Kate Mara

Kate Mara was born and raised in Bedford, New York and began acting at age 14 in local theater projects. At age 15, Mara moved from the stage to her first film, Random Hearts, directed by Sydney Pollack. She then went on to co-star in Gary Winick’s coming-of-age film Tadpole.

Past film roles include: Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, portraying Heath Ledger’s daughter; Transsiberian, with Sir Ben Kingsley and Woody Harrelson, directed by Brad Anderson; We Are Marshall, with Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox, directed by McG; Shooter, with Mark Wahlberg, directed by Antoine Fuqua; Stone of Destiny, with Charlie Cox, directed by Charles Martin Smith, and The Open Road, with Justin Timberlake and Jeff Bridges, directed by Michael Meredith.

In 2009, Mara filmed: Happythankyoumoreplease, with Josh Radnor and Malin Akerman, directed by Josh Radnor; Peep World, with Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Ben Schwartz and Rainn Wilson, directed by Barry Blaustein; Iron Man 2, with Robert Downey Jr., directed by Jon Favreau, and Ironclad, with Paul Giamatti and James Purefoy, directed by Jonathan English.

In 2010, Mara filmed 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle, with James Franco and Amber Tamblyn. 127 Hours and Peep World premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Happythankyoumoreplease premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Audience Award. It had its New York premiere at the Gen Art Film Festival in April 2010, where it once again received the Audience Award for favorite film.

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