Kate Mara

Kate Mara was born on February 27, 1983, in Bedford, New York. Her parents are Timothy Christopher Mara, a NFL scout and vice president of the New York Giants for player evaluation, and Kathleen McNulty Mara (née Rooney).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/12/24/archives/notes-on-people-its-goodbye-for-a-longtime-greeter-mara-and-rooney.html|title=Notes on People; It's Goodbye for a Long-Time Greeter Mara and Rooney Clans to Gather at Wedding Rudolf Bing Speaks His Mind About the Met Former Student Musician Has a New Role Santa Gets a Helper|last=Bird|first=David|work=The New York Times|date=December 24, 1980|access-date=April 30, 2010}} (fee required) She is the second of four siblings, with one older brother, Daniel; one younger sister, the actress Patricia "Rooney"; and one younger brother, Conor.{{Cite web |last=O'Doherty |first=Cahir |date=2012-09-21 |title=Exclusive interview with Kate Mara co-star of Channing Tatum in “10 Years” |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/exclusive-interview-with-kate-mara-co-star-of-channing-tatum-in-10-years-video-170675236-237529501 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=IrishCentral.com}} Her ancestry is Irish, one quarter Italian, and smaller amounts of German, French-Canadian, and English.{{cite web |title=7 celebrities you didn't know had Irish roots |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/7-irish-americans-you-didn-t-know-had-irish-roots |website=Irish Central |language=en-US |date=December 14, 2016}} Her father is one of 11 children, through whom she has 20 aunts and uncles, and 40 cousins.{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Paul |date=October 31, 2005 |title=Emotion Was Right Potion – Fueled by Mara, Giants Blank Redskins |url=https://nypost.com/2005/10/31/emotion-was-right-potion-fueled-by-mara-giants-blank-redskins/ |website=New York Post |language=en-US |access-date=14 May 2023}}

She is a great-granddaughter of both New York Giants founder Tim Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr."[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08346/934457-66.stm Steelers, Giants memorabilia auctioned to help Kenyan orphans]". December 11, 2008. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Her mother's side of the family has held ownership in the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers football team since its formation in 1933, and her father's side of the family has held ownership in the NFL's New York Giants since its formation in 1925. Her paternal grandparents were Wellington Mara and Ann Mara. Wellington co-owned the Giants football team from 1959 until his death in 2005, and was succeeded by his son (Kate Mara's uncle), John Mara, who is currently President, CEO, and co-owner of the team. Kate Mara's maternal grandfather, Timothy James "Tim" Rooney, has operated Yonkers Raceway in Yonkers, New York since 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spmara0131,0,6745598.story|title=Rooney Mara links NFL's two royal families|last=Staple|first=Arthur|publisher=Newsday|date=January 30, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203132126/http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spmara0131,0,6745598.story|archive-date=February 3, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/05/style/eileen-hawthorn-engaged-to-wed-t-j-rooney-jr.html|title=Eileen Hawthorn Engaged to Wed T. J. Rooney Jr.|work=The New York Times|date=November 5, 1989}} Her granduncle, Dan Rooney, chairman of the Steelers, was a former United States Ambassador to Ireland and the co-founder of the charitable organization The Ireland Funds. Her first cousin, once removed, Art Rooney II, is the current president and co-owner of the Steelers.

Mara began acting at the age of nine in a school musical. She attended several youth theater-arts schools and appeared in community theater and in school plays.Lynch, Lorrie (July 30, 2006). [http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/060730/060730whosnews.html "Who's News"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}. USA Weekend. Retrieved February 27, 2007.Nip/Tuck media guide. 2003. FX Networks. In an Esquire magazine interview, she says she was "painfully shy" growing up, adding she only had one friend.Cabot, Tyler (January 29, 2009). [http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a5561/kate-mara-naked-0309/ "Kate Mara Is Ready for the Super Bowl"]. Esquire. Retrieved January 31, 2007.

