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My Take
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.
Overview
Kate Rooney Mara ( MAIR-ə; 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…
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1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Bedford, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- 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
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.