“It’s hugely rare to read well-written female characters in general, and to play a woman who can argue articulately and wittily and hold her own is exciting,”
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Carey Mulligan
Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, and been nominated for three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2025 for services to drama.
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entertainment · English actress (born 1985) · actor · voice actor · stage actor · film actor · film producer · singer · musician · also Carey Mulligan, Mulligan
Born 28 May 1985 · Q219655
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley join calls for UK creative industries anti-harassment body
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Maestro review – Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan make sweet music in dynamic Bernstein double act
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Crystal Award (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Mulligan replaced Nicole Kidman in The Dig, a film about the events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo, co-starring Ralph Fiennes and Lily James
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2020· 1 entry
Mulligan starred in Emerald Fennell's black comedy thriller film Promising Young Woman, alongside Bo Burnham and Alison Brie
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2018· 1 entry
Starred in Paul Dano's directorial debut film Wildlife with Jake Gyllenhaal
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2017· 1 entry
Starred in Netflix's Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees
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2015· 1 entry
Mulligan starred in Thomas Vinterberg's film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Madding Crowd with Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge, and Michael Sheen, Anne Thompson of IndieWire wrote that her performanc
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2014· 2 entries
Mulligan became an ambassador for the charity War Child and visited the Democratic Republic of Congo in this role
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Returned to the stage, starring in the London revival of the David Hare play Skylight with Bill Nighy and Matthew Beard, directed by Stephen Daldry, at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End
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2013· 2 entries
Starred as Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, which was released in May 2013
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Also starred in Joel and Ethan Coen's black comedy Inside Llewyn Davis alongside Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake
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2012· 3 entries
Mulligan became the ambassador of the Alzheimer's Society in 2012, with the goal of raising awareness and research funding for Alzheimers and dementia.
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Married Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of Mumford & Sons
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With the goal of raising awareness and research funding for Alzheimers and dementia
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for An Education (2010).
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Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Hollywood Actress Award (2009).
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared in BBC One's The Amazing Mrs Pritchard with Jane Horrocks
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2004· 1 entry
Mulligan made her stage debut in the play Forty Winks at the Royal Court Theatre in London
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1985· 1 entry
Born 1985-05-28.
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