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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Bucking Fastard — Jean Holbrooke
• Imperfect Women — Nancy
• 2026The Dutchman — Lula, Executive Producer
• 2025Easy's Waltz
• 2025Friendship — Tami Waterman
• 2025The Astronaut — Sam Walker
• Class of '09 — Ashley Poet
• 2023The Smell of Money — Executive Producer
• 2022Call Jane — Lana
• INVINCIBLE — Becky (voice)
• A Teacher — Claire Wilson, Executive Producer
• 2018Chappaquiddick — Mary Jo Kopechne
• 2018My Days of Mercy — Mercy, Producer
• POSE — Patty
• 2017Megan Leavey — Megan Leavey
• 2016Man Down — Natalie Drummer
• 2016Morgan — Lee Weathers
• ARES: live — Beth Johanssen
• 2015Almost Not Beautiful — Lisa
• 2015Captive — Ashley Smith
• 2015Fantastic Four — Sue Storm
• Moonbeam City — Chrysalis Tate (voice)
• 2015The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards — Lisa
• 2015The Martian — Beth Johanssen
• 2014Tiny Detectives — Detective Kate
• 2014Transcendence — Bree
• House of Cards — Zoe Barnes
• 201210 Years — Elise
• 2012Deadfall — Hanna
• 2012Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts
• American Horror Story — Hayden McClaine
• Black Mirror — Lana Stanfield
• 2011Happythankyoumoreplease — Mississippi
• 2011Ironclad — Lady Isabel
• 2011Queen of Hearts — Queen of Hearts
• 2010127 Hours — Kristi Moore
• 2010Iron Man 2 — U.S. Marshal
• 2010Peep World — Meg
• 2009Big Guy — Kate
• T Takes: Brooklyn '09 — Kate
• 2009The Open Road — Lucy
• 2008Stone of Destiny — Kay Matheson
• 2008TransSiberian — Abby
• 2007Full of It — Annie Dray
• 2007Shooter — Sarah Fenn
• 2006We Are Marshall — Annie Cantrell
• 2006Zoom — Summer Jones / Wonder
• 2005Brokeback Mountain — Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
• 2005The Californians — Zoe Tripp
• 2005Urban Legends: Bloody Mary — Samantha Owens
• Entourage — Brittany
• Cold Case — Jill Shelby
• Nip/Tuck — Vanessa Bartholomew
• CSI: Miami — Stephanie Brooks
• Everwood — Kate Morris
• 2002Tadpole — Miranda Spear
• 24 — Shari Rothenberg
• Boston Public — Helena Gelbke
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Janelle Macklin
• Madigan Men
• 1999Joe the King — Allyson
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lori
• 1999Random Hearts — Jessica Chandler
• Law & Order — Jenna Erlich
• She Kills Them — Chloe Jacobs
• The Little Bedroom
• Trust the Man

Appearances as themselves (13)

• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018Time of Day — Self
• 2018Why Can't We Get Along — Self
• 2016The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter