Carey Mulligan

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 2025 for services to drama She made her film debut with a supporting role in Joe Wrights 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 Mulligans breakthrough role came as a 1960s schoolgirl in the comingofage film An Education 2009 for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress  Mulligan received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in the black comedy Promising Young Woman 2020 and the biopic Maestro 2023 She also starred in acclaimed films such as 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 Her highestgrossing release to date is the period drama The Great Gatsby 2013 On stage Mulligan made her debut in Kevin Elyots play Forty Winks 2004 at the Royal Court Theatre She made her Broadway debut playing Nina in the revival of Anton Chekhovs The Seagull 2008 She later returned to Broadway starring in the revival of David Hares Skylight 2015 for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play Mulligan has been an ambassador for the Alzheimers Society since 2012 and an ambassador for War Child since 2014 She has been married to singersongwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012 with whom she has three children Description above from the Wikipedia article Carey Mulligan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia