Acting career Rooney Mara

1 acting career

1.1 2005–09: career beginnings
1.2 2010–2016: breakthrough , critical success
1.3 2017–present: continued film roles

acting career
2005–09: career beginnings

mara @ 2009 toronto international film festival

mara first appeared in films starred sister, including bit-part in 2005 direct-to-video horror film urban legends: bloody mary. found work in television, making professional debut in 2006 episode of drama law & order: special victims unit, girl bullies overweight children. guest-starred on legal drama women s murder club , played drug addict in episode of cleaner. mara made feature film debut dream boy (2008) , guest-starred megan 2 episodes of nbc s er.

in coming-of-age film tanner hall (2009), mara landed first lead role, fernanda has affair married family friend (tom everett scott). film directorial debut of tatiana von fürstenberg , francesca gregorini, debuted @ 2009 toronto international film festival , had limited theatrical release in september 2011. mara dropped first name patricia , known professionally middle name after working on project. never liked first name, mara stated paper magazine. never felt tricia. , rooney more memorable . father , younger brother go middle names.

in miguel arteta s comedy-drama film youth in revolt, mara played taggarty tries sleep fifty men before goes college. film based on c.d. payne s 1993 cult novel of same name. mara had auditioned starring role, offered smaller part when lead went portia doubleday.

mara played courtney in 2009 independent film, dare , in winning season wendy, high school basketball player having affair middle-aged shoe salesman (kevin breznahan) similar story bad news bears. both films premiered @ 2009 sundance film festival , mara included on filmmaker magazine s list of 25 new faces of independent film year.

mara starred in remake of 1984 horror film nightmare on elm street, protagonist nancy holbrook, high school student victimized freddy krueger (jackie earle haley). mara began shooting film in chicago on may 5, 2009, directed samuel bayer. mara told filmmaker felt nancy different original , loneliest girl in world . mara had signed on continue role if sequel made. stated vogue disliked experience of making film much, made question if wanted actress. mara appeared @ hamptons international film festival in october 2009 part of breakthrough performers program, tutored sharon stone.

2010–2016: breakthrough , critical success

mara @ hamptons international film festival, 2009



mara co-star daniel craig , director david fincher @ paris premiere of film girl dragon tattoo

in david fincher s biopic drama film social network, played erica albright, breaks mark zuckerberg, creator of facebook.

in august 2010, mara cast lead in film adaptation of millennium book trilogy stieg larsson. played lisbeth salander, brilliant troubled computer hacker helps journalist mikael blomkvist (daniel craig) solve series of murders. mara won role on several other actresses after 2 , half months of auditions , screen tests. david fincher directed first film, based on novel girl dragon tattoo, scott rudin producing. other books, girl played fire, , girl kicked hornets nest, may adapted, depending on box office performance. fincher did not picture character changed mind when auditioned. convinced executives @ columbia pictures cast part.

the girl dragon tattoo began shooting in sweden in september 2010. mara did not consider film remake, interpretation of novel. plan on giving interpretation of character, stated variety. mara s long brown hair cut short , dyed black, in style reminiscent of 1970s punk , 1980s goth fashions. had each of ears pierced 4 times, , had brow , right nipple pierced role. nose , lip piercings fake. kept nipple piercing not need re-pierced sequel. mara s eyebrows bleached, , wore temporary dragon tattoo. began preparing role starting skateboard , kickbox, , underwent dialect , computer training. visited stockholm, setting of novel. film released on december 20, 2011. mara received universal critical acclaim , nominated golden globe award best performance actress in motion picture – drama performance. on january 24, 2012, nominated academy award best actress performance.

in late 2011, mara considered kathryn bigelow s action film 0 dark thirty, role went jessica chastain. mara replaced carey mulligan in spike jonze s film, (2013). variety reported mulligan had drop out due scheduling conflicts, , mara selected fill in alongside joaquin phoenix, amy adams , scarlett johansson.

mara starred in steven soderbergh s 2013 crime-thriller film side effects, replacing blake lively. film starred jude law, channing tatum, catherine zeta-jones , vinessa shaw. played emily taylor, woman turns prescription medication way of handling anxiety concerning husband s upcoming release prison. same year, starred in david lowery s 2013 independent film ain t them bodies saints described modern-day bonnie , clyde story, alongside casey affleck , ben foster. film premiered @ sundance film festival in january 2013 ifc films purchased rights u.s. distribution. in may 2013, became new face of calvin klein new fragrance down town.

in 2014, mara served costume designer on former boyfriend charlie mcdowell s film 1 love, credited bree daniel.

in 2015, mara played tiger lily in joe wright-directed fantasy film pan, role received great deal of criticism taking. , wright faced accusations of whitewashing role written native american , of redface. express concerns, native american activists created hashtag #notyourtigerlily protest mara s casting , thousands of native americans participated in twitterstorm share memes addressing concerns portrayal of native women in film.

mara, todd haynes , cate blanchett promoting carol @ 2015 cannes film festival.

at 2015 cannes film festival, tied best actress award role in film carol. nominated academy award, golden globe award, british academy film award , screen actors guild award performance.

in 2016, mara voiced sisters in stop motion animated film kubo , 2 strings. starred alongside ben mendelsohn directed benedict andrews in una had world premiere @ telluride film festival on september 2, 2016. mara next starred in lion alongside dev patel , nicole kidman, revolving around adopted man finding family using google earth , secret scripture, directed jim sheridan.

2017–present: continued film roles

in 2017, mara appeared in discovery directed charlie mcdowell , ghost story, casey affleck, directed david lowery. both had world premieres @ sundance film festival in january 2017. mara starred ryan gosling, natalie portman, cate blanchett , val kilmer in terrence malick s song song, released in limited release on march 17, 2017.

in 2018, mara , phoenix star in mary magdalene, directed garth davis. later year, mara appear in gus van sant s film don t worry, won t far on foot, joaquin phoenix , jonah hill.

mara attached star in vox lux directed brady corbet. attached co-produce , star amanda lindhout in screen adaptation of memoir house in sky, longtime passion project mara expects begin production in 2018.