Not only is actress Kate Mara beautiful, talented, and part of the super-wealthy Mara family that owns the New York Giants football team, she also knows a thing or two about dating. Now a featured player on the popular Netflix hit "House of Cards," Mara also is offering advice on dating.

Rocking the red carpet at the "House of Cards" Season Two premiere event on Thursday, Feb. 13, before the Directors Guild of America at Los Angeles, Mara, 30, accompanied fellow Cards co-stars Sam Page, Constance Zimmer, and Jimmi Simpson. However, tongues were wagging already from her dating tips made somewhat tongue in cheek in a March 2014 GQ interview and photo shoot.

Listen up Mara boyfriend, Max Minghella, just in case Mara is putting more than a little of herself into her Cards character Zoe Barnes. She said Zhoe would be honest with her dates. She told dates if she wanted to sleep with them, they'd know it. Mara called that good general dating advice. Be honest about your intentions and feelings. do what Zoe Barnes would do, she told GQ.

Mara boyfriend Minghella, 28, is a British actor and son of director Anthony Minghella. They met in 2010.