Best Known As: Film Actor

Gist:  Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. Prior to her breakout role as Jenny in An Education (2009), her credits include the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice, the 2005 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, and the well-received Doctor Who episode Blink. She received a Shooting Stars Award at the 2009 Berlinale.

Life Facts:  Mulligan began her career with the role of Kitty Bennett in the 2005 movie version of the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice, after being introduced to a casting agent by Julian Fellowes, whom she met after writing to him. That same year she appeared in the BAFTA award-winning BBC adaption of Charles Dickens Bleak House as one of the orphans, Ada Clare.

Throughout 2006 she found work by appearing in the TV series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard opposite Jane Horrocks, as well as guest starring in "The Sittaford Mystery", an episode ITV's of Marple.

This led to substantial work in 2007 starting with roles in telemovies such as the part of Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey and Emily Harrogate in Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father, guest starring in episodes of Waking The Dead and playing the main character, Sally Sparrow, in an episode of Doctor Who, entitled Blink.

She appeared in an acclaimed 2007 revival of The Seagull and film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father?. She rounded out 2007 by appearing with Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Catrall in My Boy Jack.

For her debut Broadway performance - in the 2008 US transfer of The Seagull - she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

In 2009, she appeared in the films, Public Enemies, An Education and The Greatest; the latter two premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She will appear in the film Brothers in late 2009 and Never Let Me Go, 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 Vanya, the film The Electric Slide, a big screen version of the Royal Court's Seagull and Warren Beatty's next feature.

Career Facts:  Mulligan began her career with the role of Kitty Bennett in the 2005 movie version of the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice, after being introduced to a casting agent by Julian Fellowes, whom she met after writing to him. That same year she appeared in the BAFTA award-winning BBC adaption of Charles Dickens Bleak House as one of the orphans, Ada Clare.

Throughout 2006 she found work by appearing in the TV series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard opposite Jane Horrocks, as well as guest starring in "The Sittaford Mystery", an episode ITV's of Marple.

This led to substantial work in 2007 starting with roles in telemovies such as the part of Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey and Emily Harrogate in Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father, guest starring in episodes of Waking The Dead and playing the main character, Sally Sparrow, in an episode of Doctor Who, entitled Blink.

She appeared in an acclaimed 2007 revival of The Seagull and film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father?. She rounded out 2007 by appearing with Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Catrall in My Boy Jack.

For her debut Broadway performance - in the 2008 US transfer of The Seagull - she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

In 2009, she appeared in the films, Public Enemies, An Education and The Greatest; the latter two premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She will appear in the film Brothers in late 2009 and Never Let Me Go, 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 Vanya, the film The Electric Slide, a big screen version of the Royal Court's Seagull and Warren Beatty's next feature.