Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Kate Mara at a public appearance for Kate Mara Launches DAWN''s 40 Years of Helping Save Wildlife Campaign, Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY July 19, 2018. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Kate Mara at arrivals for SKIN Special Screening, ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA July 11, 2019. My Days of Mercy Brokeback Mountain Brokeback Mountain Megan Leavey Megan Leavey Call Jane Call Jane Chappaquiddick Chappaquiddick Photos Kate Mara at arrivals for TRANSCENDENCE Premiere, The Regency Village Theatre, Los Angeles, CA April 10, 2014. After that breakthrough role, Mara became better known for her work in a string of action and science fiction films including starring roles in "Fantastic Four" (2014) and Ridley Scott's "The Martian" (2015). Mara went on to prominent supporting turns on "Entourage" (HBO, 2004-2011) and in "Iron Man 2" (2010) and "127 Hours" (2010), before landing her first regular series role on the acclaimed horror drama "American Horror Story" (FX, 2011- ) and following up with a strong performance on the critically acclaimed "House of Cards" (Netflix, 2013- ). She graduated to recurring roles on "Everwood" (The WB, 2002-06), "Nip/Tuck" (FX, 2003-2010) and "Jack & Bobby" (The WB, 2004-05), before landing more prominent feature parts in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "We Are Marshall" (2006) and "Shooter" (2007). Mara quickly amassed several credits on television shows like "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990-2010), and features like "Random Hearts" (1999) and "Tadpole" (2002). She was accepted at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts but deferred her admission for three consecutive years.Though she grew up in a famous professional football household, actress Kate Mara turned to performing on stage and screen at an early age, leading her to become a professional before she had even graduated high school. Mara graduated from high school a year early. Her father has Irish, German, and French-Canadian ancestry, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent. She often sings the national anthem at Giants home games. She is the great-granddaughter of Art Rooney Sr., the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers football franchise. Her grandfathers were Wellington Mara, co-owner of the Giants, and Timothy Rooney, owner of Yonkers Raceway, and her grand-uncle is Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, the former US Ambassador to Ireland. Her younger sister is actress Rooney Mara. She is one of four children of Kathleen McNulty (Rooney) and NFL football team New York Giants executive Timothy Christopher Mara. Mara also starred in Morgan (2016), Megan Leavey (2017) and My Days of Mercy (2017). In the same year, she also starred as Ashley Smith in the movie Captive (2015). In 2015, she also had a supporting role as astronaut "Beth Johanssen" in director Ridley Scott's film The Martian (2015). Mara's film debut was in Random Hearts (1999), with Harrison Ford in 1999, directed by Sydney Pollack. She also appeared in the FX horror mini-series American Horror Story (2011) as Hayden McClaine. She appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), Stone of Destiny (2008), The Open Road (2009), Transcendence (2014), and Fantastic Four (2015) as the Invisible Woman. She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013) as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 (2001) as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg.
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