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Filmography | 2010-2019

Mary Magdalene (2018)

Rooney as: Mary Magdalene
Other Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim, Ryan Corr
Directed by: Garth Davis
Release Date: TBA
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Set in the Holy Land in the first century C.E., a young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family behind to join a radical new social movement. At its head is a charismatic leader, Jesus of Nazareth, who promises that the world is changing. Mary is searching for a new way of living, and an authenticity that is denied her by the rigid hierarchies of the day. As the notoriety of the group spread and more are drawn to follow Jesus’ inspirational message, Mary’s spiritual journey places her at the heart of a story that will lead to the capital city of Jerusalem, where she must confront the reality of Jesus’ destiny and her own place within it.

  • Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (2018)

    Rooney as: Annu
    Other Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Jack Black, Beth Ditto
    Directed by: Gus Van Sant
    Release Date: May 11, 2018
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    After Portland slacker John Callahan nearly loses his life in a car accident, the last thing he intends to do is give up drinking. But when he reluctantly enters treatment – with encouragement from his girlfriend and a charismatic sponsor – Callahan discovers a gift for drawing edgy, irreverent newspaper cartoons that develop a national following and grant him a new lease on life.

  • The Secret Scripture (2017)

    Rooney as: Roseanne ‘Rose’ McNulty
    Other Cast: Jack Reynor, Theo James, Vanessa Redgrave, Eric Bana
    Directed by: Jim Sheridan
    Release Date: October 13, 2017
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    Lady Rose (Vanessa Redgrave) is an elderly woman who has lived in a hospital for over 50 years. Despite her bleak surroundings there is a light in her eyes that cannot be extinguished. Dr. Stephen Grene (Eric Bana) is drawn to her, compelled to discover her past and help gain her freedom. Through Lady Rose’s ‘scripture’, a life of extraordinary love and great injustice emerges, revealing a remarkable young woman of courage, whose only crime was to fall in love. Set against a backdrop of troubled times locally, and chaos internationally, we learn of her ultimate triumph.

  • Una (2017)

    Rooney as: Una
    Other Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Indira Varma, Tobias Menzies, Riz Ahmed
    Directed by: Benedict Andrews
    Release Date: October 3, 2017
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    When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at her much-older former lover’s workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of their dark past threatens to unravel his new life. What follows is an emotional and unflinching excavation of inappropriate love… with shattering consequences.

  • A Ghost Story (2017)

    Rooney as: M
    Other Cast: Casey Affleck
    Directed by: David Lowery
    Release Date: July 7, 2017
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    With A Ghost Story, acclaimed director David Lowery returns with a singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection. Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away. Increasingly unmoored, the ghost embarks on a cosmic journey through memory and history, confronting life’s ineffable questions and the enormity of existence. An unforgettable meditation on love and grief, A Ghost Story emerges ecstatic and surreal—a wholly-unique experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

  • The Discovery (2017)

    Rooney as: Isla
    Other Cast: Jason Segel, Robert Redford, Mary Steenburgen, Riley Keough
    Directed by: Charlie McDowell
    Release Date: March 31, 2017 (Netflix)
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    In the near future, the world is off-balance. People have gained a specific knowledge, and death has lost meaning, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford): There is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide in order to “re-set” their existence, others go on, trying to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor’s son Will (Jason Segel), who has arrived at his father’s isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla (Rooney Mara). There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments. They are all looking to Dr. Harbor for meaning. Can Will and Isla find peace – in this place, or on the other side?

  • Song to Song (2017)

    Rooney as: Faye
    Other Cast: Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett
    Directed by: Terrence Malick
    Release Date: March 17, 2017
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    In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples—struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman)—chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

  • Lion (2016)

    Rooney as: Lucy
    Other Cast: Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman
    Directed by: Garth Davis
    Release Date: November 25, 2016
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    Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

  • Carol (2015)

    Rooney as: Therese Belivet
    Other Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy
    Directed by: Todd Haynes
    Release Date: November 20, 2015
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    In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel The Price of Salt, Carol follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage.

