Carey Mulligan

Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is a British 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.

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), and the television film ''Northanger Abbey'' (2007). She made her Broadway debut playing Nina 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). She returned to Broadway starring as a woman confronting her past in the 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).

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. Provided by Wikipedia