Biografía

Petite figure

Light blue eyes

Dimples that appear when she smiles

Often plays characters who are immensely troubled

Dyed raven black hair and pale skin

Great-grandfather Tim Mara founded the New York Giants. Great-grandfather Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Has one child: son River (born September 2020) with fiance Joaquin Phoenix. The boy is named after his late uncle, actor River Phoenix.

Younger sister of Kate Mara. Cousin of John Mara Jr..

Uncle John Mara is CEO of the New York Giants since 2005.

Several sources, including Vogue and Entertainment Weekly, reported that the piercings (including multiple ear, eyebrow, and nipple piercings) that Rooney Mara sports, as Lisbeth Salander, in La chica del dragón tatuado (2011) were real, not cosmetic simulations. Mara got the piercings in a series of sessions in Brooklyn and Sweden.

[on the poster for La chica del dragón tatuado (2011)] There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out.

[on portraying Lisbeth Salander] I spent over a year with the character and there are so many different things that I love about her. I think the thing that makes her such a compelling character is that you do sort of fall instantly in love with her, but at the same time you don't always agree with what she's doing and you also question her and you get frustrated by her. She's just an incredibly multi-layered character.

[on her La chica del dragón tatuado (2011) character] She's unlike any character I've read before, and I think there's a reason the whole world has fallen in love with her. It's hard not to. I felt like I really understood her. I went in for Erica Albright never thinking I'd get it because I couldn't really relate to her. Playing that character was actually much more foreign to me than playing Salander, but they loved me, which was a shock.

I refuse to engage in anything until I'm fully sure that I'm capable of it.

[on Lisbeth Salander] There aren't many interesting and diverse parts out there for women. There seem to be a few different stereotypical roles that get recycled, so it was refreshing to have this complex character for a woman; very rare.