Mila, I’m sorry to report you have some competition.

Last year I wrote about how 2011 was all about marrying an Oscar-winning actress (which I immediately expanded to include nominees as well) after Kate Middleton totally stole my idea about snagging royalty.  I was a little mad at the time, but Kate really did me a favor and sent me in the right direction.

Fortunately, the 2011 plan didn’t pan out either.  I say fortunately because what I really should have been focused on was actresses appearing in movies that were nominated, and while Mila would qualify there for her work in “Black Swan” she suddenly pales in comparison to another young woman from that category.

Her name is Rooney Mara, who had a small role in “The Social Network” and now stars in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”  Why her?  In addition to the obvious appeal, her name adds a lot.

That’s Rooney as in the Rooney family that founded the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Mara as in the Mara family that founded the New York Giants.  She isn’t the product of some crazy father who somehow got to pick her name, but rather the daughter of a mom from the Rooney family and a dad from the Mara family.

You may wonder, as David Letterman did in an interview last week, if she likes football and if so, which team she roots for.  As a Giants fan, her answer only makes me more of a Rooney Mara fan:

In addition to all of those good traits, she also went to NYU and heads up a charity helping kids in Kenya.

That’s not to say I won’t answer Mila’s calls, but someone else just may be a higher priority.