With a decade in the industry under her belt, Rooney Mara has already established herself as one of the most serious actors of her generation in Hollywood, securing her second Oscar nomination this year for her role in "Carol."
The 30-year-old first received wide attention with her incredible transformation into Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," a role that rendered her unrecognizable and earned her that first Oscar nod.
Before that, her biggest roles where in a "Nightmare on Elm Street" reboot and "The Social Network," in which she appears for just a few minutes.
Mara, who's also the sister of "House of Cards" star Kate Mara, has six films slated for this year, including lending her voice to "Kubo and the Two Strings," a 3D stop-motion film from Laika animation studios.
Here's a look at her career so far:
Patricia Rooney Mara was born April 17, 1985 in Bedford, New York. Her father is the senior vice president of player personnel for the New York Giants (his family founded the team) and her mother was a part-time real estate agent (her family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers). Mara has said that football is "the glue that holds our family together."
Source: Vogue, New York Post
She began to go by her middle name (also her mother's maiden name) Rooney because she "liked it better.""I think it’s a really cool name, and I never really liked my first name, Patricia. A lot of people in my family [both her dad and younger brother] go by their middle name, so it was the natural course," she told the Wall Street Journal.
Source: WSJ
She has three siblings: an older brother, a younger brother, and an older sister, Kate, who is also an actress and has appeared in "House of Cards" and "The Martian."
Source: Vogue
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