---
name: "Carey Mulligan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carey-mulligan"
fi1m_id: "carey-mulligan"
imdb_id: "nm1659547"
tmdb_id: 36662
wikidata_id: "Q219655"
roles: ["Actor","Producer"]
born: "28 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 17
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 17
updated: "2026-10-22T03:15:54.561874+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carey Mulligan

## Identity

Carey Mulligan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carey-mulligan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carey-mulligan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1659547
- **TMDB ID:** 36662
- **Wikidata ID:** Q219655
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Mulligan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36662

Actor and producer. Born 28 May 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer
- **Born:** 28 May 1985, Westminster, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Carey Hannah Mulligan
- **Frequently works with:** [Oscar Isaac](https://film.one/person/oscar-isaac.md), [Rosamund Pike](https://film.one/person/rosamund-pike.md), [Emerald Fennell](https://film.one/person/emerald-fennell.md), [Josey McNamara](https://film.one/person/josey-mcnamara.md), [Keira Knightley](https://film.one/person/keira-knightley.md), [Tobey Maguire](https://film.one/person/tobey-maguire.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 17 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (5), 2010s 76 (5), 2020s 73 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 9 of 15 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 16, Romance 5, Crime 3, History 3, Music 3, Thriller 3
- **Screen time:** 29 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $899m across 13 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Mulligan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36662

## Coming up

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027-02-10), as Mabel Kirke

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*She Said*](https://film.one/film/she-said.md) (73), [*Maestro*](https://film.one/film/maestro.md) (72), [*The Dig*](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md) (68)
- **Peacock:** [*The Ballad of Wallis Island*](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md) (78), [*Promising Young Woman*](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82)
- **BritBox:** [*Bleak House*](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md) (65)
- **Hulu:** [*Saltburn*](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Carey Mulligan

> Carey Mulligan is particularly good at playing women who know what they have agreed to and are still surprised by the cost. We trust her intelligence, even when the films give her too little to do.

In *Maestro* (2023), Carey Mulligan delivers a speech from a doorway, barely moving, and gives us a woman who has thought carefully about her complaint. As Felicia Montealegre, she understands the bargain of her marriage to Leonard Bernstein and is irritated to find it more expensive than expected. Bradley Cooper’s film gives her room to be clever about that disappointment. We recommend it chiefly for her, though its attention to the marriage leaves it thin on the music. The stillness works because she makes Felicia’s thinking clear without turning the speech into a demonstration of suffering.

That intelligence has become more interesting as the parts have changed. Her film debut was Kitty Bennet in Joe Wright’s *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), a warmly acted ensemble in which our attention went chiefly to Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth. The breakthrough lead in *An Education* (2009) opened a career moving between studio supporting roles and independent leads. By *Promising Young Woman* (2020), she was carrying a revenge narrative, a useful contrast to the literary and period dramas in which she is frequently cast.

Emerald Fennell’s *Saltburn* (2023) offers a smaller, less satisfying use of her. Poor Dear Pamela has stayed beyond a welcome that was never entirely offered, an uncomfortable position for Mulligan in the country-house ensemble. There is room here for the awkwardness of someone dependent on other people’s manners, but Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant supply the stronger reasons to watch. The performances cannot correct a film that keeps confusing rudeness with satire.

*The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025) gives her a more rewarding part as Nell Mortimer, singing with Tom Basden, though she is still given less to do than she deserves. Nell has deliberately left their life as a folk duo behind, and Mulligan lets her be warm without making her seem sorry for going. We were quietly moved when they first sang together in Charles’s front room, because the harmony made their shared past believable without anyone explaining it. The songs are performed in full, without cutaways instructing us to admire their effect, and provide a welcome break from the chatter. Start there if the doorway speeches are what you know her for; she is worth hearing when she gets to sing.

## Biography

Carey Mulligan is an English actor. She made her film debut in a supporting role in *Pride & Prejudice* (2005). Her breakthrough came with the leading role in *An Education* (2009), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and received an Academy Award nomination.

Mulligan has appeared in films including *Drive* (2011), *The Great Gatsby* (2013), *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), *Promising Young Woman* (2020), *Maestro* (2023) and *Saltburn* (2023). She received further Academy Award nominations for *Promising Young Woman* and *Maestro*. On stage, she made her debut in *Forty Winks* (2004) at the Royal Court Theatre and her Broadway debut in *The Seagull* (2008). She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2025 for services to drama.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (17)

