Biography
Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17, 1985) is an American film and television actress. Mara made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film, and The Social Network. Mara also portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Sony Pictures film based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series. Mara is also known for her charity work. She oversees the charity Faces of Kibera, ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

La Cocina
2024
as Julia
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated ro...

The End of Medicine
2023
Executive Producer
The film explores the link between our treatment of animals and emerging health threats such as pandemics and antibiotic resistance. It specifically l...

Beau Is Afraid
2023
Thanks
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...

Women Talking
2022
as Ona
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

Stutz
2022
Executive Producer
In candid conversations with actor Jonah Hill, leading psychiatrist Phil Stutz explores his early life experiences and unique, visual model of therapy...

Nightmare Alley
2021
as Molly Cahill
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dang...

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
as Annu
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing...

Dominion
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and...

Mary Magdalene
2018
as Mary Magdalene
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...

A Ghost Story
2017
as M
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has becom...

The Discovery
2017
as Isla
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless pe...

Una
2017
as Una Spencer
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

The Secret Scripture
2017
as Young Roseanne McNulty
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and ...

Song to Song
2017
as Faye
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook ...

Lion
2016
as Lucy
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted b...

Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as The Sisters (voice)
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seek...

Take Flight
2015
as Self - Performer
2015's best actors lift off in a series of tributes to the ultimate Hollywood magic trick.

Carol
2015
as Therese Belivet
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

Pan
2015
as Tiger Lily
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits a...

Trash
2014
as Olivia
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.

The One I Love
2014
Costume Designer
Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by ...

Her: The Untitled Rick Howard Project
2014
as Self
The making of Spike Jonze's "Her."

Her: Love in the Modern Age
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Her: Love In The Modern Age chronicles reactions to Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated film, "Her." The documentary, directed by Lance Bangs, features stor...

The Truth About Emanuel
2014
Producer
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Her
2013
as Catherine
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theod...

Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
as Ruth Guthrie
Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the...

Side Effects
2013
as Emily Taylor
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Characters - Salander, Blomkvist and Vanger
2012
as Self
Cast and crew, including Mara, discuss her casting.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: On Location - Sweden and Hollywood
2012
A look at the necessity of shooting in Sweden, with emphasis on the country's culture, history, climate, and politics as they play central to the stor...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Men Who Hate Women
2012
as Self
Cast and crew discuss the success of the novel, transitioning it to film and condensing it for the medium, and gender dynamics in Sweden.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011
as Lisbeth Salander
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tatto...

Touch of Evil
2011
as The Sociopath
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
2011
as Self / Erica Albright
This feature-length documentary about the making of "The Social Network" goes back and forth from the elements of storytelling and long rehearsals wit...

The Social Network
2010
as Erica Albright
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network k...

Friends (With Benefits)
2010
as Tara
Meet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies, his job, her band,...

A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
as Nancy Holbrook
The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl, a group o...

Dare
2009
as Courtney
When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny. Envious, ...

Tanner Hall
2009
as Fernanda
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.

Youth in Revolt
2009
as Taggarty
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to...

The Winning Season
2009
as Wendy
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team

Dream Boy
2008
as Evelyn
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the bru...

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
2005
as Classroom Girl #1
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

The Island
N/A
A couple decides to turn their backs on civilization to build their private paradise on a desert island. However, a millionaire passing through the is...

Polaris
N/A
In Alaska in the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.

Bucking Fastard
N/A
The story of two inseparable twin sisters, “Joan” and “Jean”, who live on the fringes of society. The film is inspired by the British identical twins ...