Mara, who was born in Bedford, turns 31 on Thursday.
Kate Mara, a television, stage and film actress, was born Feb. 27, 1983.
She starred in "House of Cards" as Zoe Barnes and appeared in "24" as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg. She made her film debut in 1999 in "Random Hearts." She appeared in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "We Are Marshall" (2006), "Shooter" (2007), "Transsiberian" (2008), "Stone of Destiny" (2008) and "The Open Road" (2009). She also appeared in the horror mini-series "American Horror Story: Murder House" as Hayden McClaine. She has been cast as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in "The Fantastic Four" (2015).
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