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Kate Mara
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- #001
Kate Mara's great-grandfather Tim Mara founded the New York Giants. Her other great-grandfather, Art Rooney, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- #002
Kate and her younger sister Patricia have their mother's maiden name, Rooney, as a middle name, but her sister took it as her first name and is professionally known as Rooney Mara.
- #003
Kate and her sister Rooney Mara both appeared in films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 2011. Rooney was in The Social Network (2010), while Kate was in 127 Hours (2010).
- #004
Mara has said she comes from a "huge" family. Her father is one of 11 children, and she has 22 aunts and uncles and 40 cousins.
- #005
Kate Mara's younger sister, Rooney Mara, is also an actress.
- #006
Kate Mara is a skilled jazz, tap and ballet dancer.
- #007
Her great-uncle Dan Rooney was the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 2009 to 2012.
- #008
Her uncle John Mara has been the CEO of the New York Giants since 2005.
- #009
Kate Mara was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead. She also lost the role of Lois Lane in Man of Steel (2013) to Amy Adams.
- #010
Because a broadcast of 24 (2001) caused her to miss Super Bowl XL (2006), her contract allows her to attend any Super Bowl in which the Steelers or the Giants play.
- #011
On July 15, 2017, Kate Mara married her boyfriend of two years, Jamie Bell, after a six-month engagement.
- #012
Rather than having the home birth she wanted, Mara gave birth to her daughter at Cedars-Sinai by emergency cesarean section at 36 weeks of pregnancy. Mara explained that she had to be induced at 36 weeks because a test she took after experiencing intense itching came back positive for cholestasis, a liver disease that can appear in the later stages of pregnancy and potentially harm the unborn baby.
- #013
Kate Mara's favorite films are Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), The Sound of Music (1965), Lady Jane (1986), The English Patient (1996) and Friday Night Lights (2004).
- #014
Kate Mara is the granddaughter of Wellington Mara and Timothy Rooney.
- #015
Kate Mara and her husband, Jamie Bell, have a daughter, born in May 2019.
- #016
Kate Mara is the daughter of Kathleen McNulty (née Rooney) and Timothy Christopher Mara, a scout for the New York Giants.
- #017
Kate Mara is the stepmother of Jamie Bell's son from his marriage to Evan Rachel Wood.
- #018
Kate Mara was in a relationship with the actor Max Minghella for several years starting in 2010.
- #019
Kate Mara and Elliot Page are close friends. The two co-produced My Days of Mercy (2017) as a vehicle in which they could appear together.
- #020
As of 2026, Kate Mara has appeared in three films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Brokeback Mountain (2005), 127 Hours (2010) and The Martian (2015).
- #021
Kate Mara is the great-granddaughter of Art Rooney and Kathleen McNulty.
- #022
On her father's side, Kate Mara's grandfather was of Irish descent, and her paternal grandmother was half German as well as of French-Canadian and Irish descent. Her mother is of Irish and Italian descent.
- #023
Kate Mara suffered a miscarriage before giving birth to her daughter in May 2019.
- #024
Kate Mara ranked 43rd on Maxim magazine's 2007 Hot 100 list.
- #025
Kate Mara recorded four children's albums.
- #026
Kate Mara is the second cousin of YouTube and Instagram artist Heather Rooney.
- #027
Kate Mara wore a wig in Fantastic Four (2015).
- #028
Kate Mara is a cousin of John Mara Jr.
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