Carey Hannah Mulligan born May 28 1985 is an English actress She has received numerous accolades including a British Academy Film Award and a Critics Choice Movie Award in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards two Golden Globe Awards four Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award Mulligan made her professional acting debut on stage in the 2004 Kevin Elyot play Forty Winks at the Royal Court Theatre Her film debut came with a supporting role in the romantic drama Pride Prejudice 2005 followed by roles in television including the drama series Bleak House 2005 and the television film Northanger Abbey 2007 She also played Sally Sparrow in the Doctor Who episode Blink Mulligan made her Broadway debut in the 2008 revival of the Anton Chekhov play The Seagull which earned her an Ian Charleson Commendation Award Mulligans breakthrough role came as a 1960s schoolgirl in the comingofage drama film An Education 2009 for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and gained her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress She continued as an established actor with roles in the dystopian romance Never Let Me Go 2010 action drama Drive 2011 which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role erotic drama Shame 2011 romantic drama The Great Gatsby 2013 and the black comedydrama Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 In 2015 Mulligan was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of David Hares Skylight In 2018 she starred in the Netflix limited series Collateral and Paul Danos acclaimed drama film Wildlife For her portrayal of a vigilante in the thriller Promising Young Woman 2020 Mulligan received widespread praise and a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress