Biography
Rooney Mara began her career shortly after enrolling as a student at New York University. It was during her college years that Mara decided to explore her interest in acting, landing small parts in independent films and eventually moving to Los Angeles to pursue it full-time.
Mara mesmerized audiences and critics alike in the David Fincher directed, U.S. adaptation of the popular Stieg Larsson book "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." In a three-picture deal, to include "The Girl Who Played with Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," Mara portrays the female lead "Lisbeth Salander" opposite Daniel Craig and Robin Wright. For this role, Mara was recognized by the National Board of Review for Breakthrough Performance as well as earned a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, Drama.
Mara can be seen in "The Bitter Pill" directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring opposite Channing Tatum and Jude Law. Mara plays a woman who turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety and depression.
Mara worked on a series of independent films, including "The Untitled Spike Jonze Project" about a man who falls in love with the voice of a computer. The film co-stars Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. Mara also stars in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Competitive entry "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" for writer/ director David Lowery with Casey Affleck and Ben Foster.
Mara starredn alongside Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman in the "Lawless". This feature involves two intersecting love triangles, sexual obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.
Additional film credits include the lead character of "Francesca" in Anchor Bay's, "Tanner Hall," directed by Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg. Mara also starred as the ex-girlfriend of Mark Zuckerberg, in David Fincher's "The Social Network." The Sony film, written by Aaron Sorkin, and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, told the story about the founders and eventual development of the worldwide internet interface, Facebook. In 2010, Mara co-starred along with Jackie Earle Haley and Thomas Dekker in the latest installment of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Mara also appeared with Michael Cera in Weinstein Company's "Youth in Revolt."
On the small screen, Mara's credits include memorable guest starring roles on "ER," "The Cleaner," "Women's Murder Club," and "Law & Order: SVU."
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Actress
Movies | |
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2024 |
La cocina |
Polaris |
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2022 |
Women Talking |
2021 |
Nightmare Alley |
2018 |
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot |
Mary Magdalene |
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2017 |
A Ghost Story |
Song to Song |
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The Discovery |
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2016 |
Kubo and the Two Strings |
Lion |
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The Secret Scripture |
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Una |
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2015 |
Carol |
Pan |
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2014 |
Trash |
2013 |
Ain't Them Bodies Saints |
Her |
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Side Effects |
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2011 |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
2010 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
The Social Network |
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2009 |
Dare |
Friends (With Benefits) |
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Tanner Hall |
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The Winning Season |
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Youth in Revolt |
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2008 |
Dream Boy |
2005 |
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary |
Series | |
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2009 |
ER |
I Feel Good (S15E21) |
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Old Times (S15E19) |
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2008 |
The Cleaner |
2007 |
Women's Murder Club |
2006 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
Fat (S07E20) |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Loving Highsmith - a.f. |
2018 |
Dominion - narrator |
2013 |
Mademoiselle C |
2011 |
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? |
Short | |
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2011 |
Touch of Evil |
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