Mary Mara

Mary Mara (born September 21, 1960 in Syracuse , New York ) is an American actress .

Life and accomplishments

Mara graduated from San Francisco State University and worked at the Haight Ashbury Repertory Theater during that time . She then graduated from the Yale School of Drama . She played her first role at the side of Danny Aiello and William Baldwin in the television crime drama Murder Without Motive from 1989.

In the action comedy The Hard Way (1991), Mara played the role of Police Investigator China , a colleague of Detective Lt. John Moss , who played James Woods . In the comedy The Last Comedian - Mr. Saturday Night (1992) she starred alongside Billy Crystal and Helen Hunt , in the comedy Love Potion No. 9 - The Scent of Love (1992) alongside Tate Donovan and Sandra Bullock . From 1995 to 1996 she appeared in several episodes of the television series Emergency Room, and from 1996 to 1997 she appeared in the television series Nash Bridges . She took on one of the leading roles in the film Em & Me (2004).

Mara has appeared in a number of plays, including alongside Jeff Goldblum , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michelle Pfeiffer in Twelfth Night at the New York Shakespeare Festival . She lives in Los Angeles and San Francisco .