TIL actress Kate Mara is the great-granddaughter of both Tim Mara (founder of the NY Giants) and Art Rooney (founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers). Her acting contracts have a clause stating that if any of these teams make it to the Super Bowl, she will attend the game before work.

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DarthVenti: Well she won’t have to worry about the Giants for a while.

pyr0t3chnician: I wonder if her cousin Matthew Mara gets those same priviledges. I know he was a priest at one time, but has been leading a rough life lately. Hanging out under Bridges and such, drugs, prostitution, everything. Poor guy. We called him Rickety Cricket in high school.

AMaSTRIPPER_AMA: Her sister, Rooney Mara too, of course.

mrshatnertoyou: Both the Mara and Rooney families still own those teams.

amidfielder: goddamn all movie people really were just rich kids with connections

PeregrineFaulkner: Oh, now I understand her sister’s weird first name.

vandelay714: A real rags to riches story

ZachMatthews: Suddenly her sister Rooney Mara’s name makes a lot more sense.

-SandorClegane-: So sad what Kevin Spacey did to her.

2sliderz: Its a lot easier to make it in hollywood if you dont have to worry about money while you audition!

Rekdon: Reminds me of Detroit Lions owner Martha Firestone-Ford

jmoda: Rooney Mara is the better choice here considering her name……

static-klingon: Wonder how she got into acting?

JordanStPatrick: Why did this immediately make me think of Prince Zuko, who is the great-grandson of both Firelord Sozin and Avatar Roku?

c9IceCream: And she in large part has had her success in hollywood not due to talent, but due to the family she comes from. The same can be said for Nick Krohl, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Taylor Swift, and other children of Billionaires.

winkofafisheye: Wealth begets wealth.

FatalTortoise: Rich people hanging out with other rich people having rich kids.

2tothe1tothe6: Steve Buscemi was a NYC fire fighter