Her first audition was for the NBC police drama Homicide: Life on the Street. She did not get the role, but knew from then on she wanted to act. Mara graduated from Fox Lane High School a year early, and was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University to study musical theater, but deferred her slot to work as an actress.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

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Mara's first recurring television role was in the FX Drama Nip Tuck in a love triangle with her boyfriend Matt McNamara (John Hensley) and another cheerleader (Sophia Bush). Mara also appeared on Cold Case, Boston Public, CSI: Miami and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Mara was cast as the lead in the 2004 The WB pilot Prodigy, about a teenage child prodigy."Casting Call". March 4, 2004. The Hollywood Reporter. She had a recurring role on the WB's Jack & Bobby in 2005 and a five-episode arc on the Fox TV series 24 in 2006, playing computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. Mara joined the cast of the HBO comedy-drama Entourage for the series' sixth season in 2009. She played Brittany, Eric "E" Murphy (Kevin Connolly)'s assistant at his talent-management company and a potential love interest.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Entourage-casting-Mara-1005458.aspx|title=Entourage News: 24 Alumna Clocks In as E's Assistant|last=O'Connor|first=Mickey|publisher=TV Guide|date=April 25, 2009|access-date=April 25, 2009}} Mara filmed four episodes for the series in 2009. In 2011, she guest starred on the FX horror series American Horror Story, as Hayden McClaine, a student who becomes Dr. Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott)'s dead mistress, a spirit trapped in the Harmon house. Mara was offered the role by Ryan Murphy, her former producer on Nip/Tuck.{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/12/kate-mara-rooney-mara-dragon-tattoo-american-horror-story.htm|title=Kate Mara on the Rooney Mara rivalry, 'American Horror Story'|last=Donnelly|first=Matt|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 19, 2011|access-date=December 22, 2011}}

In 2012, Mara joined the cast of House of Cards, playing the part of Zoe Barnes, an intrepid reporter from Washington, D.C. who becomes a major ally to Frank Underwood by leaking stories that undermine his rivals.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/jennifer-finnigan-cast-in-david-e-kelleys-tnt-pilot-kate-mata-in-netflix-series-house-of-cards-224575/|title=Jennifer Finnigan Joins David E. Kelley TNT Pilot, Kate Mara in Netflix 'House of Cards'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=February 7, 2012}} She filmed a second season of the series, which was released on February 14, 2014. On July 10, 2014, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She played a teacher who begins an illicit relationship with an underage student in the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020). For it, she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best New Scripted Series as an executive producer.{{cite web |last=Jain |first=Arnav |date=February 10, 2021 |title=The Must List: Getting to Know Our Inaugural Film Independent Spirit Award TV Nominees |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/the-must-list-getting-to-know-our-inaugural-film-independent-spirit-award-tv-nominees/ |website=Film Independent |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2021}}

Mara's stage debut, in 2003, was at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in John Guare's Landscape of the Body with Lili Taylor.{{cite web|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&html_title=&tols_title=LANDSCAPE%20OF%20THE%20BODY%20(PLAY)&pdate=20030719&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011430538&oref=slogin|title=The Allure Of an Empty Paradise|last=Brantley|first=Ben|work=The New York Times|date=July 19, 2003|access-date=February 23, 2007}} Mara starred in The Alice Complex, a play by Peter Barr Nickowitz, at Dixon Place in New York City in 2005, and at the Blank Theatre in Los Angeles in 2006. The production co-starred Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris.{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=30160|title='The Alice Complex' to Star Elbrick and Banes|work=Broadwayworld.com|date=July 18, 2008}} In 2006, she told WFAN radio that theater is a "dream" because it was "all I really wanted to do as a kid. I didn't care about movies or TV, I just wanted to do Broadway".Francesa, Mike; Russo, Chris (December 11, 2006). "The Fan – Kate Mara interview". Mike and the Mad Dog.

Mara made her film debut in Random Hearts, with Harrison Ford in 1999, directed by Sydney Pollack. She played Jessica Chandler, the daughter of a congresswoman (Kristin Scott Thomas). She next appeared in the Sundance Film Festival award-winning films Joe the King (1999) and Tadpole (2002), alongside Sigourney Weaver. Mara co-starred in Peoples (2004), a drama and coming of age story filmed in Louisville, Kentucky. She starred in the direct-to-video horror film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary and appeared with Noah Wyle and Illeana Douglas in the 2005 film The Californians. Her supporting role as the daughter of Heath Ledger's character in the Academy Award-winning film Brokeback Mountain that year brought her more widespread critical notice.

