Age: 43
female
Kate Rooney Mara (born February 27, 1983) is an American actress. She is known for her work in television, playing reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards (2013–2014; 2016), computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the Fox thriller series 24 (2006), wronged mistress Hayden McClaine in the FX miniseries American Horror Story: Murder House (2011), Patty Bowes in the first season of the FX drag ball culture drama series Pose (2018), and a teacher who begins an illicit relationship with an underage student in the FX miniseries A Teacher (2020). For the latter, she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best New Scripted Series as an executive producer. Mara made her film debut in Random Hearts(1999). She has since appeared in Brokeback Mountain (2005), We Are Marshall (2006), Shooter (2007), Transsiberian (2008), Stone of Destiny (2008), The Open Road (2009), Transcendence (2014), The Martian (2015), Fantastic Four (2015), Morgan (2016), Megan Leavey (2017), My Days of Mercy (2017), and Chappaquiddick (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Mara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
1967. Jack Hart, a young, wandering musician, travels the American backroads with nothing but his guitar and his best friend, Theo Ramires, a bassist with a sharp wit but a big heart. They play tiny bars, diners, and roadside venues — barely scraping by, but living freely. Jack dreams of something bigger; where Theo is very content. At a smoky bar, a frequent for Jack and Theo, run by the warm‑hearted Jim Hardy, Jack meets Allison “Allie” Pond, a drifting soul recovering from heartbreak and searching for purpose. She’s empathetic, funny, and a little lost — someone who tends to fall into other people’s dreams instead of chasing her own. She joins the boys on the road, and the three form a makeshift family. Their chemistry is electric. Their music grows richer. Jack and Allie fall deeply in love. But everything changes when Dan Cole, a once‑failed musician turned talent scout, hears Jack perform. Dan sees potential — and dollar signs. He introduces Jack to Evelyn Stone, a razor‑sharp record executive who prioritizes profit over people. She promises Jack the world, and he takes it. Suddenly Jack is swept into a whirlwind of fame: studio sessions, interviews, image makeovers, endless touring. Theo is pushed aside. Allie is left behind. Jack becomes the star he always dreamed of being — but at the cost of the people who made him whole. Allie returns home to her older sister Amelia, who loves her fiercely but never understood her wandering. Amelia’s partner, Victor Harwell, is kind and grounded — a picture of the stable life Allie could choose. With them, Allie confronts the question she’s avoided for years: Does she want a life on the road, or a life with roots? Meanwhile, Jack spirals. The industry reshapes him into something unrecognizable. Critics who once mocked him — like the fickle Colin Cornely — now praise him. But the applause feels hollow. He’s lost Theo. He’s lost Allie. He’s lost himself. When Jack finally breaks under the pressure, he returns to Jim Hardy’s bar — the place where it all began. Jim, with his quiet wisdom, tells Jack the truth he’s been running from: Dreams mean nothing if you lose the people who believed in you before you believed in yourself. Jack sets out to find Allie. Their reunion isn’t easy. Allie has grown. She’s learned to stand up for what she wants — and what she won’t sacrifice. Jack apologizes, not with promises, but with honesty. He doesn’t ask her to follow him again. He asks if they can build something together. Years later, in the film’s final scene, we see Jack and Allie in a sunlit yard, playing with their young daughter, Piper Hart. Theo visits, bass in hand, ready to jam. The music begins again — not for fame, but for joy.
