It was announced recently that Rooney  Mara will be starring

opposite Cate Blanchett in the upcoming film Carol, in which she

will play a department store clerk who falls for an older married

woman played by Cate

She’s arguably most well-known for her role as Lisbeth Salander

in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

But Rooney Mara couldn’t have looked further away from her

on-screen alter-ego on Thursday night as she attended a

post-show event following the Calvin Klein Collection

presentation at New York Fashion Week.

The 28-year-old actress showed off her feminine figure in a

plunging black midi dress as she attended the event, held at

Spring Studios in New York.