- *Wildwood* (2026), Fi1m 85, as Alexandra (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wildwood.md)
- *The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025), Fi1m 78, as Nell Mortimer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md)
- *Maestro* (2023), Fi1m 72, as Felicia Montealegre — [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)
- *Saltburn* (2023), Fi1m 60, as Poor Dear Pamela — [page](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md)
- *She Said* (2022), Fi1m 73, as Megan Twohey — [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *The Dig* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Edith Pretty — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Cassandra — [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), Fi1m 87, as Jean — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Fi1m 61, as Daisy Buchanan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Drive* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Irene — [page](https://film.one/film/drive.md)
- *Shame* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Sissy — [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md)
- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), Fi1m 73, as Kathy H. — [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, as Jenny Mellor — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Public Enemies* (2009), Fi1m 64, as Carol Slayman — [page](https://film.one/film/public-enemies.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Ada Clare — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, as Sally Sparrow — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), Fi1m 82, as Kitty Bennet — [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027), as Mabel Kirke
- *Wildwood* (2026), as Alexandra (voice) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/wildwood.md)
- *The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025), as Nell Mortimer · Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-wallis-island.md)
- *Spaceman* (2024), as Lenka Procházková
- *Maestro* (2023), as Felicia Montealegre — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)
- *Saltburn* (2023), as Poor Dear Pamela — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/saltburn.md)
- *BEEF* (2023), series, as Lindsay Crane-Martín · Executive Producer
- *She Said* (2022), as Megan Twohey — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall* (2021), Actor
- *The Dig* (2021), as Edith Pretty — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *Promising Young Woman* (2020), as Cassandra · Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/promising-young-woman.md)
- *A Christmas Carol* (2020), as Belle (voice)
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again* (2019), as Amanda Seyfried
- *Wildlife* (2018), as Jeanette Brinson
- *Collateral* (2018), series, as DI Kip Glaspie
- *Mudbound* (2017), as Laura McAllan
- *Suffragette* (2015), as Maud Watts
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), as Bathsheba Everdene
- *National Theatre Live: Skylight* (2014), as Kyra Hollis
- *The Spoils of Babylon* (2014), series, as Lady Anne York
- *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013), as Jean — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-llewyn-davis.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (2013), as Daisy Buchanan — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-gatsby.md)
- *Shame* (2011), as Sissy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md)
- *Drive* (2011), as Irene — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/drive.md)
- *Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps* (2010), as Winnie Gekko
- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), as Kathy H. — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)
- *Brothers* (2009), as Cassie Willis
- *An Education* (2009), as Jenny Mellor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Public Enemies* (2009), as Carol Slayman — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/public-enemies.md)
- *The Greatest* (2009), as Rose
- *Slapper* (2008), as Susan
- *My Boy Jack* (2007), as Elsie Kipling
- *Northanger Abbey* (2007), as Isabella Thorpe
- *And When Did You Last See Your Father?* (2007), as Rachel
- *Blood on Benefits* (2007), as Emma
- *The Amazing Mrs Pritchard* (2006), series, as Emily Pritchard
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, as Ada Clare — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Pride & Prejudice* (2005), as Kitty Bennet — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride-and-prejudice-2005.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Sally Sparrow — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Doctor Who Confidential* (2005), series, Actor
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Violet Willett
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Sister Bridgid
- *An Uncivil War*, as Gloria Steinem
- *The Bell Jar*, as Mrs. Greenwood

## Gallery

- ![Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer in The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)](https://film.one/media/title/700/still-0f9575a6385c.jpg) Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer in *The Ballad of Wallis Island* (2025) — Image via TMDB
- ![Carey Mulligan as Sissy in Shame (2011)](https://film.one/media/title/6472/still-bbbfbb65333b.jpg) Carey Mulligan as Sissy in *Shame* (2011) — Image via TMDB
- ![Carey Mulligan as Kathy H. in Never Let Me Go (2010)](https://film.one/media/title/2688/still-8b9222df355c.jpg) Carey Mulligan as Kathy H. in *Never Let Me Go* (2010) — Image via TMDB
- ![The Great Gatsby breaking international box office records; Premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight - 22nd May 2013... Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' is packin](https://film.one/media/person/542/gallery-d7d79fc45f39.jpg) The Great Gatsby breaking international box office records; Premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight - 22nd May 2013... Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' is packin — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Carey_Mulligan_%288778393423%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carey Mulligan](https://film.one/media/person/542/gallery-3cbb556e6352.jpg) Carey Mulligan — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Carey_Mulligan_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Carey_Mulligan_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carey Mulligan at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of "Ballad of Wallis Island"](https://film.one/media/person/542/gallery-f19e8010577a.jpg) Carey Mulligan at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of "Ballad of Wallis Island" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2025_01_25_Sundance_Film_Festival-12_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_25_Sundance_Film_Festival-12_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carey Mulligan](https://film.one/media/person/542/gallery-08147769cb27.jpg) Carey Mulligan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2024: Best Actress (nominated), for *Maestro*
- 2021: Best Actress (nominated), for *Promising Young Woman*
- 2010: Best Actress (nominated), for *An Education*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2010: Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *An Education*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2023: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (nominated), for *She Said*
- 2010: Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (nominated)

### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- Crystal Award 2022: Crystal Award (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2021: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Promising Young Woman*
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2015: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Hollywood Actress Award 2009: Hollywood Actress Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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