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Biography of Kate Mara

Kate Mara is a Hollywood actress who has played more than fifty roles (in 38 films and 20 television series). She is familiar to viewers from her role as Hayden McClain, Ben Harmon's vengeful lover from the film American Horror Story, as well as from the serial political thriller House of Cards, where she brilliantly embodied the image of the ambitious journalist Zoe Barnes, receiving a nomination for a primetime Emmy for this.

Actress Kate Mara

Her creative portfolio includes both high-profile projects – the action film “24 Hours”, the thriller “127 Hours”, the superhero action film “Iron Man 2”, and also the failed ones – the comic book saga “Fantastic Four” (nominated for the Golden Raspberry anti-award).

In 2020, she was awarded the “Face of the Future” prize from the Italian fashion house Max Mara, presented as part of the Women In Film Award. In 2017, the young girl expanded her role by acting as a co-producer in the romantic film “My Days with Mercy,” where she played the key character.

Kate Mara and her sister Rooney Mara

She is the older sister of actress Patricia Rooney Mara (known as Rooney Mara), nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her roles in the melodrama Carol and the detective story The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Childhood and family

The future artist was born on February 27, 1983 in Bedford. Timothy Christopher's father was the vice president of the New York Giants and an NFL sports scout. Mother Kathleen McNulty (née Rooney) took care of the house and children.

Kate Mara as a child

Kate is the couple's second child. In addition to the aforementioned younger sister Patricia Rooney Mara, she has two brothers: the older Daniel and the younger Conor. Maternal ancestors included Irish and Italians, and paternal ancestors included Canadians, Irish, Germans and French.

Their family owns the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. They were founded by the actress’s great-grandfathers on her father’s and mother’s sides, respectively. The president of the first of these clubs was the grandfather of the actress Wellington Mara, and after his death in 2005 it went to his father's brother John. The second was led by grandfather Dan Rooney, a former US ambassador to Ireland, and then by cousin Art Rooney II.

Kate Mara and her family

Kate is a fan of both teams, but, as she jokingly noted, she roots for the Giants when she has a fight with her mom, and becomes a fan of the Steelworkers when she has a fight with her dad. By the way, he grew up in an even larger family with 11 children. And now the actress has 40 cousins.

Kate Mara and her numerous relatives

According to Mara, at an early age she was a very shy girl and had complexes when communicating with strangers. She had only one friend, and she kept her distance from the others.

Kate began performing on stage at the age of 9, making her debut in a school musical. Subsequently, the girl attended several theater and art schools. In 1993, she was cast for the first time to participate in the TV show “Homicide”: she didn’t get the role, but she realized that she wanted to become an artist.

Kate Mara's height is 157 cm

Having received secondary education a year earlier than her peers, she was enrolled in the Tisch School of the Arts in the department of musical theater at New York University, but she “postponed” her studies for 3 years due to being busy on set.

early years

Kate Mara was born in Bedford, New York, to Timothy Christopher Mara, a selector for the New York Giants, and Kathleen McNulty Mara (nee Rooney). Mara's father is of Irish, German, French and Canadian descent, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent.[1] Kate has an older brother, Daniel, a younger brother, Conor, and a younger sister, Rooney, who is also an actress.

As a child, Kate, after watching a production of Les Misérables, became inspired to become an actress and fell in love with Broadway and musicals. She especially liked films with Judy Garland[2]. At the age of nine, Mara began acting in school productions and in community theater, and attended several acting schools. In an interview with Esquire magazine, Kate admitted that she was very shy as a child, had only one friend and felt uncomfortable being surrounded by a lot of people[3].

At the age of 14, Mara signed a contract with an acting agency and became a professional actress[2]. She graduated a year early from Fox Lane High School and was accepted into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, but her commitment to acting forced her to delay college for three years.

Career development

In 1997, Kate made her debut on television - like many actors, she began with an episode in the television series Law and Order. After that, the aspiring actress starred in small roles in numerous television projects, including “The Love of a Widower,” “Madigan,” and “Detective Rush,” gaining irreplaceable experience.

