Rooney Mara — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Rooney Mara

American film, television, and voice actress. She gained fame for her role as Nancy in the remake of the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010), as well as for the role of Lisbeth Salander in the film "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Awards.

Winner of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival award in the Best Actress category for the film "Carol" (2015). In addition, for this role the actress received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award in 2016.

Filmography

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2010 The Social Network Erica Albright

Interesting facts

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Full name is Patricia Rooney Mara.
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The actress has a son with Joaquin Phoenix. The boy was named River — after Joaquin's late brother.
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She also has two brothers - Daniel and Conor.
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She has Irish, German, Italian, and French-Canadian roots.
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She runs the charity foundation Faces of Kibera, which provides food, clothing, and medicine to the residents of Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya—the largest urban slum in Africa.
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In 2010, she graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, where she studied psychology and international social law.
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She graduated from Fox Lane High School in 2003, after which she traveled to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia as part of the Traveling School environmental studies program.
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Her family founded the American football club the Pittsburgh Steelers, and her father founded the New York Giants.
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She is the younger sister of actress Kate Mara.