Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17, 1985) is an American film and television actress. Mara made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film, and The Social Network. Mara also portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Sony Pictures film based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series. Mara is also known for her charity work. She oversees the charity Faces of Kibera, which benefits orphans from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in Africa.

Filmography

• 2026Bucking Fastard — Joan Holbrooke
• 2025I’m Glad You’re Dead Now — Executive Producer
• 2025The Voice of Hind Rajab — Executive Producer
• 2024La Cocina — Julia
• 2023Beau Is Afraid — Thanks
• María Madalena
• 2023The End of Medicine — Executive Producer
• 2022Stutz — Executive Producer
• 2022Women Talking — Ona
• 2021Nightmare Alley — Molly Cahill
• 2018Dominion — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot — Annu
• 2018Mary Magdalene — Mary Magdalene
• 2017A Ghost Story — M
• 2017Song to Song — Faye
• 2017The Discovery — Isla
• 2017The Secret Scripture — Young Roseanne McNulty
• 2017Una — Una Spencer
• 2016Kubo and the Two Strings — The Sisters (voice)
• 2016Lion — Lucy
• 2015Carol — Therese Belivet
• 2015Pan — Tiger Lily
• 2014The One I Love — Costume Designer
• 2014Trash — Olivia
• 2013Ain't Them Bodies Saints — Ruth Guthrie
• 2013Her — Catherine
• 2013Side Effects — Emily Taylor
• 2013The Truth About Emanuel — Producer
• 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: On Location - Sweden and Hollywood
• 2011Tanner Hall — Fernanda
• 2011The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Lisbeth Salander
• 2010A Nightmare on Elm Street — Nancy Holbrook
• 2010Friends (With Benefits) — Tara
• 2010The Social Network — Erica Albright
• 2009Dare — Courtney
• 2009The Winning Season — Wendy
• 2009Youth in Revolt — Taggarty
• 2008Dream Boy — Evelyn
• 2005Urban Legends: Bloody Mary — Classroom Girl #1
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jessica DeLay
• Polaris — The Devil
• Quest for Love — Maris, Executive Producer
• The Island

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2014Her: Love in the Modern Age — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Mademoiselle C — Self
• 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger — Self
• 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women — Self
• 2011How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? — Self / Erica Albright
• Conan — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self