Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
actress. Her credits include the 2005 film
Pride & PrejudicePride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September 16, 2005 in the UK and on November 11, 2005 in...
, the 2005 BBC adaptation of
Charles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens FRSA , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short stories have never gone out of print...
' novel
Bleak HouseBleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly instalments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...
, and the well-received
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
episode
Blink"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007, and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat....
. She received a Shooting Star Award at the 2009 Berlinale.
Mulligan was born in the United Kingdom but lived in Germany until the age of eight. She has said that her passion and love for acting was first kindled at her old school
Woldingham SchoolWoldingham School is an all-girls, independent, Roman Catholic, boarding and day school in Woldingham, Surrey, United Kingdom.-History:The school was founded as the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1842 in Berrymead, London, by the Society of the Sacred Heart.The Society had been founded in France in...
, where she took part in a school production of
Sweet CharitySweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
in her final year, and where she was also a student head of drama.
Mulligan began her career with the role of Kitty Bennett in the 2005 movie version of the Jane Austen novel
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September 16, 2005 in the UK and on November 11, 2005 in...
, after she wrote a letter directly to the producers requesting a part.
Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
actress. Her credits include the 2005 film
Pride & PrejudicePride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September 16, 2005 in the UK and on November 11, 2005 in...
, the 2005 BBC adaptation of
Charles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens FRSA , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short stories have never gone out of print...
' novel
Bleak HouseBleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly instalments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...
, and the well-received
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
episode
Blink"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007, and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat....
. She received a Shooting Star Award at the 2009 Berlinale.
Background
Mulligan was born in the United Kingdom but lived in Germany until the age of eight. She has said that her passion and love for acting was first kindled at her old school
Woldingham SchoolWoldingham School is an all-girls, independent, Roman Catholic, boarding and day school in Woldingham, Surrey, United Kingdom.-History:The school was founded as the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1842 in Berrymead, London, by the Society of the Sacred Heart.The Society had been founded in France in...
, where she took part in a school production of
Sweet CharitySweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
in her final year, and where she was also a student head of drama.
Career
Mulligan began her career with the role of Kitty Bennett in the 2005 movie version of the Jane Austen novel
Pride & Prejudice
Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September 16, 2005 in the UK and on November 11, 2005 in...
, after she wrote a letter directly to the producers requesting a part. That same year she appeared in the BAFTA award-winning
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
adaption of
Charles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens FRSA , pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short stories have never gone out of print...
Bleak House as one of the orphans, Ada Clare.
Throughout 2006 she found work by appearing in the TV series
The Amazing Mrs PritchardThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard is a British drama series that aired on BBC One in 2006. Produced by Kudos, it was written by Sally Wainwright and stars Jane Horrocks in the title role of a woman with no previous political experience who becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.-Background:Sally...
opposite Jane Horrocks, as well as guest starring in "The Sittaford Mystery", and episode
ITV'sITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
MarpleMarple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role...
.
This led to substantial work in 2007 starting with roles in telemovies such as the part of Isabella Thorpe in
Northanger AbbeyNorthanger Abbey, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name, premiered on 25th March, 2007 on the UK channel ITV at 9pm, as part of their Jane Austen Season. The drama ran for two hours in the UK, 90 minutes without the breaks in the US...
and Emily Harrogate in
Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the FatherTrial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...
, guest starring in episodes of
Waking The DeadWaking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode was transmitted in September 2000 and there have been a total of...
and playing the main character, Sally Sparrow, in an episode of
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
, entitled
BlinkBlinking is the rapid closing and opening of the eyelid. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease...
.
She appeared in an acclaimed 2007 revival of
The Seagull and film adaptation of
Blake Morrison'sPhilip Blake Morrison is a British poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. He has also written a...
memoirs
And When Did You Last See Your Father?And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a 2007 British/Irish drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison.-Plot:...
. She rounded out 2007 by appearing with
Daniel RadcliffeDaniel Jacob Radcliffe is a British actor, best known for playing Harry Potter in the feature film series based on the popular book series....
and Kim Catrall in
My Boy JackMy Boy Jack is a 2007 television drama based on David Haig's 1997 play of the same name. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as Jack Kipling. It does not include act three of the play, which extended to the 1920s and 1930s. Instead it ends with Kipling...
.
For her debut Broadway performance - in the 2008 US transfer of
The Seagull - she was nominated for a
Drama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Award, presented since 1955, is the only award that recognizes excellence in shows produced in all sectors of New York theatre, including Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway and legitimate not-for-profit theaters. It is widely considered one of the top American theater awards...
