
Kate Mara
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1983-02-27 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Bedford, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Kate Rooney Mara
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (31)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lori

Law & Order
1990
as Jenna Erlich

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Janelle Macklin

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

CSI: Miami
2002
as Stephanie Brooks

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

24
2001
as Shari Rothenberg

INVINCIBLE
2021
as Becky (voice)

American Horror Story
2011
as Hayden McClaine

Black Mirror
2011
as Lana Stanfield

The View
1997
as Self

Cold Case
2003
as Jill Shelby

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest

Entourage
2004
as Brittany

House of Cards
2013
as Zoe Barnes

Everwood
2002
as Kate Morris

Nip/Tuck
2003
as Vanessa Bartholomew

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Boston Public
2000
as Helena Gelbke

Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self / Presenter

Imperfect Women
2026
as Nancy

POSE
2018
as Patty

A Teacher
2020
as Claire Wilson

Class of '09
2023
as Ashley Poet

Madigan Men
2000

Moonbeam City
2015
as Chrysalis Tate (voice)

ARES: live
2015
as Beth Johanssen

T Takes: Brooklyn '09
2009
as Kate
Movies (47)

Iron Man 2
2010
as U.S. Marshal

The Martian
2015
as Beth Johanssen

Shooter
2007
as Sarah Fenn

Brokeback Mountain
2005
as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)

Fantastic Four
2015
as Sue Storm

127 Hours
2010
as Kristi Moore

The Astronaut
2025
as Sam Walker

Transcendence
2014
as Bree

Full of It
2007
as Annie Dray

Morgan
2016
as Lee Weathers

The Dutchman
2026
as Lula

Deadfall
2012
as Hanna

Zoom
2006
as Summer Jones / Wonder

Friendship
2025
as Tami Waterman

Ironclad
2011
as Lady Isabel

Megan Leavey
2017
as Megan Leavey

Random Hearts
1999
as Jessica Chandler

Tadpole
2002
as Miranda Spear

We Are Marshall
2006
as Annie Cantrell

Chappaquiddick
2018
as Mary Jo Kopechne

Call Jane
2022
as Lana

Man Down
2016
as Natalie Drummer

TransSiberian
2008
as Abby

10 Years
2012
as Elise

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
2005
as Samantha Owens

My Days of Mercy
2018
as Mercy

Captive
2015
as Ashley Smith

Joe the King
1999
as Allyson

Happythankyoumoreplease
2011
as Mississippi

Bucking Fastard
as Jean Holbrooke

The Open Road
2009
as Lucy

Peep World
2010
as Meg

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
as Self

Time of Day
2018
as Self

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards
2015
as Lisa

Tiny Detectives
2014
as Detective Kate

The Californians
2005
as Zoe Tripp

Stone of Destiny
2008
as Kay Matheson

Big Guy
2009
as Kate

Easy's Waltz
2025
The Little Bedroom

Queen of Hearts
2011
as Queen of Hearts
She Kills Them
as Chloe Jacobs

American Horror Story - Murder House
2011
as Hayden McKlaine
Why Can't We Get Along
2018
as Self

Almost Not Beautiful
2015
as Lisa

Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts
2012
About Kate Mara
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 miniserie… With 78 credits spanning from 1990 to 2026, Kate Mara has appeared in 47 films and 31 TV shows.
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- Iron Man 2 (2010) — as U.S. Marshal
- The Martian (2015) — as Beth Johanssen
- Shooter (2007) — as Sarah Fenn
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) — as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
- Fantastic Four (2015) — as Sue Storm
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