Rooney Mara

At 39 years old, Rooney Mara has this physical status:

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She began working in independent films, such as the coming-of-age drama film Tanner Hall (2009), before starring Nancy Holbrook in the 2010 version of A Nightmare on Elm Street and as Erica Albright in the biographical drama film The Social Network (2010). Mara had a career breakthrough in 2011 when she portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium book series.

She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

She appeared in Side Effects, the independent drama Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and the acclaimed sci-fi romantic drama Her in 2013. She was up for the Best Actress Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the Todd Haynes drama film Carol (along with Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon roi); she was also nominated for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actor Guild Certificate for her role as a screen actress.

In the biographical drama Lion, she appeared opposite Dev Patel for the first year.

She appeared in A Ghost Story and Terrence Malick's romantic drama Song to Song in 2017.

She appeared in Gus Van Sant's comedy-drama Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, and portrayed Catholic saint Mary Magdalene in the biblical drama Mary Magdalene. Mara is also known for her charity work and oversees the Uweza Foundation, which promotes education for children and families in Nairobi, Kenya's slum, one of Africa's biggest slums.

Early life and education

Mara was born in Bedford, New York, a town in Westchester County about 40 miles (64 km) north of New York City, on April 17, 1985. The Pittsburgh Steelers and her father's relatives founded the New York Giants, which was Mara's mother's first marriage. Timothy Christopher Mara's father, Timothy Christopher Mara, is the senior vice president of player services for the New York Giants, and Kathleen McNulty (née Rooney), a part-time real estate agent, is an executive vice president. She is the third of four children; she has an older brother, Daniel, an older sister, Kate, who is also an actress, and a younger brother, Conor.

Mara's father is of Irish, German, and French-Canadian descent, and her mother is of Irish and Italian descent. Her Rooney ancestors were born in Newry, County Down. Wellington Mara and Ann Mara were her paternal grandparents. Wellington, the long-serving co-owner of the Giants, who was succeeded by his son (Rooney Mara's uncle), John Mara. Timothy James "Tim" Rooney, Rooney Mara's maternal grandfather, has operated Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York, since 1972. Mara is the great-granddaughter of both New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, Sr., as well as Kathleen McNulty Rooney. Dan Rooney, the Steelers' former ambassador to Ireland, co-founder of The Ireland Funds charitable group, and the architect of American Football's Rooney Rule, was her grand uncle. Representative Tom Rooney of the United States and former Florida State Representative Patrick Rooney Jr. are her cousins.

Mara moved from Fox Lane High School in 2003 to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, South America as part of the Traveling School, a multicultural learning environment. She attended George Washington University for a year before transferring to Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, where she studied psychology, international affairs, and nonprofits, graduating in 2010.

Mara was inspired to act by seeing musical theatre and classic films, such as Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), and Bringing Up Babies (1938), along her mother. Kate Mara, a professional actress, also wanted to be like her sister, Kate Mara, in order to be like her sister. Mara refused to pursue acting as a child, telling The Journal News that "it never seemed particularly respectable to me, and I'm sure I was afraid that I'd fail." Juliet was her first and only role in high school, in Romeo and Juliet, which she gained after being invited by a friend to audition. Mara appeared in a few student films while at NYU and then began her acting career, first performing at the age of nineteen.

Personal life

Mara moved to Los Angeles in early 2007 and lived with her sister for a short time. Although they do not live together anymore, Mara claims that the event brought them closer together, and that by 2010 they were regularly discussing the film business and movie scripts. Mara lived in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood as of January 2012. Gena Rowlands is one of the actresses who inspire her, particularly her appearances in A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Opening Night (1977). She is a vegetarian.

Since late 2016, she has been in a friendship with American actor Joaquin Phoenix, her co-star in Her (2013), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018), and Mary Magdalene (2018). Both Soda and Oskar, two dogs, live in the Hollywood Hills as of September 2017. They were announced engaged in July 2019. Mara was expecting her first child with Phoenix in May 2020. After Phoenix's late brother River Phoenix, Rooney gave birth to their son, named River Lee, on August 25, 2020.

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Career

Mara appeared in films that starred her sister, including a bit-part in the 2005 direct-to-video horror film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. She began working in television, making her debut in a 2006 episode of the Drama & Order: Special Victims Unit as a girl who bullies overweight children. In an episode of The Cleaner, she appeared on the legal drama Women's Murder Club and played a heroin addict. Mara made her film debut Dream Boy (2008) and appeared as Megan in two episodes of NBC's ER.

Mara appeared in Tanner Hall, a coming-of-age film, as Fernanda, a married family friend. (Tom Everett Scott) Tatiana von Fürstenberg and Francesca Gregorini's debut film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival opened in September 2011 and was limited theatrical release in September 2011. After working on the project, Mara dropped her first name, 'Patricia', to be known professionally by her middle name. Mara told Paper magazine, "I never really liked my first name." "I never felt like a Tricia." And Rooney is more memorable." Her father and her younger brother also go by their middle names.

Mara played Taggarty in Miguel Arteta's comedy-drama film Youth in Revolt, a female protagonist who struggles to sleep with fifty guys before she goes to college. The film was based on C.D. Payne's 1993 cult novel of the same name. Mara had auditioned for the lead role, but was given the smaller part when the lead went to Portia Doubleday.

Wendy, a high school basketball player having an affair with a middle-aged shoe salesman (Kevin Breznahan), was a contestant in the 2009 independent film Dare and in The Winning Season, with a similar tale to The Bad News Bears. Both films premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and Mara was included on Filmmaker magazine's list of "25 New Faces of Independent Film" that year.

