Kate Mara

Kate Mara is my favorite kind of actor: the one casting directors call when a story needs quiet credibility. Her Zoe Barnes in House of Cards remains one of television's great supporting turns precisely because she never oversold it; the shock of that storyline worked because she felt real. I admire how she moves between stage, television, film, and voice work without chasing franchise-lead status, choosing scripts with an evident eye for material. Sharing a profession with her sister Rooney, she could have leaned on family fame; instead she built a reputation on precision. Understatement is a hard skill to sell, and she sells it every time.

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Name (English)

Kate Mara

Name (Japanese)

ケイト・マーラ

Reading

けいと・まーら

Born

February 27, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Bedford, New York, United States

Height

160 cm

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

High school

Fox Lane High School

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Max Mara Face of the Future Award

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/katemara/
• Xhttps://x.com/katemara
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Mara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231249

Tags

• New York
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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