Rooney Mara
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.
Filmography
Bucking Fastard
2026
as Joan Holbrooke
La Cocina
2024
as Julia
Women Talking
2022
as Ona
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Molly Cahill
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
as Annu
Dominion
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Mary Magdalene
2018
as Mary Magdalene
A Ghost Story
2017
as M
The Discovery
2017
as Isla
The Secret Scripture
2017
as Young Roseanne McNulty
Song to Song
2017
as Faye
Una
2017
as Una Spencer
Lion
2016
as Lucy
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as The Sisters (voice)
Carol
2015
as Therese Belivet
Pan
2015
as Tiger Lily
Trash
2014
as Olivia
Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
as Self
Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Her
2013
as Catherine
Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
as Ruth Guthrie
Side Effects
2013
as Emily Taylor
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger
2012
as Self