Kate Mara stars as Zoe Barnes, a bright and determined political reporter, in the Netflix original series House of Cards. The series is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital.

Mara made her feature film debut at 15-years old in Random Hearts. Her impressive list of film credits include the Academy Award® nominated film 127 Hours, as well as Brokeback Mountain, Transsiberian, We Are Marshall, Shooter, Iron Man 2, Ten Years, and HappyThankYouMorePlease, which received the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and the 2010 Gen Art Film Festival Audience Award for favorite film.

Mara has also appeared in the television series American Horror Story and 24.