Life and work
Rooney Mara is an American actress. Born: 17 April 1985. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1985–
Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara is an American actress. Born on 17 April 1985, this profile follows Rooney Mara through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Social Network (2010) and Her (2013). The location trail reaches The Ebell of Los Angeles, Santa Monica Pier and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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The Social Network · The Ebell of Los Angeles
Rooney Mara is credited as cast member on The Social Network. The work’s existing location story leads to The Ebell of Los Angeles. The Ebell’s own filming credits include The Social Network. The pin identifies the campus, not an exact camera position.
The Social Network — credits ↗︎Studio Ebell: productions filmed on location ↗︎
Her · Santa Monica Pier
Rooney Mara is credited as cast member on Her. The work’s existing location story leads to Santa Monica Pier. The Santa Monica Pier appears among the film’s recognisable local settings. It offers a public waterfront counterpoint to the enclosed spaces of Theodore’s daily life.
Her — credits ↗︎Santa Monica Pier ↗︎Grease · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Santa Monica Pier ↗︎
Filming location · the waterfront
The Santa Monica Pier appears among the film’s recognisable local settings. It offers a public waterfront counterpoint to the enclosed spaces of Theodore’s daily life.
200 Santa Monica Pier
Open street map ↗︎Walt Disney Concert Hall ↗︎
Filming location · the city’s curves
Walt Disney Concert Hall is one of the real Los Angeles landmarks incorporated into the film’s future city. Its exterior geometry sits naturally inside that imagined skyline.
111 S Grand Avenue
Open street map ↗︎The Ebell of Los Angeles ↗︎
The Social Network
The Ebell’s own filming credits include The Social Network. The pin identifies the campus, not an exact camera position.
743 S Lucerne Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Dockweiler State Beach ↗︎
Filming location · the beach date
Theodore’s beach outing with Samantha was filmed at Dockweiler. The film’s convenient rail arrival belongs to its imagined future, not a direct station-to-sand connection.
12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1985-04-17
Born 17 April 1985
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
The Social Network
David Fincher
Her ↗︎
Spike Jonze
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Her ↗︎
Skyway: walk the future Los Angeles Spike Jonze joined from real LA and Shanghai’s Pudong; drag the seam between the two cities, lay raised walkways between real towers until the traffic below vanishes, and write to Dockweiler beach in someone else’s hand.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
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Scarlett Johansson ↗︎
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress. Born on 22 November 1984, this profile follows Scarlett Johansson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), Lost in Translation (2003), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Her (2013). The location trail reaches Musso & Frank Grill, Park Hyatt Tokyo and Shibuya Crossing, with existing stories in Tokyo. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Amy Adams ↗︎
Amy Adams is an American actress. Born on 20 August 1974, this profile follows Amy Adams through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Her (2013). The location trail reaches Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Ambassador Hotel — former site and Santa Monica Pier. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Joaquin Phoenix ↗︎
Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor. Born on 28 October 1974, this profile follows Joaquin Phoenix through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Her (2013). The location trail reaches Santa Monica Pier, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Dockweiler State Beach. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Olivia Wilde ↗︎
Olivia Wilde is an American actress and film director. Born on 10 March 1984, this profile follows Olivia Wilde through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The O.C. (2003), House (2004), Her (2013) and Babylon (2022). The location trail reaches Redondo Beach Pier, The Biltmore Los Angeles and Santa Monica Pier. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Kristen Wiig ↗︎
Kristen Wiig is an American actress and comedian. Born on 22 August 1973, this profile follows Kristen Wiig through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Her (2013). The location trail reaches Santa Monica Pier, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Dockweiler State Beach. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Brian Cox ↗︎
Brian Cox is a Scottish actor. Born on 1 June 1946, this profile follows Brian Cox through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Zodiac (2007) and Her (2013). The location trail reaches Hauptstraße 155, Alexanderplatz and Komische Oper Berlin @Schillertheater, with existing stories in Berlin and San Francisco. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.