Carey Mulligan
Born
May 28, 1985 (40 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Westminster, London, England, UK
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).
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Nell Mortimer
2025
Maestro
Felicia Montealegre
2023
Saltburn
Poor Dear Pamela
2023
The Dig
Edith Pretty
2021
Promising Young Woman
Cassandra
2020
A Christmas Carol
Belle (voice)
2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Self
2020
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
Amanda Seyfried
2019
Wildlife
Jeanette Brinson
2018
Mudbound
Laura McAllan
2017
Suffragette
Maud Watts
2015
Far from the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba Everdene
2015
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Kyra Hollis
2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
2014
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jean
2013
The Great Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
2013
Shame
Sissy
2011
Drive
Irene
2011
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Winnie Gekko
2010
Never Let Me Go
Kathy H.
2010
Brothers
Cassie Willis
2009
An Education
Jenny Mellor
2009
Public Enemies
Carol Slayman
2009
The Greatest
Rose
2009
Slapper
Susan
2008
My Boy Jack
Elsie Kipling
2007
Northanger Abbey
Isabella Thorpe
2007
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Rachel
2007
Blood on Benefits
Emma
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Pride & Prejudice
Catherine "Kitty" Bennet
2005
Wildwood
Alexandra (voice)
An Uncivil War
Gloria Steinem
Untitled Chronicles of Narnia Film #1
Mabel Kirke
2026
Spaceman
Lenka Procházková
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
She Said
Megan Twohey
2022
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
My Grandparents' War
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Collateral
DI Kip Glaspie · (4 episodes)
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (4 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Spoils of Babylon
Lady Anne York · (6 episodes)
2014
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (7 episodes)
2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Emily Pritchard · (6 episodes)
2006
Bleak House
Ada Clare · (15 episodes)
2005
Made in Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
(1 episode)
2005
Doctor Who
Sally Sparrow · (1 episode)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (2 episodes)
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Violet Willett · (1 episode)
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Waking the Dead
Sister Bridgid · (2 episodes)
2001
Trial & Retribution
Emily Harrogate · (2 episodes)
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944