2010–2016: Breakthrough and critical success Rooney Mara

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.