CAREY
MULLIGAN

Carey Mulligan is an English actor born in London on 28 May 1985. Her work spans period drama, contemporary stories and films based on real people, with performances recognised by BAFTA and the Academy Awards.

After appearing in Pride & Prejudice (2005), Mulligan broke through as schoolgirl Jenny Mellor in An Education (2009). The coming-of-age drama earned her the BAFTA for leading actress and an Academy Award nomination.

Her subsequent films include Never Let Me Go, Drive and Suffragette. These stories place her characters in very different worlds, from speculative romance to the fight for women’s voting rights.

In Promising Young Woman (2020), Mulligan played Cassie, a woman whose life is shaped by the aftermath of a traumatic event. The role earned another Oscar nomination and placed her at the centre of Emerald Fennell’s provocative drama.

She later portrayed journalist Megan Twohey in She Said and Felicia Montealegre in Maestro (2023), receiving a further Oscar nomination for the latter. Across these roles, small shifts in expression and relationships help convey the stakes of each character’s decisions.