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Kate Mara

Actor

Kate Mara

Born February 27, 1983 in Bedford, New York, USA43 films

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.

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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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Brokeback Mountain posterFirst watchBrokeback Mountain20057.8as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Martian poster7.7The Martian2015Iron Man 2 poster6.9Iron Man 22010127 Hours poster7.1127 Hours2010Shooter poster7.1Shooter2007Transcendence poster6.1Transcendence2014Megan Leavey poster7.3Megan Leavey2017We Are Marshall poster6.9We Are Marshall2006Morgan poster5.8Morgan2016

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Little Bedroom
  2. TBAShe Kills ThemChloe Jacobs
  3. TBATrust the Man
  4. 2026Bucking FastardJean Holbrooke
  5. 2026The DutchmanLula
  6. 2025The AstronautSam Walker
  7. 2025Easy's Waltz
  8. 2025FriendshipTami Waterman
  9. 2022Call JaneLana
  10. 2018ChappaquiddickMary Jo Kopechne
  11. 2018My Days of MercyMercy
  12. 2017Megan LeaveyMegan Leavey
  13. 2016Man DownNatalie Drummer
  14. 2016MorganLee Weathers
  15. 2015The MartianBeth Johanssen
  16. 2015CaptiveAshley Smith
  17. 2015Fantastic FourSue Storm
  18. 2015Almost Not BeautifulLisa
  19. 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive BastardsLisa
  20. 2014Tiny DetectivesDetective Kate
  21. 2014TranscendenceBree
  22. 2012DeadfallHanna
  23. 201210 YearsElise
  24. 2011Queen of HeartsQueen of Hearts
  25. 2011HappythankyoumorepleaseMississippi
  26. 2011IroncladLady Isabel
  27. 2010127 HoursKristi Moore
  28. 2010Peep WorldMeg
  29. 2010Iron Man 2U.S. Marshal
  30. 2009The Open RoadLucy
  31. 2009Big GuyKate
  32. 2008Stone of DestinyKay Matheson
  33. 2008TransSiberianAbby
  34. 2007ShooterSarah Fenn
  35. 2007Full of ItAnnie Dray
  36. 2006We Are MarshallAnnie Cantrell
  37. 2006ZoomSummer Jones / Wonder
  38. 2005Brokeback MountainAlma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
  39. 2005The CaliforniansZoe Tripp
  40. 2005Urban Legends: Bloody MarySamantha Owens
  41. 2002TadpoleMiranda Spear
  42. 1999Random HeartsJessica Chandler
  43. 1999Joe the KingAllyson