I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

2010–present
Mara appeared in the 2010 film The Social Network by David Fincher as Erica Albright and which also stars Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. She appeared in the comedy Youth in Revolt in 2009 starring Michael Cera and directed by Miguel Arteta. Mara dropped her first name Patricia to be known professionally by her middle name after working on the project.

She oversees the charity Uweza Foundation which supports empowerment programs for children and families in the Kibera slum in Nairobi Kenya one of the largest slums in Africa. Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17 1985) is an American film and television actress who made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street the remake of the 1984 horror film and The Social Network.