xExif II* 0 8 N V ( 1 ^ 2 | ; i Here's actress Rooney Mara, who has just landed the lead role in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie, before she was famous. The 25-year-old actress, who was born Patricia Rooney Mara, graduated from Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York in 2003. While there she got the acting bug - starring as Juliet in a production of Romeo & Juliet. Teachers say she was inspired by her older sister, Kate Mara, who is also an actress. Rooney's career is set to take off when she appears in the US adaptation of the best-selling thriller by writer Stieg Larsson as computer hacker Lisbeth Salander alongside James Bond star Daniel Craig.
Pictured: Rooney Mara in her senior year, 2003
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