Portrait of Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: April 17, 1985

Place of Birth: Bedford, New York, USA

Filmography

2024
La cocina

as Julia

2022
2021
Nightmare Alley

as Molly Cahill

2018
Dominion

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Mary Magdalene

as Mary Magdalene

2017
2017
Una

as Una Spencer

2017
The Secret Scripture

as Young Roseanne McNulty

2017
2016
Lion

as Lucy

2016
Kubo and the Two Strings

as The Sisters (voice)

2015
Carol

as Therese Belivet

2015
Pan

as Tiger Lily

2014
Trash

as Olivia

2014
Her: Love in the Modern Age

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Her

as Catherine

2013
2013
2013
Side Effects

as Emily Taylor

2011
2010
The Social Network

as Erica Albright

2010
A Nightmare on Elm Street

as Nancy Holbrook

2009
Dare

as Courtney

2009
Tanner Hall

as Fernanda

2009
Youth in Revolt

as Taggarty

2009
2008
Dream Boy

as Evelyn

2005
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

as Classroom Girl #1

1953
The Oscars

as Self