Rooney Mara

[Dora]

With her new movie "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" opening up in theaters today, Rooney Mara was last night's (December 19) guest on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon".

The 26-year-old actress turned up at NBC's Rockefeller Center looking adorable in a black and white mock neck slit Rodarte for Open Ceremony dress paired with black Prada ankle strap heels for the talk show appearance.

Aside from plugging her much-awaited motion picture, Miss Mara talked with Jimmy about sitting on Santa's lap during her family's Christmas Eve get-together.

Of the family tradition, Rooney dished, "There's over forty grandchildren and every Christmas Eve we go to their house [her grandparents] and they have Santa Claus come and we have to sit on his lap to get our present."

Curious as to who takes on the role of St. Nick, Fallon asked, "Is it just a stranger, like a drifter off the street or do you hire a real Santa Claus?"

"No, it's usually like one of my uncle's brothers or something," Mara replied before Jimmy chimed in, "So I guess it would be your uncle..."

Clarifying things up, Rooney said, "No, no. Not blood related," to which Fallon joked, "Oh, not blood-related? That's a rule [laughs]. You can't be blood-related or you can't play Santa!"

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[Dora]

In Jimmy Fallon she is wearing:

Rodarte X Opening Ceremony Mock Neck Slit Dress

Prada Bi Color Mary Jane Wedge

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[Dora]

Here, she is wearing

Carven Alpaca Blend White Coat

Balenciaga Motorcycle Bag

Brian Atwood Debra Due Slingback Platform Pumps

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[Dora]

The dress she wore on The Today Show is:

Roksanda Ilincic Spring 2012 RTW Sleeveless Dress

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Here:

Peter Pilotto Spring 2012 RTW Star Motif Printed Dress

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[RedAzalie]

her stylist (whoever he/she is ) is doing really grat job! modern audrey hepburn with goth vibe

 

[Lola Montès]

She looks so cute on the candid pics with her head bowed like that.
I'm in love. I haven't been so interested by a newcomer actress since I saw Paz de la Huerta, 2 years ago or more. I can't wait for the movie. I'm counting days now (almost)

 

[shoesexy]

Camera catches some odd expressions on her.

 

[fantastical]

not a single look that I don't like. I don't know how she's doing it.
I wish I could see a full length photo of her in the Peter Pilotto dress

 

[dajrekshn]

that Rodarte look is the first one on her i don't like. it looks ill fitting in the upper part and i think those Pradas are so ugly.

 

[sobriquet87]

She was AMAZING in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!! AMAZING! After seeing Noomi Rapace play Lisbeth, I didn't think it was possible for another actress to really do the role justice, but Rooney did and may have even done it better. She took the character and made it her own. Loved it!

 

[ForChicSake]

She was AMAZING in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!! AMAZING! After seeing Noomi Rapace play Lisbeth, I didn't think it was possible for another actress to really do the role justice, but Rooney did and may have even done it better. She took the character and made it her own. Loved it!

now i'm super excited to see the movie

 

[Belowen]

I'm currently reading the book and after watching the preview for the film, Rooney is the perfect Lisbeth for me Her looks at the recent events have been perfect, and it's amazing how versatile she is.

 

[kobro22]

Man the Peter Pilotto dress looks stunning on the model, wish we could get a full shot of Ronney wearing it. Love the fashion choices she has been making, next to Emma Stone she has been my favorite this year.

 

[Melly5525]

Love that Peter Pilotto dress, its totally modern day chic with an edge, perfect for her. Happy to hear people raving about her performance, Im counting down the hours till it comes out here

 

[honeyisle]

I just saw the movie and my god she was perfect! She and Daniel Craig have great chemistry too.

 

[RedAzalie]

that's great to hear - few friends of mine said that they really doubt in this version, they loved swedish. I, on the other hand, did not seen swedish one so i really hope that david fincher made good movie, with great actors

 

[chickadee]

She was absolutely mesmerizing in GWTDT, but I have to be the dissenting voice in the Oscar buzz. She was great, but I'm not sure if I would call her Oscar worthy. Definitely a great performance though. And the movie itself is amazing. I would even venture to say it outranks the Swedish version. Amazing cinematography, score, performances, everything was pretty much perfect.

 

[loladonna]

You guys are really getting me excited for the movie. I hope to catch it this weekend.

 

[chickadee]

Let me also mention, since the time has run out for me to edit my original post, that her body is KILLER. SICK. CRAZY.

 

[olga.]

I don't get the hype for this girl.
she is clearly a poor copy of Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, but can't reach their levels.
besides, what is so amazing about wearing black all the time???

Yeah, you clearly don't get it Don't worry, probably not your fault.