Rooney Mara is an American actress. Mara's first credited television role was a guest appearance in the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2006. Along with the other The Social Network (2010) cast members, she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. After playing minor roles in several films and television shows, she starred in her first major role as Lisbeth Salander in the 2011 film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—the role brought her international recognition. She received several nominations for her performance, including the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Empire Award for Best Actress, and the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and won a Breakthrough Performance Award from the National Board of Review.
Mara starred in Todd Haynes's romantic drama Carol (2015), based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (republished as Carol in 1990). Her performance in the film garnered widespread critical acclaim and earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. In Pan (2015), her portraying of the character Tiger Lily received mixed critical reviews, and garnered her a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress nomination. Mara's performance as Mary Magdalene, who traveled with Jesus as one of his followers, in the biographical drama Mary Magdalene (2018), garnered her nominations for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012Best Actress2016Best Supporting ActressCarol
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting RoleCarol2023Outstanding Cast in a Motion PictureWomen Talking
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards2016Best Actress in a Supporting Role Carol
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Film2011Best Acting Ensemble2016Best Supporting Actress Carol 2023Best Acting Ensemble Women Talking
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama2016Carol
Other associations +Awards and nominations received by Rooney Mara Award/Organization Year Category Work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists2011Best Breakthrough Performance2011 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards:Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or SeductionKick Ass Award for Best Female Action StarMost Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest2015Best Supporting ActressCarolAsia Pacific Screen Awards2018Best Performance by an ActressMary MagdaleneAustin Film Critics Association2015Best ActressCarolAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards2016Best Supporting Actress2019Best Actress in a Leading RoleMary MagdaleneCannes Film Festival 2015Best Actress CarolDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2015Best Supporting ActressDorian Awards2012Film Performance of the Year – Actress2016CarolDublin Film Critics' Circle2013Best ActressAin't Them Bodies Saints2015CarolEmpire Awards 2012Best ActressFlorida Film Critics Circle 2015Best Supporting ActressCarolGeorgia Film Critics Association 2011Best Actress2015CarolGolden Raspberry Awards2016Worst Supporting ActressPanHollywood Film Awards 2010Ensemble of the YearHouston Film Critics Society2015Best Supporting ActressCarolIndependent Spirit Awards 2016Best Female LeadIndieWire Critics Poll2015Best Supporting ActressInternational Cinephile Society2016Best ActressLondon Film Critics' Circle 2015Actress of the YearMTV Movie Awards 2012Best Female PerformanceBest Breakthrough PerformanceBest On-Screen TransformationNational Board of Review 2011Breakthrough PerformanceNew York Film Critics Online2015Best Supporting ActressCarolOnline Film Critics Society 2015Best Supporting ActressPalm Springs International Film Festival 2011Ensemble Cast Award2016Spotlight AwardCarolSan Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle2015Best ActressSanta Barbara International Film Festival2012Cinema Vanguard Award2016Virtuoso AwardCarolSatellite Awards2016Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureSaturn Awards2012Best Actress St. Louis Film Critics Association2011Best Actress2015Best Supporting ActressCarolTelluride Film Festival 2015Silver MedallionToronto Film Critics Association2015Best Supporting ActressCarolVillage Voice Film Poll 2015Best Supporting ActressWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2015Best Supporting Actress
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