Kate Mara
American actress celebrated across film and television, from the halls of the White House in House of Cards to the surface of Mars in The Martian.
Kate Mara - Personal Information
- Name: Kate Mara
- Date of Birth: February 27, 1983
- Place of Birth: Bedford, New York, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Producer
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).
Filmography
A selection of Kate Mara's notable screen appearances across film and television.
- Imperfect Women (TV - 2026) as Nancy
- The Dutchman (2026) as Lula
- The Astronaut (2025) as Sam Walker
- Easy's Waltz (2025)
- Friendship (2025) as Tami Waterman
- Class of '09 (TV - 2023) as Ashley Poet
- Call Jane (2022) as Lana
- Invincible (TV - 2021) as Becky (voice)
- A Teacher (TV - 2020) as Claire Wilson
- Tamron Hall (TV - 2019) as Self - Guest
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