.
In 2009, she appeared in the films,
Public Enemies,
An EducationAn Education is a British coming-of-age drama film based on an autobiographical memoir of the same title written by the British journalist Lynn Barber...
and
The Greatest; the latter two premiered at the 2009
Sundance Film FestivalThe Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as the Sundance Resort, the festival is the premier...
. She will appear in the film
Brothers in late 2009 and
Never Let Me GoNever Let Me Go is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Booker Prize , for the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award and for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award...
, due for release in 2010.
In 2009, Mulligan will work on
Wall Street 2 (set for a February 2010 release) in which she plays Winnie Gekko. She is attached to star in a 2010 West End revival of Chekhov's
Uncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a tragicomedy by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov published in 1899. Its first major performance was in 1900 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski.-Background:...
the film
The Electric Slide, a big screen version of the Royal Court's
Seagull and
Warren BeattyHenry Warren Beatty is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director.-Early life and education:Beatty was born Henry Warren Beaty in Richmond, Virginia's, Bellevue neighborhood...
's next feature.
Filmography
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Format |
| 2004 |
Forty Winks |
Celia/Hermia |
Royal Court TheatreThe Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
|
| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...
|
Pride & PrejudicePride & Prejudice is a 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name. This second major motion-picture was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Joe Wright and based on a screenplay by Deborah Moggach. It was released on September 16, 2005 in the UK and on November 11, 2005 in...
|
Kitty Bennett |
Film In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening...
|
| Bleak House |
Ada Clare |
TV series |
| The Hypochondraic |
Angélique |
Almeida TheatreThe Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival...
|
| 2006 |
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts |
|
Operating Theatre Company (rehearsed reading) |
| Marple: The Sittaford Mystery |
Violet Willett |
TV movie |
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard The Amazing Mrs Pritchard is a British drama series that aired on BBC One in 2006. Produced by Kudos, it was written by Sally Wainwright and stars Jane Horrocks in the title role of a woman with no previous political experience who becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.-Background:Sally...
|
Emily Pritchard |
TV Series |
| Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...
|
Emily Harrogate |
TV movie |
| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
|
The Seagull |
Nina |
Royal Court |
Waking The DeadWaking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode was transmitted in September 2000 and there have been a total of...
|
Sister Bridgid |
Season 6, Episode 1 - "The Wren Boys" |
Northanger AbbeyNorthanger Abbey, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name, premiered on 25th March, 2007 on the UK channel ITV at 9pm, as part of their Jane Austen Season. The drama ran for two hours in the UK, 90 minutes without the breaks in the US...
|
Isabella Thorpe |
TV movie |
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
|
Sally Sparrow |
Season 3, Episode 10 - "Blink"Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007, and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat....
" |
| Life Class |
Elinor |
BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967.-Outline:...
|
ArcadiaArcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge.-Synopsis:...
|
Chloe |
BBC Radio 4 |
| And When Did You Last See Your Father? And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a 2007 British/Irish drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison.-Plot:...
|
Rachel |
Film |
| My Boy Jack My Boy Jack is a 2007 television drama based on David Haig's 1997 play of the same name. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as Jack Kipling. It does not include act three of the play, which extended to the 1920s and 1930s. Instead it ends with Kipling...
|
Elsie Kipling |
TV movie |
| 2008 |
The Seagull |
Nina |
Broadway transfer |
| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...
|
The Greatest |
Rose |
Film |
| An Education An Education is a British coming-of-age drama film based on an autobiographical memoir of the same title written by the British journalist Lynn Barber...
|
Jenny |
Film
Hollywood Breakthrough Performance |
| Public Enemies |
Carole |
Film |
| Brothers |
Cassie Willis |
Film |
| 2010 The year 2010 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-2010:...
|
Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go is a 2010 sci-fi, drama, thriller film based on a novel of same name written by Kazuo Ishiguro. It is directed by Mark Romanek and stars Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. Alex Garland wrote the screenplay for the film. The film is produced...
|
Kathy |
Film |
| Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is an upcoming 2010 American drama/thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. The film is a sequel to the 1987 Academy Award-winning film Wall Street, and the first sequel Stone intended to direct. Michael Douglas will reprise his role as Gordon Gekko in the film...
|
Winnie Gekko |
Film |
Awards
- 2009 - Berlinale, Shooting Star Award
- 2008 - The Constellation Awards, Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode: Doctor Who: Blink
External links