Kate Mara | |
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Born | Kate Rooney Mara February 27, 1983 Bedford, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Rooney Mara (sister) |
Family |
Kate Rooney Mara (/ˈmɛərə/ MAIR-ə;[1] born February 27, 1983[2]) 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 involved with an underage student in the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020).
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).[3][4]