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Preppy in plaid! Kate Mara teams a cute checked shirt dress and plimsolls with a punky leather jacket as she shops for groceries

Published: 03:32 EST, 2 April 2015 | Updated: 06:32 EST, 2 April 2015

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She might have deferred her place at the Tisch School of the Arts to go straight into acting, but Kate Mara could have passed for a college student on Wednesday.

The actress was spotted in Silverlake, California, wearing a plaid shirt dress and plimsolls as she visited a grocery store.

Adding a white cropped jacket and cross body bag, all Kate was missing was a few books to complete her studious style.

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Studious style: Kate Mara looks ready for school in a plaid shirt dress and plimsolls on Wednesday

Kate was later joined by her cousin John Mara for lunch at vegan restaurant Grattitude.

But she recently upped the glamour for the Dior gala last Friday, where she flew solo to mingle with the other high-profile guests including Kate Bosworth and Suki Waterhouse.

The House of Cards star is currently single after splitting with British actor Max Minghella last August following a four-year romance.

She's thrown herself into work though having secured the coveted role of Sue Storm in the Fantastic Four reboot.

Family: Kate was later joined by her cousin John Mara for lunch at vegan restaurant Grattitude

Chic: Kate added a white jacket and cross-body bag to complete her daytime look

As The Invisible Woman - due out August 7 - Kate stars opposite Miles Teller's Mr Fantastic, Michael B. Jordan's Human Torch, and Jamie Bell's The Thing.

However, Mara admits she doesn't have much knowledge of the Marvel heroes.

'I've never been a fan of comics, I've never actually read one,' Kate told Esquire Latin America last July.

The Invisible Woman: Mara will soon be seen as Sue Storm in the Fantastic Four reboot

Sci-fi year: The vegan beauty will also play Beth Johanssen in the sci-fi adaptation of Andy Weir's The Martian - due out November 25 - alongside Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Kristen Wiig

Miles Teller and Kata Mara in new trailer for Fantastic Four

'[The director Josh Trank] told us that we shouldn't do it because the plot won't be based on any history of anything already published. So I chose to follow his instructions.

She added: 'The one fact is I am a fan of comic book movies, so it's very exciting to be part of a movie like this.'

The vegan beauty will also play Beth Johanssen in the sci-fi adaptation of Andy Weir's The Martian - due out November 25 - alongside Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Kristen Wiig.

And, according to the Hollywood Reporter, Kate will reteam with The Martian director Ridley Scott when he produces sci-fi thriller Morgan, which will be the directorial debut of his son Luke Scott.

Kate told Esquire Latin America: 'I've never been a fan of comics, I've never actually read one. [The director Josh Trank] told us the plot won't be based on any history of anything already published'