Kate Mara in the series "Widower's Love"

In 2003, Mara made her debut on the theater stage and subsequently periodically performed in various productions in Los Angeles and New York. In 2005, she played her first central role in the mystical thriller Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary, where her sister Rooney also starred for the first time.

During the same period, she appeared as Alma, the daughter of a key character, in the acclaimed deeply sad romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, called the first gay Western in Hollywood history. The film, with stunning performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, won numerous film awards, and told viewers the tragic love story of two cowboys. After the passion that unexpectedly flared up between them, the young men separated, created traditional families, but could neither forget nor stop loving each other.

Kate Mara in the movie Brokeback Mountain

In 2006, the actress was included in the top 10 most promising aspiring actors in the country according to the Daily News. At the same time, in the drama series “24 Hours” she played the role of computer analyst Sheri Rotenberg, and in the comedy film “Captain Zoom” she played the role of a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic abilities.

A year later, with the participation of the artist, the action movie “Shooter” was released, where she played Sarah, the widow of a friend of the key character, sniper Bob (Mark Wahlberg), who helped him regain his good name. In 2008, Mara could be seen in two projects. She played one of the central roles in the crime film “Trans-Siberian Express” in the company of Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer and Eduardo Noriega, as well as a student from Glasgow (not without difficulty mastering a specific Scottish accent) in the film about the return of the sacred object “The Stone of Destiny” to Scotland ", where her partners on the set were Charlie Cox, Robert Carlyle, Peter Mullan.

Kate Mara in the movie "Shooter"

In 2009, Kate starred as Lucy in the film “Open Road” with Jeff Bridges and Justin Timberlake, a year later she played Federal Marshal Bethany in the superhero action film “Iron Man 2” with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, in 2011 -m appeared before the audience as Lady Isabel in the historical film “Iron Knight” with James Purefoy and as a beautiful ghost from “American Horror Story”.

Kate Mara in the movie "Iron Man 2"

From 2013 to 2014, the artist appeared on television as reporter Zoe Barnes in the political show House of Cards with Kevin Spacey, appearing naked for the first time in a number of scenes. In 2015, her nude photographs were also published on the pages of Esquire.

Kate Mara on the set of House of Cards

During the same period, she played the key role of the invisible Susan in the film Fantastic Four, which failed at the box office. The sci-fi horror film Morgan, released in 2020, also barely broke even, where Mara appeared as the central character, an employee of the genetic engineering company Lee Weathers.

Kate Mara in the movie "Fantastic Four"

In 2020, two films featuring Kate were released. In the military drama film Megan Leavey, she embodied the image of a soldier who served in Iraq along with her faithful service dog named Rex. They found and neutralized dangerous mines. Kate Mara in the film Megan Leavey In the melodramatic film My Days with Mercy, the actress, along with Ellen Page, played key characters who fell in love with each other, despite different views on the abolition of the death penalty.

Biography

Mara was born and raised in Bedford, New York, the daughter of Timothy Christopher Mara and Kathleen McNulty. Kate is Italian on her mother's side and Irish on her father's side.

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Mara decided to become an actress at a fairly young age;
She was inspired to do this by the cult musical Les Misérables. The girl literally fell in love with musicals and regularly watched them both on TV and on Broadway. Of all the actresses of that time, Kate especially liked Judy Garland. Already at the age of 9, Kate herself played for the first time in a school production; Later she performed more than once with local theater troupes. It’s interesting that despite all this, Kate remained a girl, modest to the point of incredible; in fact, she only had one close friend growing up. Advertising:
Already as a child, Mara constantly asked her mother to find her an agent. In the end, Kathleen heeded her daughter’s requests and sent her photo to a special company. Very soon Kate signed a contract with her first agent; Her professional acting career began at the age of 14. The first audition - for the television series 'Homicide: Life on the Street' - Mara did not pass; however, it was then that she was finally convinced of the correctness of the chosen path.

