Kate Mara

Also known as Kate Rooney Mara

Kate Rooney Mara is an American actress. She is known for her work in television, playing reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards, 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 drama series Pose (2018), and a teacher involved with an underage student in the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020).

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Kate Rooney Mara is an American actor born in Bedford, New York, in 1983. She works in film, television, and stage acting, with a career that began in 1997. Mara is educated at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and speaks English. She resides in Los Angeles and Manhattan.

She is the sister of Rooney Mara and is related to John Mara, Tim Mara, Art Rooney, and Wellington Mara. Mara is married to Jamie Bell. Her native language is English, which she also uses for writing.

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Bedford, New York, USA

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…

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The Dutchman — Lula2026
Bucking Fastard — Jean Holbrooke2026
Imperfect Women — Nancy2026
The Astronaut — Sam Walker2025
Friendship — Tami Waterman2025
Easy's Waltz2025
Class of '09 — Ashley Poet2023
Call Jane — Lana2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
INVINCIBLE — Becky (voice)2021

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Kate
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Bedford
Spouse: Jamie Bell
Sibling: Rooney Mara
Occupation: executive producer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Field of work: acting
Image: Kate Mara in 2024.jpg
Height: 1.60
Residence: Manhattan

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Commons category: Kate Mara
date of birth: 1983-02-27
name in native language: Kate Mara
start of work period: 1997-00-00
social media followers: 227266
writing language: English language
birth name: Kate Rooney Mara

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Encyclopedic overview

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 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), Chappaquiddick (2018), and Friendship (2024).

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