Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She
made her professional acting debut on stage in the Kevin Elyot play
Forty Winks at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004. Her film debut was
with a supporting role in Pride & Prejudice (2005), followed by roles
in television, including Bleak House (2005) and a Doctor Who episode,
"Blink" (2007). She made her Broadway debut in The Seagull in 2008,
which won her an Ian Charleson Commendation Award.Mulligan's
breakthrough performance was as a 1960s schoolgirl in the
coming-of-age drama An Education (2009), for which she won the BAFTA
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress. Her leading role in the dystopian
romantic-drama Never Let Me Go (2010) earned her a British Independent
Film Award for Best Actress, and she was nominated for the BAFTA Award
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performances in the
action film Drive (2011) and the drama Shame (2011). In 2013 she
starred in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, and the Coen Brothers'
Inside Llewyn Davis. In 2015, she was nominated for a Tony Award for
Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway
revival of David Hare's Skylight. In 2018, she starred in the crime
miniseries Collateral and in Paul Dano’s directorial film debut
Wildlife.Mulligan has been an ambassador for Alzheimer's Society since
2012, and an ambassador for War Child since 2014. She has been married
to singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012; they have two
children.
made her professional acting debut on stage in the Kevin Elyot play
Forty Winks at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004. Her film debut was
with a supporting role in Pride & Prejudice (2005), followed by roles
in television, including Bleak House (2005) and a Doctor Who episode,
"Blink" (2007). She made her Broadway debut in The Seagull in 2008,
which won her an Ian Charleson Commendation Award.Mulligan's
breakthrough performance was as a 1960s schoolgirl in the
coming-of-age drama An Education (2009), for which she won the BAFTA
Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress. Her leading role in the dystopian
romantic-drama Never Let Me Go (2010) earned her a British Independent
Film Award for Best Actress, and she was nominated for the BAFTA Award
for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performances in the
action film Drive (2011) and the drama Shame (2011). In 2013 she
starred in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, and the Coen Brothers'
Inside Llewyn Davis. In 2015, she was nominated for a Tony Award for
Best Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway
revival of David Hare's Skylight. In 2018, she starred in the crime
miniseries Collateral and in Paul Dano’s directorial film debut
Wildlife.Mulligan has been an ambassador for Alzheimer's Society since
2012, and an ambassador for War Child since 2014. She has been married
to singer-songwriter Marcus Mumford since 2012; they have two
children.
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