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Nominated for actress:

"I knew there was a very small chance," Mara said from her home in Los Angeles after receiving the news from her mother. "I was very surprised, and I feel very honored and humbled to be a part of a list of women that I've looked up to for a while."

Rooney Mara, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'

( Merrick Morton / Columbia Pictures )

Nominated for actress: "I knew there was a very small chance," Mara said from her home in Los Angeles after receiving the news from her mother. "I was very surprised, and I feel very honored and humbled to be a part of a list of women that I've looked up to for a while."

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Rooney Mara, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'