Kate Mara

Kate Mara is an American actress born on February 27, 1983 in Bedford, New York. She reached wide audiences with her role as journalist Zoe Barnes in the Netflix series House of Cards; He also appeared in films such as Brokeback Mountain, The Martian and Fantastic Four.

Family and early years

He is the grandson of two deep-rooted families in American football: the Mara family, who founded the New York Giants, and the Rooney family, who founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. Actress Rooney Mara is her sister. She performed in school musicals at the age of nine, worked in youth theater and started acting in 1999 with Random Hearts.

Career

He gained attention for his supporting role in 2005's Brokeback Mountain. In 2006, she played computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the TV series 24; He starred in We Are Marshall the same year, and in Shooter the following year. In 2011, he guest-starred in Murder House, the first season of American Horror Story.

She played ambitious reporter Zoe Barnes in House of Cards, which started in 2013. This role earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series in 2014. In the cinema, she appeared in productions such as Transcendence, The Martian, Fantastic Four and Megan Leavey; In 2018, he starred in Chappaquiddick and appeared in the TV series Pose.

In 2020, he starred in and produced FX's miniseries A Teacher; The series was nominated for best new series at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Mara, who continues to work balancedly in cinema and television, has been one of the well-known faces of American TV series since the mid-2000s.