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Enrolling in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Mara began to fill the gaps in her formal education. Her parents insisted that Kate should simply go to college; however, by that time Mara was already quite actively filming, not worrying at all about the lack of a diploma.

Kate received her first television role in 1997, in the TV series Law & Order. Then there were small roles in a number of other projects; in 2003, the actress was finally given two significant roles at once - Mara played Kate in 'Everwood' and Vanessa in 'Nip/Tuck'.

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In 2004, Mara received the lead role in the WB pilot 'Prodigy'; however, this project was not particularly successful.

In 2006, Kate joined the crew of the popular TV series '24' for five episodes, and in 2009 she starred in the project 'Entourage'. Mara currently plays Hayden in the TV series American Horror Story.

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Mara appeared on the big screen in 1999 in the film 'Random Hearts' with Harrison Ford. This was followed by roles in the films 'Joe the King' and 'Lovelace' ('Tadpole'). In 2004, Kate played the main role in the film 'Peoples'. She received her next major role in the direct-to-video horror film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary in 2005.

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However, another role of the same year brought her much more attention - the daughter of Heath Ledger's character in the acclaimed 2005 film 'Brokeback Mountain'. Soon after this, Kate's career took off - she signed a contract with the William Morris Agency and began starring in significantly more successful films. Unfortunately, this did not last long - soon Mara returned to films that did not occupy the top lines at the box office. However, Kate continues to actively act in film today; From time to time she gets roles in very famous projects - for example, in 2009, Mara played a cameo role in the film 'Iron Man 2'.

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Personal life of Kate Mara

Between 2010 and 2014, Mara's boyfriend was the son of British director Anthony Mangella, Max.
Previously, she had an affair with director Joseph McGinty Nicole, known under the pseudonym McG, author of the series Supernatural, as well as with English film actor Charlie Cox, known for his roles in the fantasy Stardust, in the series Boardwalk Empire, "Daredevil" In July 2020, Kate married English actor Jamie Bell, whom they met in 2015 while filming the film Fantastic Four. This is his second marriage (from 2011 to 2014 he was married to American actress Evan Rachel Wood; in 2013, he and Evan had a son).

Kate Mara and her husband Jamie Bell

The actress is a vegetarian and a member of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). In 2020, she starred in one of the organization’s videos, filmed to promote the international Meatless Monday movement. His followers urge people not to eat meat on Mondays, thereby reducing the consumption of meat products, the production of which leads to an increase in the greenhouse effect.

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In 2020, the historical drama Chappaquiddick premiered, telling the story of the tragic car accident that claimed the life of Ted Kennedy's (Ed Helms) campaign spokeswoman, Mary (Kate Mara), and jeopardized the life and political career of the senator. Kate Mara in the film “Chappaquiddick” In June, the dance series “Pose” was released with the participation of the actress in the role of Patty. The show explores the lives of sexual minorities, street culture and dance troupes in New York City in the 1980s. This is the first project to feature transgender characters in the majority of the central roles, including Emjay Rodriguez, Inda Moore and Angelica Ross.

Early years[ | ]

Kate Mara was born in Bedford, New York, to Timothy Christopher Mara, a selector for the New York Giants, and Kathleen McNulty Mara (nee Rooney). Mara's father is of Irish, German, French and Canadian descent, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent.[1] Kate has an older brother, Daniel, a younger brother, Conor, and a younger sister, Rooney, who is also an actress.

As a child, Kate, after watching a production of Les Misérables, became inspired to become an actress and fell in love with Broadway and musicals. She especially liked films with Judy Garland[2]. At the age of nine, Mara began acting in school productions and in community theater, and attended several acting schools. In an interview with Esquire magazine, Kate admitted that she was very shy as a child, had only one friend and felt uncomfortable being surrounded by a lot of people[3].

At the age of 14, Mara signed a contract with an acting agency and became a professional actress[2]. She graduated a year early from Fox Lane High School and was accepted into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, but her commitment to acting forced her to delay college for three years.