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Rooney Mara is a popular actress from the United States. Furthermore, Rooney Mara is popular for her appearance as Lisbeth Salander in Fincher’s thriller, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2011), for which she even earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Early life
Patricia Rooney Mara better known as Rooney Mara was born in April 17, 1985, in Bedford, New York, United States of America. According to her date of birth, she is 37 years and has American nationality. She has the birth sign of Aries and belongs to a mixed ethnicity of Irish, German, Italian, English and French Canadian descent.
Caption: Rooney Mara’s childhood photo with her siblings (Source: SuccessStory)
Additionally, she is the daughter of Timothy Christopher Mara (father) and Kathleen McNulty (mother). Professionally, her father is the senior vice president of player personnel and the founding family of the New York Giants.
While his mother is a part-time real estate agent and founding family of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an NFL football team. She grew up with her two brothers Daniel and Conor, and a sister, Kate Rooney Mara. Her older sister, Kate, is also a popular actress, model and film producer, known for her role as Zoe Barnes in the Netflix drama, “House of Cards.”
Educational career and early career
As for her academic career, Mara attended Fox Lane High School, during which she even auditioned for the school play “Romeo and Juliet” and won the role of Juliet. Subsequently, she completed high school in 2003 and joined a 4-month study abroad program, visiting Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia in South America.
After a year at George Washington University, he moved to New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studies, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, international social policy, and NGOs in 2010.
Since she was little she was interested in acting and wanted to be like her sister Kate, and during her days at New York University she even acted in some student films. Additionally, at the age of 19 she auditioned for her first professional position. She finally landed her first professional role (minor role) in the movie “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary”, in which Kate also appeared.
Career
In 2006, Rooney Mara made her professional acting debut in an episode of the renowned television series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” The following year, she appeared as a guest on “Women’s Murder Club,” “The Cleaner,” and “ER.” In 2008, she made her film debut as Evelyn in the movie “Dream Boy.”
Mara made her film debut as Fernanda in “Tanner Hall,” a drama film that premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. She went on to appear in three notable films, including “The Winning Season” as Wendy Webber, “Friends (with Benefit)” as Tara, “Dare” as Courtney and “Youth in Revolt” as Taggarty.
She played Nancy Holbrook in the remake of the 1984 horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, which was released on October 1, 2010. The film was a huge success, grossing $115.6 million at the box office.
In 2010 she played Erica Albright, Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-girlfriend, in the biographical film “The Social Network.” The film opened at #1 and grossed $22.4 million in its first week, establishing Mara as one of the country’s biggest entertainers.
Other film roles
Mara played Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish-American psychological thriller “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (2011). She competed with several other actresses, including Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, for the role. The film was a huge success, grossing almost $233 million at the box office.
In 2013, she played Emily Taylor in the crime thriller “Side Effects.” She also appeared in David Lowery’s 2013 independent film “Ai n’t Them Bodies Saints” and the sci-fi love drama “Her” that same year. Additionally, she worked as a costume designer on her ex-boyfriend Charlie McDowell’s acclaimed independent film “The One I Love” in 2014. She appeared in the film “Trash” the same year.
Subtitle: Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Source: Reddit)
In 2015, she played Tiger Lily in the fantasy blockbuster “Pan,” directed by Joe Wright. Her biggest break came when she played Therese Belivet in the romantic drama film “Carol”, which was released on November 20, 2015 and was a huge success, earning her several awards and nominations.
Mara voiced The Sisters in the stop-motion animated film “Kubo and the Two Strings” in 2016. The same year, she appeared in many blockbuster films, including the drama “Una,” the biographical drama “Lion,” and the Irish film “The Secret Writing”.
Recent career
In 2017, Mara played Isa in Charlie McDowell’s sci-fi romance film “The Discovery” and M in the supernatural drama thriller “A Ghost Story.” That same year, she played Faye in Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song” alongside Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett and Val Kilmer.
She played Annu in the 2018 comedy-drama film “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill and Jack Black. She later played Mary in the 2018 biblical drama film “Mary Magdalene.” The same year, she worked with Chris Delforce to narrate “Dominion,” a documentary about animal rights.
She returned to film after a brief break, co-starring in Guillermo del Toro’s psychological film Nightmare Alley (2021) and the renowned drama Women Talking (2022). Mara is recognized for her charitable work and oversees the Uweza Foundation, which supports empowerment initiatives for children and families in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. She is also the creator of the vegan clothing company Hiraeth Collective.
Awards
To date, this American actress has won 16 awards and 53 nominations in her acting career. In 2011, she earned the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Later, in 2015, she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and at the 2016 Australian Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, she won the Best Supporting Actress award.
It won two awards from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2012 and 2016. It also won two awards from the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2011 and 2016.
Rooney Mara – Net worth 2022
Being a renowned American actress and working in several successful films, she has collected a huge sum of money in her career. As of 2022, her net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.
civil status
Talking about her personal life, Rooney Mara is engaged to American actor, Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix is an Oscar-winning actor best known for his portrayal of the Joker in the Oscar-winning thriller film “Joker.” Mara and Phoenix first met in 2016 and dated until they reunited for their film, “Mary Magdalene” (2018).
Caption: Rooney Mara with her fiancé, Joaquin Phoenix (Source: Instagram)
After three years of dating, the couple got engaged and announced their engagement in July 2019. She gave birth to their son, River Lee, on August 25, 2020, named after Phoenix’s late brother, River Phoenix. . In the past, she dated American film director and writer Charlie Mc Dowell.
Body measurements
Caption: Rooney Mara posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
Rooney Mara is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs around 49 kg. Furthermore, he has green eyes with brown hair and his body measurement measures around 33-23-34 inches. Additionally, he wears a dress size of 4 US, a shoe size of 6 US, and a bra size of 33B.
Rooney Mara – Social Networks
On his Instagram page, he has more than 109,000 followers. Likewise, there are more than 12 thousand followers on the Facebook page and more than 1.6 thousand followers on Twitter.
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