Carey Mulligan
Birthday: 1985-05-28 | Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England, UKCarey 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 2024. Mulligan made her professional acting debut on stage in Kevin Elyot's play Forty Winks (2004) at the Royal Court Theatre. 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), the television film Northanger Abbey (2007), and guest starring in the Doctor Who episode "Blink" (2007). She made her Broadway debut in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2008). 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 and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her career progressed with roles in 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), and she had her highest-grossing release in the period drama The Great Gatsby (2013). For her performance in the Broadway revival of David Hare's Skylight (2015), she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She received further Academy Award nominations for her portrayals of a vigilante in the black comedy Promising Young Woman (2020) and Felicia Montealegre in the biopic Maestro (2023).
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Acting
Role
as Nell Mortimer
as Lenka Procházková
as Felicia Montealegre
as Poor Dear Pamela
as Megan Twohey
as Self (archive footage)
as Edith Pretty
as Belle (voice)
as Cassandra
as Amanda Seyfried
as DI Kip Glaspie
as Jeanette Brinson
as Laura McAllan
as Bathsheba Everdene
as Carey Mulligan
as Maud Watts
as Kyra Hollis
as Lady Anne York
as Lady Anne York
as Self
as Daisy Buchanan
as Jean
as Irene
as Sissy
as Kathy H.
as Rose
as Winnie Gekko
as Cassie Willis
