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Carey Mulligan

Acting

Born May 28, 1985 · Westminster, London, England, UK

Also known as Carey Hannah Mulligan

Biography

Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2025 for services to drama. She made her film debut with a supporting role in Joe Wright's romantic drama Pride & Prejudice (2005), followed by diverse roles in television, including the drama series Bleak House (2005), and the television film Northanger Abbey (2007). Mulligan's breakthrough role came as a 1960s schoolgirl in the coming-of-age film An Education (2009), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.  Mulligan received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in the black comedy Promising Young Woman (2020) and the biopic Maestro (2023). She also starred in acclaimed films such as Never Let Me Go (2010), Drive (2011), Shame (2011), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Suffragette (2015), Mudbound (2017), Wildlife (2018), and She Said (2022). Her highest-grossing release to date is the period drama The Great Gatsby (2013). On stage, Mulligan made her debut in Kevin Elyot's play Forty Winks (2004) at the Royal Court Theatre. She made her Broadway debut playing Nina in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2008). She later returned to Broadway, starring in the revival of David Hare's Skylight (2015), for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Mulligan has been an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society since 2012 and an ambassador for War Child since 2014. She has been married to singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012, with whom she has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carey Mulligan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Crystal Award · 2022
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role · 2010
  • Hollywood Actress Award · 2009
  • Critics' Choice Awards
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards
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  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2024 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2021 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Actress · 2021 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 2015 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2010 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 2010 · nominated

Filmography48 titles

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

2022as Self (archive footage)

Bleak House

2005as Ada Clare

Pride & Prejudice

2005as Kitty Bennet

Beef

2023as Lindsay Crane-Martín

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004as Violet Willett

Drive

2011as Irene

Doctor Who

2005as Sally Sparrow

A Christmas Carol

2020as Belle (voice)

Promising Young Woman

2020as Cassandra

Mudbound

2017as Laura McAllan

The Great Gatsby

2013as Daisy Buchanan

The Ballad of Wallis Island

2025as Nell Mortimer

My Grandparents' War

2019as Self

Brothers

2009as Cassie Willis

She Said

2022as Megan Twohey

Suffragette

2015as Maud Watts

Inside Llewyn Davis

2013as Jean

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Waking the Dead

2001as Sister Bridgid

Saltburn

2023as Poor Dear Pamela

Far from the Madding Crowd

2015as Bathsheba Everdene

Shame

2011as Sissy

Never Let Me Go

2010as Kathy H.

An Education

2009as Jenny Mellor

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Dig

2021as Edith Pretty

Northanger Abbey

2007as Isabella Thorpe

Spaceman

2024as Lenka Procházková

Public Enemies

2009as Carol Slayman

Wildlife

2018as Jeanette Brinson

My Boy Jack

2007as Elsie Kipling

Collateral

2018as DI Kip Glaspie

When Did You Last See Your Father?

2007as Rachel

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Maestro

2023as Felicia Montealegre

The Spoils of Babylon

2014as Lady Anne York

The Greatest

2009as Rose

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

as Emily Pritchard

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

2010as Winnie Gekko

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

The View

1997as Self - Guest

The One Show

as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014as Self