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<h2>Early Life and Family Background</h2>
<p>Kate Mara is an American <a href="/biography/kate-mara">actress</a> born on February 27, 1983, in Bedford, New York. She is the <a href="/biography/kate-mara">daughter</a> of Kathleen McNulty Mara (née <a href="/biography/rooney-mara">Rooney</a>) and Timothy Christopher Mara. Her family has strong ties to professional football: her father’s side co-founded the New York Giants (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Mara">Tim Mara</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Mara">Wellington Mara</a>), while her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Rooney">Art Rooney Sr</a>.). Kate has a younger <a href="/biography/rooney-mara">sister</a>, <a href="/biography/rooney-mara">Rooney Mara</a>, who is also a successful <a href="/biography/rooney-mara">actress</a>.</p>

<p>Mara grew up in a large extended family; her father is one of 11 siblings, giving her a wide circle of relatives that includes 22 aunts and uncles and over 40 cousins.</p>

<h2>Early Interest in Acting</h2>
<p>Mara developed a passion for acting at an early age, appearing in her first school musical when she was just nine years old. She participated in youth theater programs and school productions and worked with community theater groups during her formative years. Despite not being cast in her audition for Homicide: Life on the Street, the experience helped her realize her professional ambitions firmly lay in acting.</p>

<p>She graduated from Fox Lane High School and was accepted into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Though she initially planned to study musical theater, she deferred enrollment in order to begin working professionally as an actress.</p>

<h2>Television Career and Breakthrough with House of Cards</h2>
<p>Mara made her television debut in 1997 with a role in the drama Law & Order. She continued to appear in guest roles in several popular television series, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ed, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madigan_Men">Madigan Men</a>, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, CSI: Miami, and Boston Public.</p>

<p>Her most notable television role came in 2013 when she joined the cast of the Netflix political drama House of Cards. The show, produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher">David Fincher</a> and based on the novel by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dobbs">Michael Dobbs</a> and the 1990 British series of the same name, starred <a href="/biography/kevin-spacey">Kevin Spacey</a>. Mara portrayed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Barnes">Zoe Barnes</a>, a determined political <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Barnes">reporter</a> based in Washington, D.C. Her performance earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2014.</p>

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<h2>Film Career and Notable Roles</h2>
<p>Kate Mara made her film debut in 1999's Random Hearts, directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> and co-starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford">Harrison Ford</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Scott_Thomas">Kristin Scott Thomas</a>. That same year, she appeared in Joe the King, which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival. She later featured in the critically praised 2002 film Tadpole, alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver">Sigourney Weaver</a>.</p>

<p>She starred in Peoples (2004), a coming-of-age drama filmed in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2005, she appeared in Urban Legends: Bloody Mary, a direct-to-video horror feature, and joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Wyle">Noah Wyle</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illeana_Douglas">Illeana Douglas</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Californians_(film)">The Californians</a>. Also in 2005, her supporting role in the Academy Award-winning film Brokeback Mountain—where she played the daughter of <a href="/biography/heath-ledger">Heath Ledger</a>’s character—brought her broader recognition.</p>

<p>In 2007, she appeared in the comedy Full of It, later retitled Big Liar on Campus for television. That year also saw her star opposite <a href="/biography/mark-wahlberg">Mark Wahlberg</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter_(2007_film)">Shooter</a>, a thriller about a retired marksman drawn back into duty. Mara played Sarah Fenn, a Southern widow, for which she adopted a regional accent.</p>

<h2>Personal Life and Interests</h2>
<p>Kate Mara has been in a relationship with <a href="/biography/max-minghella">actor</a> <a href="/biography/max-minghella">Max Minghella</a> since 2010. She is known for following a vegetarian diet and credits regular exercise for maintaining her fitness and well-being.</p>

<p>Growing up in a sports-centric family, Mara is a devoted fan of both the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers, owing to her family’s historical connections to both teams. She has joked, “If I’m mad at my mom, I root for the Giants, and if I’m mad at my dad, I root for the Steelers.” This intersection of sports and entertainment also played a role in her casting in the 2006 sports drama We Are Marshall.</p>

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