Mara signed with the William Morris Agency,{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117936011.html?categoryId=29&cs=1|title=Kate Mara|last=Dodd|first=Stacy|magazine=Variety|date=January 13, 2006|access-date=February 27, 2007}} and was included on the New York Daily News list of "10 young actors who have a shot at making it big" at the start of 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/em-shine-annual-roundup-10-young-actors-shot-making-big-article-1.617760|title=LET 'EM SHINE. Here's our annual roundup of 10 young actors who have a shot at making it big|last=Mills|first=Nancy|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=January 1, 2006|access-date=August 4, 2015}} She appeared in Zoom that year as Summer Jones (aka Wonder), a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic and empathic abilities. She next appeared in We Are Marshall, starring Matthew McConaughey, which recalled the aftermath of the 1970 Marshall University plane crash that took the lives of most of the football team. Mara played cheerleader Annie Cantrell.

In 2007, she appeared in the comedy Full of It with Ryan Pinkston for New Line Cinema. The film later aired on television as Big Liar on Campus. Mara was also featured in an advertising campaign for clothing retailer Gap called, "khakis with attitude."{{cite web|url=http://www.brandweek.com/bw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003535139|title=Gap Campaign Features Khakis and Attitude|last=O'Loughlin|first=Sandra|publisher=Brandweek|date=January 19, 2007|access-date=March 18, 2007}} She appeared in Shooter, a thriller about a master sniper portrayed by Mark Wahlberg, lured out of retirement to prevent an assassination.{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117941380?categoryid=1238&cs=1|title='Shooter' Targets Mara|last=Fleming|first=Michael|work=Variety|date=April 11, 2006|access-date=February 27, 2007}} Mara played a Kentucky widow, Sarah Fenn, adopting a southern accent for the role.

Also in 2007, she finished her work in the film Transsiberian, by Brad Anderson, which takes place on the Trans-Siberian Railway that runs from China to Moscow. She spent three months shooting the thriller in Vilnius, Lithuania,Longsdorf, Amy (March 18, 2007). "[http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTQyNzMmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 Mara's game plan: keep acting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013121719/http://northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTQyNzMmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 |date=October 13, 2007}}". North Jersey Media Group. {{Retrieved|access-date=March 18, 2007}}. starting in December 2006. The film also shot on location in Beijing and Russia.Hopewell, John & Fleming, Michael (November 30, 2006). "[https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/cast-aboard-for-anderson-1117954866/ Cast aboard for Anderson]". Variety. Retrieved on February 27, 2007. Mara played Abby, a 20-year-old runaway from Seattle."[http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_11526.html Kate Mara Interview, Shooter]". MoviesOnline. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.

Mara starred in the 2008 film Stone of Destiny, written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, about the theft of the Stone of Scone on Christmas Day, 1950. Mara played Kay Matheson, one of four students that removed the stone in a Scottish nationalist plot. The period adventure-comedy co-starred Billy Boyd, Robert Carlyle and Charlie Cox.{{cite web|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=946702007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122545/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=946702007|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=Romancing the Stone: Scots heist destined for Hollywood|last=Pendreigh|first=Brian|publisher=Scotland on Sunday|date=June 17, 2007|access-date=June 17, 2007}} Filming began in June 2007 in locations around Glasgow.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6253378.stm|title=Stone of Destiny film under way|work=BBC News|date=June 29, 2007|access-date=June 29, 2007}} Mara felt lucky and proud to play a role that was important to people's heritage.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/Entertainment/article/588405|title=Her role carried weight of history|last=Barnard|first=Linda|work=Toronto Star|date=February 17, 2009|access-date=February 18, 2009}} She stayed near the Botanic Gardens in the city's West End while filming."Kate Mara interview". The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. August 12, 2008. The film was shown at the Edinburgh and Toronto International Film Festivals.{{cite news |date=April 7, 2024 |title=Kate Mara's Net Worth |url=https://moneylaid.com/kate-mara-net-worth/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |work=Money Laid |language=en-GB}}[http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Destiny-calls-stars-to-premiere.4210264.jp "Destiny calls stars to premiere of Scone stone film"]. Edinburgh Evening News. June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2008.

