Carey Mulligan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1985-05-28 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Westminster, London, England, UK

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • Doctor Who Confidential

    Doctor Who Confidential

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • Public Enemies

    Public Enemies

  • Drive

    Drive

  • Shame

    Shame

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • Far from the Madding Crowd

    Far from the Madding Crowd

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey

  • Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

    Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • National Theatre Live: Skylight

    National Theatre Live: Skylight

  • Maestro

    Maestro

  • Narnia

    Narnia

  • Spaceman

    Spaceman

  • Promising Young Woman

    Promising Young Woman

  • The Ballad of Wallis Island

    The Ballad of Wallis Island

  • Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

  • Inside Llewyn Davis

    Inside Llewyn Davis

  • Collateral

    Collateral

  • The Dig

    The Dig

  • Blood on Benefits

    Blood on Benefits

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • She Said

    She Said

  • When Did You Last See Your Father?

    When Did You Last See Your Father?

  • The Spoils of Babylon

    The Spoils of Babylon

  • Mudbound

    Mudbound

  • The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

  • The Greatest

    The Greatest

  • Wildwood

    Wildwood

  • Suffragette

    Suffragette

  • Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2

    Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #2

  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

    Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

  • My Boy Jack

    My Boy Jack

  • My Grandparents' War

    My Grandparents' War

  • An Education

    An Education

  • Wildlife

    Wildlife

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Slapper

    Slapper

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

    Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

  • Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

    Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

  • An Uncivil War

    An Uncivil War

  • Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

    Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

  • Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

    Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act