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Carey Mulligan
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Mulligan at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025
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Carey Hannah Mulligan
28 May 1985 London, England
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Full list |
Carey Hannah Mulligan (born on May 28, 1985) is a British actress. She has won many awards, including a British Academy Film Award. She has also been nominated for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2025, she received a special honor called the CBE for her acting work.
Mulligan started her acting career on stage in a play called Forty Winks in 2004. Her first movie role was a smaller part in Pride & Prejudice (2005). She then took on different roles on TV, including the series Bleak House (2005) and the TV movie Northanger Abbey (2007). She made her Broadway debut in the play The Seagull (2008).
Carey Mulligan became famous for her role as a 1960s schoolgirl in the movie An Education (2009). For this role, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her career continued with roles in movies like Never Let Me Go (2010), Drive (2011), and Shame (2011). She also appeared in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and Far from the Madding Crowd (2015). Her movie The Great Gatsby (2013) earned the most money at the box office.
She returned to Broadway in the play Skylight (2015), which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She received more Academy Award nominations for her roles in Promising Young Woman (2020) and as Felicia Montealegre in Maestro (2023).
Mulligan has been an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society since 2012. She has also been an ambassador for War Child since 2014. She married singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford in 2012, and they have three children.
Early Life and Family
Carey Hannah Mulligan was born in London, England, on May 28, 1985. Her father, Stephen Mulligan, was a hotel manager from Liverpool, England. Her mother, Nano Booth, was a university lecturer from Wales. Her parents met while working at a hotel.
When Carey was three, her family moved to West Germany because of her father's job. She and her brother attended the International School of Düsseldorf there. When she was eight, her family moved back to the UK. As a teenager, she went to Woldingham School, a private school in Surrey.
Discovering Acting
Carey's interest in acting began when she was six years old. She watched her brother perform in a school play called The King and I. She really wanted to be in the play too, and the teachers let her join the chorus.
At Woldingham School, she was very involved in drama. She was the student leader of the drama department. She acted in plays and musicals, helped younger students, and put on productions. When she was 16, she saw a play starring Kenneth Branagh. His performance inspired her to become an actress.
She wrote a letter to Kenneth Branagh asking for advice. His sister replied, telling Carey that if she felt such a strong need to act, she should follow that dream. Carey's parents wanted her to go to university, but she applied to drama schools instead. However, she was not accepted.
During her last year of school, screenwriter Julian Fellowes visited her school. Carey asked him for advice about acting. He tried to tell her not to pursue it, but she was determined. She later sent him a letter explaining how serious she was. Fellowes's wife then invited Carey to a dinner where she met a casting assistant. This led to her audition for Pride & Prejudice. She got the role of Kitty Bennet. Before becoming a full-time actress, she worked as a pub barmaid and ran errands for Ealing Studios.
Acting Career
Early Roles (2004–2008)
In 2004, Carey Mulligan started her stage career in the play Forty Winks. The next year, she made her movie debut in Pride & Prejudice, playing Kitty Bennet. She also got her first TV role as Ada Clare in the BBC series Bleak House.
In 2007, she appeared in My Boy Jack and another Jane Austen movie, Northanger Abbey. She also starred in the Doctor Who episode "Blink". For this role, she won an award for Best Female Performance in a Science Fiction TV Episode. She also performed in a play called The Seagull. Critics praised her performance. When the play moved to Broadway in 2008, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
Becoming Famous (2009–2014)
Carey Mulligan became widely known at age 24 when she played Jenny in the 2009 movie An Education. This film was about a teenage schoolgirl who falls for an older man. Many actresses auditioned for the part, but Carey's audition stood out. The movie and her acting received great reviews. She was nominated for an Academy Award and won a BAFTA Award. Critics compared her performance to that of Audrey Hepburn.
In 2010, she joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. That same year, she starred in Never Let Me Go and won a British Independent Award for her role. She also appeared in the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
She returned to the stage in 2011 in the play Through a Glass, Darkly. She played a woman with mental health struggles and received excellent reviews. A critic from The New York Times called her performance "extraordinary." She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for this role.
In 2011, Carey starred in two popular movies: Drive with Ryan Gosling and Shame with Michael Fassbender. Both movies were very successful at film festivals. She received another BAFTA nomination for her supporting role in Drive. In Shame, she played Sissy, a troubled sister. Critics praised her performance, noting her emotional depth.
In 2013, she played Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's movie The Great Gatsby alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. She also starred in the movie Inside Llewyn Davis with Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake. In this film, she played a folk singer.
In 2014, she returned to the stage in London in the play Skylight. The play won an award for Revival of the Year. She continued the role when the play moved to Broadway in 2015. The show was very successful, and she earned her first Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.
Acclaimed Roles (2015–2019)
Carey Mulligan continued to receive praise for playing many different and complex characters. In 2015, she starred in the movie Far from the Madding Crowd, based on a famous novel. Critics said her performance showed she could lead a movie. Later that year, she starred in Suffragette (2015), a movie about women fighting for the right to vote.
In 2017, she appeared in the Netflix movie Mudbound. This film was highly praised by critics. It received four Academy Award nominations.
In 2018, she starred in Wildlife, a movie directed by Paul Dano. The film received excellent reviews, with many critics calling her performance "career-best." She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Mulligan also returned to television in the BBC Two series Collateral, playing a detective. She also performed in a one-person play called Girls and Boys in New York. Her performance was called "perfection" by The New York Times. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for this role.
Established Actress (2020–Present)
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In 2020, Carey Mulligan starred in the movie Promising Young Woman. She also helped produce the film. The movie was very well-received by critics. For her role, she received her second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. She dedicated her Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead to the late actress Helen McCrory.
In 2021, Mulligan starred in The Dig, a film about the excavation of Sutton Hoo. In 2022, her only movie release was She Said. She played Megan Twohey, one of the real-life New York Times reporters who uncovered the Harvey Weinstein scandal. For this role, she received a Golden Globe nomination.
Mulligan then starred as Felicia Montealegre in Bradley Cooper's movie Maestro (2023), a film about the life of Leonard Bernstein. Critics highly praised her "heartbreaking" performance. She received her third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for this role. She also had a small but memorable part in the movie Saltburn.
Her movie Spaceman, based on a science fiction novel, was released in 2024. In 2025, she starred in The Ballad of Wallis Island, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Carey Mulligan will also have a voice role in the animated movie Wildwood. She is also set to appear in the second season of the Netflix series Beef. In May 2025, she joined the cast of Greta Gerwig's upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia film.
Personal Life
Carey Mulligan was in a relationship with actor Shia LaBeouf from 2009 to 2010. They had worked together on the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
In 2012, she married Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of the band Mumford & Sons. They were childhood pen pals who reconnected as adults. They got married on April 21, 2012. They have three children together.
Philanthropy and Charity Work
Carey Mulligan is involved in charity work. In 2010, she took part in the Safe Project, where actresses were photographed in places they felt safest. She also donated a dress she wore to an awards ceremony to a charity shop that sells items to raise money.
In 2012, Mulligan became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society. Her goal is to raise awareness and money for research into Alzheimer's and dementia. Her grandmother lived with Alzheimer's disease for 17 years and eventually did not recognize Carey. She has participated in charity walks and runs to support the cause.
Since 2014, Carey Mulligan has been an ambassador for the charity War Child. In this role, she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Awards and Recognition
Carey Mulligan has received many awards, including a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award. She has also been nominated for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. In the 2025 New Year Honours, she was appointed CBE for her contributions to drama.
See also
In Spanish: Carey Mulligan para niños