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In December 2008, Mara appeared in T Takes: Brooklyn 09, a series of 6 improvised short films directed by Brody Baker."[https://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/12/07/style/t/index.html#pageName=tvideos5& T Takes]". T. Retrieved on April 23, 2009. She starred in The Open Road as Lucy.{{cite web |last=Lambert |first=Mark |date=March 4, 2008 |title=Justin Timberlake Shakes Up Southern Town |url=https://people.com/movies/justin-timberlake-shakes-up-southern-town/ |work=People |language=en-US |access-date=February 25, 2008}}

In 2009, Mara filmed the independent comedy Peep World, starring Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman and Rainn Wilson,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20090507231204/http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKTRE53M0ZI20090423 Showbiz people briefs]". April 23, 2009. Reuters. Retrieved April 23, 2009. and joined the cast of Marvel's Iron Man 2, making a cameo appearance as a U.S. Marshal who serves Tony Stark a subpoena.{{Cite web |last=Marnell |first=Blair |date=January 7, 2010 |title=War Machine Creator Says 'Iron Man 3' Could Use 'Demon In A Bottle' Story, Debunks 'Iron Man 2' Rumor |url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/07/war-machine-creator-says-iron-man-3-could-use-demon-in-a-bottle-story-debunks-iron-man-2-rumor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124100025/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/01/07/war-machine-creator-says-iron-man-3-could-use-demon-in-a-bottle-story-debunks-iron-man-2-rumor |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2010 |website=MTV |language=en-US |access-date=January 8, 2010}} Mara shot the ensemble romantic comedy Happythankyoumoreplease in New York City in July 2009. She plays a waitress and aspiring singer named Mississippi, in a story about six single New Yorkers in their 20s. The film was written and directed by actor Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother).{{Cite web |title=The Rumble |url=https://nypost.com/2009/07/12/the-rumble-115/ |website=New York Post |language=en-US |date=July 12, 2009 |access-date=July 12, 2009}} The film won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, Mara played hiker Kristi Moore in the survival drama 127 Hours, a true story directed by Danny Boyle about Aron Ralston, a climber trapped while mountaineering in Utah.{{Cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Jay A. |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=February 12, 2010 |title=Kate Mara in talks for Boyle's '127 Hours' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61B0TD20100212 |website=Reuters |language=en-US |access-date=February 12, 2010}}

Mara appeared in Ironclad (2011), which tells the story of the siege of Rochester Castle by King John in the year 1215.{{Cite web |last=Woodrow |first=Emily |date=October 24, 2009 |title=Medieval battle scenes in the Valleywood mud |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/24/medieval-battle-scenes-in-the-valleywood-mud-91466-25002618/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007211450/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/10/24/medieval-battle-scenes-in-the-valleywood-mud-91466-25002618/ |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |website=Wales Online |language=en-US |access-date=October 26, 2009}} It is her first film where she speaks in an English accent.Medina, Marcy (April 6, 2010). "[http://www.wwd.com/lifestyle-news/eye/the-cast-of-indie-hopeful-happythankyoumoreplease-3023380 The Cast of Indie Hopeful 'HappyThankYouMorePlease]". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved on April 6, 2010. Mara appeared in the short film Ten Year, produced by Channing Tatum to attract financing for a feature film.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=October 19, 2010 |title=Channing Tatum Has 'Ten Year' Feature Itch |url=https://deadline.com/2010/10/jamie-linden-and-channing-tatum-get-ten-year-feature-itch-76969/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=October 20, 2010}} The full-length feature went into production in Albuquerque in January 2010, with Mara starring in a large ensemble cast film about a 10-year high school reunion.[http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13793011 'Ten Year' shooting begins in Albuquerque]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}. KWES. Associated Press. January 6, 2011. In 2012, Mara starred in Stefan Ruzowitzky's thriller Deadfall with Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde.{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Bob |date=April 16, 2011 |title=Eric Bana can be whatever you need him to be |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/04/16/eric-bana-can-be-whatever-you-need-him-to-be |work=National Post |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707104631/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/04/16/eric-bana-can-be-whatever-you-need-him-to-be/|archive-date=July 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Stephanie |date=November 30, 2012 |title=Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Kate Mara, Sissy Spacek and Kris Kristofferson take part in the intense dinner table scene for director Stefan Ruzowitzky's thriller |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eric-bana-olivia-wilde-kate-395856 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=April 19, 2013}} In 2013, Mara starred in Broken Bells video for the song Holding On For Life. Mara appeared in Transcendence (2014), starring Johnny Depp and directed by Wally Pfister.[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/kate-mara-boards-johnny-depp-project-transcendence-1200329644/ Kate Mara Boards Johnny Depp Project 'Transcendence'], Variety.

