Kate Mara Steps Out with Husband Jamie Bell and Sister Rooney Mara at L.A. Fundraiser for Chimpanzee Rescue

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Bell and Kate Mara at the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection Reception in West Hollywood, California, on Dec. 4, 2024.Photo:Michael Kovac/Getty

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The organization oversees the care of rescue chimps who were previously used as lab animals or were the victims of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades.

Kate, 41, and Bell coordinated in dark-colored attired, with theChappaquiddickactress in a black blazer-style jacket and herRocketmanactor husband, 38, in a black suit jacket over a dark T-shirt.

Rooney, 39, was similarly dressed, smiling in a shot with her sister in a dark blazer over a white shirt as the two embraced for the camera.

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Rooney and Kate Mara at the Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection Reception in West Hollywood, California, on Dec. 4, 2024.Michael Kovac/Getty

According to LCRP’sofficial website, the organization “​is the first and only chimpanzee sanctuary and conservation center in Liberia rescuing chimpanzees who are victims of the illegal bushmeat and pet trades.”

“With over 100 orphaned chimpanzees, most still babies or children, are currently under the care of LCRP,” they add. “Each month, more captive chimpanzees are confiscated, allowing for the enforcement of Liberia’s wildlife laws. Without the ability to confiscate wildlife, authorities cannot protect and preserve chimpanzees.”

Kate and Rooney are longtime advocates with the group, having traveled to Liberia in 2018 to learn more about the work ofJim and Jenny Desmond, the founders of LCRP in West Africa.

“Once we had the opportunity to beface-to-face with these incredible animals, there was just no turning back,” Kate told PEOPLE in December 2020.

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Kate — whowelcomed a daughterin May 2019 anda sonin November 2022, with husband Bell — distinctly remembered her first encounter with the chimps.

“They’re very similar to human babies. At first, we made sure to really give them their space and let them come to us until they were ready to explore,” she told PEOPLE in December 2020. “But what was really spectacular was when we went back two years later, they immediately remembered us.”

source: people.com