Kate Mara

Kate Mara (born February 27, 1983) is an American actress known for her work in television and film. She gained recognition for her role as reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013–2014; 2016) and as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the Fox thriller series 24 (2006). Mara has also appeared in the FX miniseries American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), the FX series Pose (2018), and the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020). In film, she made her debut in Random Hearts (1999) and has since appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Martian (2015), Fantastic Four (2015), and Megan Leavey (2017).