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Kate Mara

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Bedford, NY
Biography:American actress Kate Mara realized many an ingenue's dream in late 2005, when she nearly stole Ang Lee's film Brokeback Mountain. As Ennis Del Mar's (Heath Ledger) 19-year-old daughter, Alma Jr., who becomes one of the first familial recipients of Ennis' newfound ability to project love and affection, Mara walked away with one of the most powerful scenes in the picture. It marked a small contribution but a masterful one, and it made audiences take notice of her for the first time. Admirers of this scene may not have realized that Mara's onscreen history stretched back a decade prior to this.

As the granddaughter of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney and New York Giants progenitor Tim Mara, Kate Mara began life in Bedford, NY, and came of age in the Westchester neighborhood of the City of Angels. Mara debuted on-camera in her early teens, in a 1997 episode of Law & Order, and took her cinematic... Full Biography

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Kate Mara and Ryan Pinkston in "Full Of It" (New Line Cinema)
Michael Cassidy, Kate Mara, Ryan Newman, Spencer Breslin and Tim Allen in "Zoom"
Actress Kate Mara attends the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City...
Actress Kate Mara attends the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City...
Kate Mara arrives at Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall on...
Actress Kate Mara attends the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City...
Kate Mara arrives at Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall on...
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