Carey Mulligan

About 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 two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.

Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to drama. (This recognizes her overall contributions to acting and fits under personal/professional accolades.)

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 a guest appearance in Doctor Who, where she played Sally Sparrow. She made her Broadway debut in the revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2008), which earned her a Drama Desk Award nomination.

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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She gained further acclaim for her performances in Never Let Me Go (2010), Drive (2011), Shame (2011), The Great Gatsby (2013), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Suffragette (2015), Mudbound (2017), Wildlife (2018), and She Said (2022). 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, and for her portrayal of a vigilante in the black comedy Promising Young Woman (2020), Mulligan received her second Academy Award nomination.

Mulligan received further acclaim for her role as Felicia Montealegre in the biographical drama Maestro (2023), earning her third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, along with a Golden Globe nomination. In 2024, she starred in the sci-fi drama Spaceman opposite Adam Sandler and the historical drama The Dig. Her latest film, the comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2025, where she played Nell Mortimer and also served as executive producer; it earned her a National Film Award nomination for Best Actress. Upcoming projects include the second season of Netflix’s Beef (with Oscar Isaac) and a role in Greta Gerwig’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (announced May 2025).

Mulligan has been an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society since 2012, and an ambassador for War Child since 2014. Carey Mulligan is married to Marcus Mumford in a longstanding, loving relationship—together since 2011, married since 2012, and raising a family of three.