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Kate Mara Profile |
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Birth Date: February 25, 1983
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Birth Place: Westchester, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Kate Mara
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Biography |
Kate Mara is an American television and film actress.
Mara, who grew up in Westchester County, New York, 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 parts on the series Everwood, Nip/Tuck, and a
large recurring role on the WB Television Network series
Jack & Bobby soon followed. Her most recent television
appearance being a 5 episode arc on the Fox Network series
24 playing computer analyst Shari Rothenberg.
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 just finished shooting The Return of Zoom with
Tim Allen and Courteney Cox and before that, Full of It for
New Line Cinema. Mara's will appear in the film We Are
Marshall starring Matthew McConaughey, that began filming in
April 2006 and tells the story of the aftermath of the 1970
Marshall University plane crash.
Kate Mara signed on to star in The Shooter alongside Mark
Wahlberg in a drama about a master sniper directed by
Antoine Fuqua. The Shooter is set to film in summer 2006.
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.
Further television credits include appearances on CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Boston Public, and Cold
Case.
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. |
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Other
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Has older brother, Dan.
Grew up in Bedford, New York. |
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