Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 28, 1985
Place of Birth:
Westminster, London, England, UK
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Carey 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 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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Magicians Nephew | Mabel Kirke |
| 2025 | The Ballad of Wallis Island | Nell Mortimer |
| 2024 | Spaceman | Lenka Procházková |
| 2023 | Maestro | Felicia Montealegre |
| 2023 | Saltburn | Poor Dear Pamela |
| 2022 | She Said | Megan Twohey |
| 2022 | Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | The Dig | Edith Pretty |
| 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | |
| 2020 | A Christmas Carol | Belle (voice) |
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra |
| 2020 | Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration | Self |
| 2019 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again | Amanda Seyfried |
| 2018 | Wildlife | Jeanette Brinson |
| 2017 | Mudbound | Laura McAllan |
| 2015 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Bathsheba Everdene |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Maud Watts |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: Skylight | Kyra Hollis |
| 2014 | Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Self |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Daisy Buchanan |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Jean |
| 2011 | Drive | Irene |
| 2011 | Shame | Sissy |
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Winnie Gekko |
| 2010 | Never Let Me Go | Kathy H. |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Carol Slayman |
| 2009 | An Education | Jenny Mellor |
| 2009 | The Greatest | Rose |
| 2009 | Brothers | Cassie Willis |
| 2008 | Slapper | Susan |
| 2007 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self |
| 2007 | My Boy Jack | Elsie Kipling |
| 2007 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | Rachel |
| 2007 | Northanger Abbey | Isabella Thorpe |
| 2007 | Blood on Benefits | Emma |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Kitty Bennet |
| Wildwood | Alexandra (voice) | |
| An Uncivil War | Gloria Steinem |