Kate Mara

Kate Mara

Known for
Acting
Born
February 27, 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Bedford, New York, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Little Bedroom

The Little Bedroom

Movie

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She Kills Them

She Kills Them

Movie · as Chloe Jacobs

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Trust the Man

Trust the Man

Movie

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Home Shopper

Home Shopper

Movie · as Penny Turner

2026
The Dutchman poster

The Dutchman

Movie · as Lula

2026
Bucking Fastard poster

Bucking Fastard

Movie · as Jean Holbrooke

2026
Imperfect Women poster

Imperfect Women

TV · as Nancy · 8 eps

2025
The Astronaut poster

The Astronaut

Movie · as Sam Walker

2025
Friendship poster

Friendship

Movie · as Tami Waterman

2025
Easy's Waltz poster

Easy's Waltz

Movie

2023
Class of '09 poster

Class of '09

TV · as Ashley Poet · 8 eps

2022
Call Jane poster

Call Jane

Movie · as Lana

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
INVINCIBLE poster

INVINCIBLE

TV · as Becky (voice) · 1 ep

2020
A Teacher poster

A Teacher

TV · as Claire Wilson · 10 eps

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Why Can't We Get Along

Why Can't We Get Along

Movie · as Self

2018
Chappaquiddick poster

Chappaquiddick

Movie · as Mary Jo Kopechne

2018
My Days of Mercy poster

My Days of Mercy

Movie · as Mercy

2018
Time of Day poster

Time of Day

Movie · as Self

2018
POSE poster

POSE

TV · as Patty · 8 eps

2017
Megan Leavey poster

Megan Leavey

Movie · as Megan Leavey

2016
Man Down poster

Man Down

Movie · as Natalie Drummer

2016
Morgan poster

Morgan

Movie · as Lee Weathers

2016
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' poster

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

Movie · as Self

2015
The Martian poster

The Martian

Movie · as Beth Johanssen

2015
Fantastic Four poster

Fantastic Four

Movie · as Sue Storm

2015
Captive poster

Captive

Movie · as Ashley Smith

2015
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards poster

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

Movie · as Lisa

2015
Almost Not Beautiful poster

Almost Not Beautiful

Movie · as Lisa

2015
Moonbeam City poster

Moonbeam City

TV · as Chrysalis Tate (voice) · 10 eps

2015
ARES: live poster

ARES: live

TV · as Beth Johanssen · 6 eps

2014
Transcendence poster

Transcendence

Movie · as Bree

2014
Tiny Detectives poster

Tiny Detectives

Movie · as Detective Kate

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
House of Cards poster

House of Cards

TV · as Zoe Barnes · 39 eps

2012
10 Years poster

10 Years

Movie · as Elise

2012
Deadfall poster

Deadfall

Movie · as Hanna

2012
Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts poster

Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts

Movie

2011
Ironclad poster

Ironclad

Movie · as Lady Isabel

2011
Happythankyoumoreplease poster

Happythankyoumoreplease

Movie · as Mississippi

2011
Queen of Hearts poster

Queen of Hearts

Movie · as Queen of Hearts

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as Hayden McClaine · 8 eps

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Lana Stanfield · 1 ep

2010
Iron Man 2 poster

Iron Man 2

Movie · as U.S. Marshal

2010
127 Hours poster

127 Hours

Movie · as Kristi Moore

2010
Peep World poster

Peep World

Movie · as Meg

2009
The Open Road poster

The Open Road

Movie · as Lucy

2009
Big Guy poster

Big Guy

Movie · as Kate

2009
T Takes: Brooklyn '09 poster

T Takes: Brooklyn '09

TV · as Kate · 3 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2008
TransSiberian poster

TransSiberian

Movie · as Abby

2008
Stone of Destiny poster

Stone of Destiny

Movie · as Kay Matheson

2007
Shooter poster

Shooter

Movie · as Sarah Fenn

2007
Full of It poster

Full of It

Movie · as Annie Dray

2006
We Are Marshall poster

We Are Marshall

Movie · as Annie Cantrell

2006
Zoom poster

Zoom

Movie · as Summer Jones / Wonder

2005
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

Movie · as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)

2005
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary poster

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

Movie · as Samantha Owens

2005
The Californians poster

The Californians

Movie · as Zoe Tripp

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Brittany · 4 eps

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Vanessa Bartholomew · 4 eps

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Jill Shelby · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Tadpole poster

Tadpole

Movie · as Miranda Spear

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Stephanie Brooks · 1 ep

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · as Kate Morris · 2 eps

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Shari Rothenberg · 5 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Janelle Macklin · 1 ep

2000
Madigan Men poster

Madigan Men

TV · 1 ep

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Helena Gelbke · 1 ep

1999
Random Hearts poster

Random Hearts

Movie · as Jessica Chandler

1999
Joe the King poster

Joe the King

Movie · as Allyson

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Lori · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self / Presenter · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Jenna Erlich · 1 ep