Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan

Known for
Acting
Born
May 28, 1985 (age 41)
Birthplace
Westminster, London, England

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.

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Filmography

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An Uncivil War

An Uncivil War

Movie · as Gloria Steinem

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The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Movie · as Mrs. Greenwood

2027
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew poster

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Movie · as Mabel Kirke

2026
Wildwood poster

Wildwood

Movie · as Alexandra (voice)

2026
BEEF: The Official Podcast poster

BEEF: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2026
Skip Intro poster

Skip Intro

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
The Ballad of Wallis Island poster

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Movie · as Nell Mortimer

2024
Spaceman poster

Spaceman

Movie · as Lenka Procházková

2023
Maestro poster

Maestro

Movie · as Felicia Montealegre

2023
Saltburn poster

Saltburn

Movie · as Poor Dear Pamela

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
BEEF poster

BEEF

TV · as Lindsay Crane-Martín · 8 eps

2022
She Said poster

She Said

Movie · as Megan Twohey

2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act poster

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Dig poster

The Dig

Movie · as Edith Pretty

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall poster

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Movie

2020
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Belle (voice)

2020
Promising Young Woman poster

Promising Young Woman

Movie · as Cassandra

2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration poster

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Movie · as Self

2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

Movie · as Amanda Seyfried

2019
My Grandparents' War poster

My Grandparents' War

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Wildlife poster

Wildlife

Movie · as Jeanette Brinson

2018
Collateral poster

Collateral

TV · as DI Kip Glaspie · 4 eps

2017
Mudbound poster

Mudbound

Movie · as Laura McAllan

2015
Far from the Madding Crowd poster

Far from the Madding Crowd

Movie · as Bathsheba Everdene

2015
Suffragette poster

Suffragette

Movie · as Maud Watts

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
National Theatre Live: Skylight poster

National Theatre Live: Skylight

Movie · as Kyra Hollis

2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' poster

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Movie · as Self

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
The Spoils of Babylon poster

The Spoils of Babylon

TV · as Lady Anne York · 6 eps

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Daisy Buchanan

2013
Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis

Movie · as Jean

2011
Drive poster

Drive

Movie · as Irene

2011
Shame poster

Shame

Movie · as Sissy

2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps poster

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Movie · as Winnie Gekko

2010
Never Let Me Go poster

Never Let Me Go

Movie · as Kathy H.

2009
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

Movie · as Carol Slayman

2009
An Education poster

An Education

Movie · as Jenny Mellor

2009
The Greatest poster

The Greatest

Movie · as Rose

2009
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Cassie Willis

2009
Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Slapper poster

Slapper

Movie · as Susan

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
My Boy Jack poster

My Boy Jack

Movie · as Elsie Kipling

2007
And When Did You Last See Your Father? poster

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Movie · as Rachel

2007
Northanger Abbey poster

Northanger Abbey

Movie · as Isabella Thorpe

2007
Blood on Benefits poster

Blood on Benefits

Movie · as Emma

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard poster

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

TV · as Emily Pritchard · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Pride & Prejudice poster

Pride & Prejudice

Movie · as Kitty Bennet

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · 1 ep

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · as Ada Clare · 15 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Sally Sparrow · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Violet Willett · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Sister Bridgid · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1997
Elle Style Awards poster

Elle Style Awards

TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep