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