Kate Mara

Acting · Born 1983-02-27 in 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…

Filmography

• Brokeback Mountain as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
• Shooter as Sarah Fenn
• 127 Hours as Kristi Moore
• The Martian as Beth Johanssen
• Megan Leavey as Megan Leavey
• My Days of Mercy as Mercy
• Iron Man 2 as U.S. Marshal
• Urban Legends: Bloody Mary as Samantha Owens
• We Are Marshall as Annie Cantrell
• TransSiberian as Abby

TV

• American Horror Story as Hayden McClaine
• House of Cards as Zoe Barnes
• CSI: Miami as Stephanie Brooks
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Janelle Macklin
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lori
• Black Mirror as Lana Stanfield
• 24 as Shari Rothenberg
• Cold Case as Jill Shelby
• POSE as Patty
• Invincible as Becky (voice)