  • Pan (2015)

    Rooney as: Tiger Lily
    Other Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Adeel Akhtar, Levi Miller
    Directed by: Joe Wright
    Release Date: October 9, 2015
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    Offering a new take on the origin of the classic characters created by J.M. Barrie, the action-adventure follows the story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny—to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

  • Trash (2014)

    Rooney as: Olivia
    Other Cast: Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, Stepan Nercessian
    Directed by: Stephen Daldry
    Release Date: October 9, 2015
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    When three trash-picking boys from Rio’s slums find a wallet, they team up with two American missionaries, and begin an extraordinary adventure uncovering political corruption while evading the police.

  • Her (2013)

    Rooney as: Catherine
    Other Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde, Scarlett Johansson
    Directed by: Spike Jonze
    Release Date: January 10, 2014
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    Set in Los Angeles, slightly in the future, “her” follows Theodore Twombly, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right, individual to each user. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha,” a bright, female voice, who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other. From the unique perspective of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Jonze comes an original love story that explores the evolving nature—and the risks—of intimacy in the modern world.

  • Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)

    Rooney as: Ruth Guthrie
    Other Cast: Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine, Rami Malek
    Directed by: David Lowery
    Release Date: August 16, 2013
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    Brought to life with exquisite detail and rich cinematography by Bradford Young, the gritty landscape of 1970s Texas Hill Country is the backdrop for this mood-drenched collision of love and crime. After his pregnant wife (Rooney Mara) makes one false move during a bloody shootout, a bank robber (Casey Affleck) faces a 25-year sentence that destroys his dreams of a family life. Shot through with the yearning and melancholy of a folk ballad, David Lowery’s directorial breakthrough—one of the most acclaimed films at Sundance and a special Critics’ Week selection at Cannes—extends the Bonnie and Clyde tradition with its breathtaking meditation on the fragility and transience of love.

  • Side Effects (2013)

    Rooney as: Emily Taylor
    Other Cast: Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw
    Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
    Release Date: February 8, 2013
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    SIDE EFFECTS is a provocative thriller about Emily and Martin (Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum), a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily’s psychiatrist (Jude Law)—intended to treat anxiety—has unexpected side effects.

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

    Rooney as: Lisbeth Salander
    Other Cast: Daniel Craig, Geraldine James, Christopher Plummer, Joely Richardson
    Directed by: David Fincher
    Release Date: December 21, 2011
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    Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim’s uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), hired to investigate Blomkvist, discovers the truth behind the conspiracy that led to his fall from grace. Thrown together by fate, the unlikely duo uncovers a secret history of murder and sexual abuse festering beneath the veneer of Sweden’s industrial past, all the while drawing closer to a quiet evil waiting to engulf them both.

  • The Social Network (2010)

    Rooney as: Erica Albright
    Other Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Andrew Garfield, Max Minghella
    Directed by: David Fincher
    Release Date: October 1, 2010
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    David Fincher’s The Social Network is the stunning tale of a new breed of cultural insurgent: a punk genius who sparked a revolution and changed the face of human interaction for a generation, and perhaps forever. Shot through with emotional brutality and unexpected humor, this superbly crafted film chronicles the formation of Facebook and the battles over ownership that followed upon the website’s unfathomable success. With a complex, incisive screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and a brilliant cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, The Social Network bears witness to the birth of an idea that rewove the fabric of society even as it unraveled the friendship of its creators.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

    Rooney as: Nancy Holbrook
    Other Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker
    Directed by: Samuel Bayer
    Release Date: April 30, 2010
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    Freddy Krueger returns in A Nightmare on Elm Street, a contemporary reimagining of the horror classic. A group of suburban teenagers share one common bond: they are all being stalked by Freddy Krueger, a horribly disfigured killer who hunts them in their dreams. As long as they stay awake, they can protect on another…but when they sleep, there is no escape.