Kate Mara

Kate Mara played Shari Rothenberg during Season 5 of 24.

Biography

Kate Mara is an American television and film actress.

Mara began acting at an early age in numerous theatrical performances while attending several youth theater-arts schools. She first appeared on the television drama Law & Order in 1997, and began her professional career at age fourteen in the film Random Hearts, directed by Sydney Pollack, in 1999. She graduated Fox Lane High School early by a year and went on to guest star on numerous television series including Madigan Men, Ed and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Recurring roles on the series Everwood (with Leslie Hope and Paul Wesley) and Nip/Tuck soon followed. Further television credits include Cold Case, Boston Public, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jack & Bobby and Entourage (with Kevin Dillon). Her most recent television appearance was in the FX series American Horror Story (with Connie Britton and Zachary Quinto) and will next star in the Netflix original series House of Cards.

Mara has appeared in several feature films, most notably the Sundance Film Festival award-winning films Tadpole alongside Sigourney Weaver and Joe the King, as well as a small supporting role in Academy Award-winning Brokeback Mountain. She also appeared in Zoom alongside Tim Allen and Courteney Cox, We Are Marshall starring Matthew McConaughey, which tells the story of the aftermath of the 1970 Marshall University plane crash, and Full of It for New Line Cinema. Other film credits include Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, The Californians, Shooter, Transsiberian, Stone of Destiny, The Open Road, Happythankyoumoreplease, Iron Man 2, 127 Hours, Peep World, Ironclad and Ten Years. She will next appear in the crime film Deadfall.

Kate debuted professionally in 2003 theatrically at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in “Landscape of the Body” with Lili Taylor. She currently lives in both New York and Los Angeles, living bi-coastally, traveling between the two.

Mara is also known for her singing. She often sings the national anthem at home games of the New York Giants (she is the granddaughter of late Giants owner Wellington Mara as well as the great-granddaughter of Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney). She recorded an album for the Warner Brothers record label with her band, "Trace." She has sung at NBA all-star games, and was accepted at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts but deferred for 3 consecutive years. Her singing was also featured in the film The Californians, opposite Noah Wyle.

Mara is also a skilled jazz/tap/ballet dancer. She has recently signed with the William Morris Agency and is managed by Washington Square Arts & Film.

External links

• Kate Mara at the Internet Movie Database