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In 2015, she played Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, in the Fantastic Four reboot.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/miles-teller-kate-mara-fantastic-four-1201099921/|title='Fantastic Four' Cast Revealed|last=Kroll|first=Justin|magazine=Variety|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2014}} In that year, she also had a supporting role as astronaut Beth Johanssen in director Ridley Scott's film The Martian. She also starred as Ashley Smith in the movie Captive.

In 2017, Mara starred in Megan Leavey, playing Megan Leavey, a real-life U.S. marine who bonded with her military working dog. The film was directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite,{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=October 22, 2015 |title='Harry Potter' Actor Tom Felton Joins Kate Mara in Indie War Hero Drama (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-potter-actor-tom-felton-833509 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=October 22, 2015}} and released on June 9, 2017.{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=January 11, 2017 |title=Kate Mara Iraq War Hero Biopic 'Megan Leavey' Gets Release Date |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/megan-leavey-kate-mara-dog-1201958369/ |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=January 11, 2017}}

She also starred alongside Elliot Page in My Days of Mercy, which she co-produced.{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=August 18, 2016 |title=Tali Shalom Ezer Directing Ellen Page and Kate Mara in Romantic Drama 'Mercy' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/ellen-page-kate-mara-romance-mercy-exclusive-1201840449/ |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2017}}

Kate Mara will also star in an upcoming movie called Bucking Fastard, directed by Werner Herzog.{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/rooney-and-kate-mara-to-lead-werner-herzog-movie-bucking-fastard/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208072542/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/rooney-and-kate-mara-to-lead-werner-herzog-movie-bucking-fastard/|archive-date=8 February 2025|url-status=live|title=Rooney And Kate Mara To Lead Werner Herzog Movie Bucking Fastard|website=Empire|publisher=Bauer Media Publishing|last1=King|first1=Jordan|date=6 February 2025|access-date=8 February 2025}}

Mara was in a relationship with Max Minghella between 2010 and 2014.{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Natalie |title=Kate Mara and Max Minghella Split Up After 4 Years of Dating |date=August 30, 2014 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/574738/kate-mara-and-max-minghella-split-up-after-4-years-of-dating |publisher=E Online |access-date=June 2, 2023}} In 2014, Mara had a brief relationship with future My Days of Mercy co-star Elliot Page{{cite web |last=Trepany |first=Charles |title=Elliot Page reveals past relationship with Kate Mara in upcoming memoir 'Pageboy' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/06/02/elliot-page-reveals-relationship-with-kate-mara-pageboy/70283055007/ |website=USA Today |publisher=Gannet |access-date=October 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602233948/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/06/02/elliot-page-reveals-relationship-with-kate-mara-pageboy/70283055007/ |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |date=June 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Monteil |first=Abby |title=Coming Out, Secret Romances, and More: Four Big Revelations from Elliot Page's "Pageboy" |url=https://www.them.us/story/four-big-revelations-elliot-page-pageboy |website=Them |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=October 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607013450/https://www.them.us/story/four-big-revelations-elliot-page-pageboy |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |date=June 6, 2023 |url-status=live}} before beginning a relationship with her Fantastic Four co-star Jamie Bell in 2015.{{cite web |last=Nessif |first=Bruna |date=March 3, 2016 |title=Jamie Bell Says He's Not Engaged to Girlfriend Kate Mara Despite Her Ring on That Finger |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/745517/jamie-bell-says-he-s-not-engaged-to-girlfriend-kate-mara-despite-her-ring-on-that-finger |website=E!}} In January 2017, the couple was engaged.{{cite web |last=Woo |first=Kelly |date=January 13, 2017 |title='Fantastic Four' Co-Stars Kate Mara and Jamie Bell Get Engaged |url=https://www.moviefone.com/2017/01/13/fantastic-four-co-stars-kate-mara-and-jamie-bell-get-engaged/ |work=Moviefone |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2017}} On July 17, 2017, the couple announced that they had married.{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Mike |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Kate Mara and Jamie Bell Tie the Knot in Surprise Ceremony |url=https://people.com/movies/kate-mara-and-jamie-bell-tie-the-knot-in-surprise-ceremony/ |work=People |language=en-US |access-date=July 17, 2017}} As a result, Mara became the stepmother to Bell's son from his marriage to Evan Rachel Wood. In May 2019, the couple's daughter was born.{{cite web |last=Mizoguchi |first=Karen |date=May 27, 2019 |title=Fantastic News! Kate Mara and Jamie Bell Welcome a Daughter |url=https://people.com/parents/kate-mara-jamie-bell-welcome-daughter-first-child/ |website=People |language=en-US |access-date=May 27, 2019}} On November 17, 2022, Mara announced on Instagram that she had given birth to a son the week before. Mara lives in Los Angeles{{cite web |title=After an eye-catching turn on the Netflix hit House of Cards, Kate Mara has a few more tricks up her sleeve |url=http://modernluxury.com/manhattan/story/lady-luck |work=Modern Luxury |language=en-US |access-date=October 30, 2014}} and Manhattan.{{cite news |title=Rooney Mara Family Tree |url=http://www.thedailytruffle.com/2012/02/rooney-mara-football-family |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en-US |date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208203017/http://www.thedailytruffle.com/2012/02/rooney-mara-football-family/ |archive-date=February 8, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Kate Mara |url=https://twitter.com/KateMara |work=Twitter |access-date=October 30, 2014}}

