nancy

The Astronaut

2025as Sam Walker

Chappaquiddick

2017as Mary Jo Kopechne

Transcendence

2014as Bree

Ironclad

2011as Lady Isabel

Man Down

2015as Natalie Drummer

Deadfall

2012as Hanna

Joe the King

1999as Allyson

Morgan

2016as Lee Weathers

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

10 Years

2011as Elise

Moonbeam City

as Chrysalis Tate (voice)

Tadpole

2002as Miranda Spear

Captive

2015as Ashley Smith

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Random Hearts

1999as Jessica Chandler

Full of It

2007as Annie Dray

Zoom

2006as Summer Jones / Wonder

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self