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 2025 for services to drama. 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), and the television film Northanger Abbey (2007). 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 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 highest-grossing release to date is the period drama The Great Gatsby (2013). On stage, Mulligan made her debut in Kevin Elyot's play Forty Winks (2004) at the Royal Court Theatre. She made her Broadway debut playing Nina in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2008). She later returned to Broadway, starring in the revival of David Hare's Skylight (2015), for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. Mulligan has been an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society since 2012 and an ambassador for War Child since 2014. She has been married to singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012, with whom she has three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carey Mulligan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Doctor Who

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (38)

• Narnia: The Magician's Nephew2027 · as Mabel Kirke
• Wildwood2026 · as Alexandra (voice)
• The Ballad of Wallis Island2025 · as Nell Mortimer
• Spaceman2024 · as Lenka Procházková
• Maestro2023 · as Felicia Montealegre
• Saltburn2023 · as Poor Dear Pamela
• She Said2022 · as Megan Twohey
• Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall2021
• The Dig2021 · as Edith Pretty
• Promising Young Woman2020 · as Cassandra
• A Christmas Carol2020 · as Belle (voice)
• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration2020 · as Self
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again2019 · as Amanda Seyfried
• Wildlife2018 · as Jeanette Brinson
• Mudbound2017 · as Laura McAllan
• Suffragette2015 · as Maud Watts
• Far from the Madding Crowd2015 · as Bathsheba Everdene
• National Theatre Live: Skylight2014 · as Kyra Hollis
• Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'2014 · as Self
• Inside Llewyn Davis2013 · as Jean
• The Great Gatsby2013 · as Daisy Buchanan
• Shame2011 · as Sissy
• Drive2011 · as Irene
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · as Winnie Gekko
• Never Let Me Go2010 · as Kathy H.
• Brothers2009 · as Cassie Willis
• An Education2009 · as Jenny Mellor
• Public Enemies2009 · as Carol Slayman
• The Greatest2009 · as Rose
• Slapper2008 · as Susan
• My Boy Jack2007 · as Elsie Kipling
• Northanger Abbey2007 · as Isabella Thorpe
• And When Did You Last See Your Father?2007 · as Rachel
• Blood on Benefits2007 · as Emma
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007 · as Self
• Pride & Prejudice2005 · as Kitty Bennet
• An Uncivil War— · as Gloria Steinem

All TV Shows (35)

• BEEF: The Official Podcast2026 · as Self - Guest
• Skip Intro2026 · as Self - Guest
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• BEEF2023 · as Lindsay Crane-Martín
• My Grandparents' War2019 · as Self
• Collateral2018 · as DI Kip Glaspie
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• The Spoils of Babylon2014 · as Lady Anne York
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard2006 · as Emily Pritchard
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Bleak House2005 · as Ada Clare
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• Doctor Who Confidential2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Sally Sparrow
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Violet Willett
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Sister Bridgid
• Elle Style Awards1997 · as Self - Winner
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• HBO First Look1992 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee