Carey Mulligan
Born: 1985-05-28 in Westminster, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- Narnia as Mabel Kirke
2025
- The Ballad of Wallis Island as Nell Mortimer
2024
- Spaceman as Lenka Procházková
2023
- Saltburn as Poor Dear Pamela
- Maestro as Felicia Montealegre
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2022
- She Said as Megan Twohey
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
2021
- The Dig as Edith Pretty
- Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020
- Promising Young Woman as Cassandra
- A Christmas Carol as Belle (voice)
- Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
2019
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again as Amanda Seyfried
- My Grandparents' War as Self
2018
- Collateral as DI Kip Glaspie
- Wildlife as Jeanette Brinson
2017
- Mudbound as Laura McAllan
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Far from the Madding Crowd as Bathsheba Everdene
- Suffragette as Maud Watts
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- The Spoils of Babylon as Lady Anne York
- Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' as Self
- National Theatre Live: Skylight as Kyra Hollis
2013
- The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan
- Inside Llewyn Davis as Jean
2010
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps as Winnie Gekko
- Never Let Me Go as Kathy H.
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Brothers as Cassie Willis
- Public Enemies as Carol Slayman
- The Greatest as Rose
- An Education as Jenny Mellor
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- Slapper as Susan
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Northanger Abbey as Isabella Thorpe
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? as Rachel
- Blood on Benefits as Emma
- My Boy Jack as Elsie Kipling
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2006
- The One Show as Self
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Emily Pritchard
2005
- Doctor Who as Sally Sparrow
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Pride & Prejudice as Kitty Bennet
- Made in Hollywood as Self
- Doctor Who Confidential
- Bleak House as Ada Clare
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Violet Willett
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2001
- Waking the Dead as Sister Bridgid
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
- Trial & Retribution as Emily Harrogate
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1992
- HBO First Look as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee