Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 27, 1983
Place of Birth:
Bedford, New York, USA
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Kate Mara
Biography
Kate Rooney Mara (/ˈmɛərə/ MAIR-ə; 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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Astronaut | Sam Walker |
| 2025 | The Dutchman | Lula |
| 2025 | Friendship | Tami |
| 2022 | Call Jane | Lana |
| 2018 | Why Can't We Get Along | Self |
| 2018 | Chappaquiddick | Mary Jo Kopechne |
| 2018 | My Days of Mercy | Mercy |
| 2018 | Time of Day | Self |
| 2017 | Megan Leavey | Megan Leavey |
| 2016 | Morgan | Lee Weathers |
| 2016 | The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' | Self |
| 2015 | The Martian | Beth Johanssen |
| 2015 | Fantastic Four | Sue Storm / Invisible Woman |
| 2015 | Man Down | Natalie Drummer |
| 2015 | Captive | Ashley Smith |
| 2015 | The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Lisa |
| 2015 | Almost Not Beautiful | Lisa |
| 2014 | Transcendence | Bree |
| 2014 | Tiny Detectives | Detective Kate |
| 2013 | Broken Bells: Holding on For Life | Girl |
| 2012 | 10 Years | Elise |
| 2012 | Deadfall | Hanna |
| 2012 | Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts | |
| 2011 | Ironclad | Lady Isabel |
| 2011 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Mississippi |
| 2011 | Queen of Hearts | Queen of Hearts |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | U.S. Marshal |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Kristi Moore |
| 2010 | Peep World | Meg |
| 2009 | The Open Road | Lucy |
| 2009 | Big Guy | Kate |
| 2008 | TransSiberian | Abby |
| 2008 | Stone of Destiny | Kay Matheson |
| 2007 | Shooter | Sarah Fenn |
| 2007 | Full of It | Annie Dray |
| 2006 | We Are Marshall | Annie Cantrell |
| 2006 | Zoom | Summer Jones / Wonder |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19) |
| 2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary | Samantha Owens |
| 2005 | The Californians | Zoe Tripp |
| 2002 | Tadpole | Miranda Spear |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Jessica Chandler |
| 1999 | Joe the King | Allyson |
| The Little Bedroom | ||
| Bucking Fastard | ||
| Easy's Waltz | ||
| She Kills Them | Chloe Jacobs |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Class of '09 | Ashley Poet |
| 2021 | INVINCIBLE | Becky (voice) |
| 2020 | A Teacher | Claire Wilson |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2018 | POSE | Patty |
| 2015 | Moonbeam City | Chrysalis Tate (voice) |
| 2015 | ARES: live | Beth Johanssen |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Zoe Barnes |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Hayden McClaine |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Lana Stanfield |
| 2009 | T Takes: Brooklyn '09 | Kate |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Entourage | Brittany |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Vanessa Bartholomew |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Jill Shelby |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Stephanie Brooks |
| 2002 | Everwood | Kate Morris |
| 2001 | 24 | Shari Rothenberg |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Janelle Macklin |
| 2000 | Madigan Men | |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Helena Gelbke |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lori |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self / Presenter |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jenna Erlich |
| Imperfect Women |