Mara credits her vegan diet and regular workouts for keeping fit.Jennifer Chan, "[http://www.eonline.com/news/491723/what-s-trending-with-kate-mara-orlane-skin-care-bar-method-workouts-and-more What's Trending with Kate Mara: Orlane Skin Care, Bar Method Workouts and More]," EOnline, December 17, 2013. "I'm a massive animal lover, too," she explained. "Being vegan has been so good for me. I never felt better."{{cite news |last=Pringle |first=Gill |date=April 25, 2014 |title=House of Cards' Kate Mara: 'It is complicated being compared to my sister Rooney' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/house-of-cards-kate-mara-it-is-complicated-being-compared-to-my-sister-kate-rooney-9281446.html |work=The Independent |language=en-GB |access-date=June 8, 2015}} Mara is one of the faces of the Humane Society of the United States.{{cite web |title=Kate Mara, Nikki Reed, Ian Somerhalder and Moby Celebrate New Farm Animal Protection Laws |url=http://www.humanesociety.org/news/press_releases/2015/01/celebs-support-prop-2-010515.html |work=The Humane Society of the United States |language=en-US |date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2015}} In 2015, she was featured in one of their campaign videos to promote Meatless Monday.{{cite web |last=Pacelle |first=Wayne |author-link=Wayne Pacelle |date=March 2, 2015 |title=Is Industrialized Agriculture a House of Cards? |url=http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/03/kate-mara-hsus-video.html |work=The Humane Society of the United States |language=en-US |access-date=March 25, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102835/http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/03/kate-mara-hsus-video.html |url-status=dead }}

As a descendant of the owners of the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, Mara is a fan of both teams;{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Krista |date=September 2006 |title=The Vanities Girls: Kara Mara |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/05/vanities_portfolio200705#slide=31 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |access-date=July 12, 2007}}{{cite web |last=Tucker |first=Reed |date=January 8, 2009 |title=Pigskin Princesses |url=https://nypost.com/2009/01/08/pigskin-princesses/ |website=New York Post |access-date=April 23, 2009}} she joked, "If I'm mad at my mom, I root for the Giants, and if I'm pissed at my dad, I root for the Steelers."{{cite episode |series=Jimmy Kimmel Live |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwyat947aU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410075158/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwyat947aU&list=UUa6vGFO9ty8v5KZJXQxdhaw |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |network=ABC |airdate=April 9, 2014 |title=Tracy Morgan, Kate Mara, Birds of Tokyo}} This relationship contributed to her role in We Are Marshall.{{r|anderson20061225}} Mara has sung at both teams' games,Alt, Eric (May 2006). "Kate Mara". Nylon Magazine. and after missing the Steelers' 2006 victory at Super Bowl XL due to work, her contracts state she can attend if either team goes to the Super Bowl.{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Shelly |date=December 25, 2006 |title=Rooney connection brings Kate Mara to Pittsburgh |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06359/748291-66.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en-US |access-date=February 7, 2011}} She was in attendance for the Giants' victory in Super Bowl XLII, the Steelers' victory the next year in Super Bowl XLIII, and the Giants' victory in Super Bowl XLVI.

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• Kernan, Kevin (September 24, 2006). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20061123231854/http://www.nypost.com/seven/09242006/sports/hollywood_giant_sports_kevin_kernan.htm Hollywood Giant]". New York Post.
• Vranish, Jane (February 26, 2006). "[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06057/660187.stm "The Insiders: 2/26/06"]". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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