
Kate 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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Acting History
2026
The Dutchman as Lula
2025The Astronaut as Sam Walker
2025Easy's Waltz
2025Friendship as Tami Waterman
2023Class of '09 as Ashley Poet
2022Call Jane as Lana
2021INVINCIBLE as Becky (voice)
2020A Teacher as Claire Wilson
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018Time of Day as Self
2018POSE as Patty
2018Chappaquiddick as Mary Jo Kopechne
2018My Days of Mercy as Mercy
2018Why Can't We Get Along as Self
2017Megan Leavey as Megan Leavey
2016Morgan as Lee Weathers
2016The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' as Self
2015The Martian as Beth Johanssen
2015Captive as Ashley Smith
2015Moonbeam City as Chrysalis Tate (voice)
2015Man Down as Natalie Drummer
2015Fantastic Four as Sue Storm
2015Almost Not Beautiful as Lisa
2015ARES: live as Beth Johanssen
2015The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards as Lisa
2014Tiny Detectives as Detective Kate
2014Transcendence as Bree
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013House of Cards as Zoe Barnes
2012Deadfall as Hanna
2012Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts
201210 Years as Elise
2011Black Mirror as Lana Stanfield
2011American Horror Story as Hayden McClaine
2011Queen of Hearts as Queen of Hearts
2011Happythankyoumoreplease as Mississippi
2011Ironclad as Lady Isabel
2010127 Hours as Kristi Moore
2010Peep World as Meg
2010Iron Man 2 as U.S. Marshal
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009The Open Road as Lucy
2009T Takes: Brooklyn '09 as Kate
2009Big Guy as Kate
2008Stone of Destiny as Kay Matheson
2008TransSiberian as Abby
2007Shooter as Sarah Fenn
2007Full of It as Annie Dray
2006We Are Marshall as Annie Cantrell
2006Zoom as Summer Jones / Wonder
2005Brokeback Mountain as Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
2005The Californians as Zoe Tripp
2005Urban Legends: Bloody Mary as Samantha Owens
2004Entourage as Brittany
2003Cold Case as Jill Shelby
2003Nip/Tuck as Vanessa Bartholomew
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002CSI: Miami as Stephanie Brooks
2002Everwood as Kate Morris
2002Tadpole as Miranda Spear
200124 as Shari Rothenberg
2000Boston Public as Helena Gelbke
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Janelle Macklin
2000Madigan Men
1999Random Hearts as Jessica Chandler
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lori
1999Joe the King as Allyson
1992MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1990Law & Order as Jenna Erlich
—Imperfect Women
—Bucking Fastard
—The Little Bedroom
—She Kills Them as Chloe Jacobs