Nancy Holbrook, a high school student stabbed by Freddy Krueger, appeared in a remake of the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. (Jackie Earl Haley) On May 5, 2009, Mara began shooting the film in Chicago, directed by Samuel Bayer. Mara told Filmmaker that she felt that her Nancy was "completely different from the original" and that she was "the world's loneliest girl." Mara had agreed to continue her appearance in case of a sequel. She told Vogue that she disliked making the film so much that it made her question if she wanted to be a actress. In October 2009, Mara appeared at the Hamptons International Film Festival as part of the Breakthrough Performers Program, where she was coached by Sharon Stone.

In David Fincher's biographical drama film The Social Network, Mara portrayed Erica Albright, Mark Zuckerberg's ex-girlfriend, in 2010. Mara appeared in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in a film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's first Millennium book trilogy. Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant yet troubled computer hacker who assists journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) in a string of murders, was a brilliant and tense hacker who aids writer Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig). After two and a half months of auditions and screen tests, Mara secured the role over many other actresses. David Fincher produced the film, with Scott Rudin directing. Both The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest were supposed to be adapted, depending on the film's box office success. Fincher didn't initially think of Mara as the character, but he changed his mind after she auditioned. He persuaded Columbia Pictures executives to bring her in a female character.

In September 2010, Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo began shooting in Sweden. Mara did not expect the film to be a remake, but rather another interpretation of the story. To Variety, she said, "I want to give my interpretation of the character." In a style reminiscent of 1970s punk and 1980s goth fashions, Mara's long brown hair was cut short and dyed black. She had her ears pierced four times, and she also had her brow and right nipple pierced for the position. Her nose and lip piercings were fake. She kept the nipple piercing so that it did not have to be re-pierced for a sequel. Mara's eyebrows were bleached, and she wore a temporary dragon tattoo. She began preparing for the position by learning to skateboard and kickbox, as well as computer and computer skills. She also visited Stockholm, the novel's setting. On December 20, 2011, the film was released. Mara was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role. She received her first nomination for Best Actress on January 24, 2012.

Mara was supposed to star in Kathryn Bigelow's action film Zero Dark Thirty in 2011, but Jessica Chastain took the lead. Mara returned to replace Carey Mulligan, who had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts, in Spike Jonze's Her (2013), where she played Catherine Klausen, the ex-wife of central character Theodore Twombley (Joaquin Phoenix). In addition, Mara appeared in Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Side Effects (2013), replacing Blake Lively. Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Vinessa Shaw were all present in the film. Emily Taylor "a woman who shifts to prescription drugs as a way of dealing with her anxiety over her husband's pending release from jail" is a stereotype. Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), a romantic crime drama starring David Lowery, was also included in Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), which was described as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde tale by Casey Affleck and Ben Foster. In January 2013, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where IFC Films acquired the rights for US distribution. Down Town, France, was the face of what was then a new Calvin Klein fragrance.

The only release of Mara in 2014 was the crime drama thriller film Trash, an adaptation of Andy Mulligan's 2010 book of the same name directed by Stephen Daldry. Mara was the costume designer on her then-boyfriend Charlie McDowell's film debut The One I Love the same year. Bree Daniel is credited to her name.

Mara appeared in Todd Haynes' highly acclaimed film version of Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt, Carol, in 2015. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, where it received a standing ovation from ten minutes. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in the film, which was also shared with Emmanuelle Bercot. Her appearance earned her nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actor Guild Award for her Screen Actors Guild membership.

Mara appeared in Pan, a Joe Wright-directed fantasy film, a role for which she received a lot of flak; she and Wright were accused of "whitewashing" a Native American stereotype. Native American activists launched #NotYourTigerlily to protest Mara's casting and thousands of Native Americans took part in a "Twitterstorm" to post memes about Native women's representation in film to spread memes. Mara would later post regret for her role in the film.

In the stop motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings, Mara performed The Sisters in 2016. She appeared in Benedict Andrews' Una, which had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. Mara followed Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman in Lion, and Jim Sheridan's The Secret Scripture revealed. Critics applauded the former actor's performance, emotion, graphics, and cinematography. Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay were two of the 89th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

In 2017, Mara appeared in Charlie McDowell's Affleck's The Discovery and A Ghost Story, a film directed by David Lowery. Both of them appeared at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017. In Terrence Malick's Song to Song, which was released in limited quantities on March 17, 2017, she appeared alongside Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, and Val Kilmer.

Mara appeared in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, directed by Gus Van Sant, opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Jack Black in 2018. Amazon Studios' film premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2018. In Mary Magdalene, written by Helen Edmundson and directed by Garth Davis, Mara appeared opposite Phoenix once more. Focus Features released the film in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2018. In the same year, she worked with Joaquin Phoenix, Sia, Sadie Sink, and Kat von D to narrate Chris Delforce's animal rights film Dominion. By the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, she was named Best Narration for her contribution to the film.

Mara appeared in Nightmare Alley (2021), a neo-noir psychological thriller directed by Guillermo del Toro in 1946. The film received critical acclaim and was selected in the Top ten Films of the Year by the American Film Institute Awards, but it did poorly at the box office. It received four awards at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Mara was announced in June 2021 that she had worked with Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw in Sarah Polley's film adaptation of Miriam Toews' best-selling book Women Talking, with MGM's Orion Pictures and Plan B Entertainment assisting. Mara will reunite on-screen with Phoenix in Lynne Ramsay's forthcoming film Polaris, the same month. She is also expected to appear in Arnold Wesker's 1975 film The Kitchen, directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios, and Pawel Pawlikowski's thrilling thriller The Island alongside Phoenix.

It was announced in January 2022 that Mara would be playing Audrey Hepburn in a biopic film directed by Luca Guadagnino for Apple. On the project, she will also act as a producer.

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