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| Carey Mulligan | |
|---|---|
 Mulligan during a Q&A following the screening of An Education at the Ryerson Theatre on 25 September 2009. | |
| Born | Carey Hannah Mulligan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004-present |
Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 30 May 1985) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She made her film debut as Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005). Following her film debut, she had television roles in the BBC Charles Dickens adaptation Bleak House (2005) and the following year she appeared in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. The following year she began with roles in the one-off television dramas My Boy Jack and Northanger Abbey. The same year, she made her Broadway debut in The Seagull to critical acclaim.
At the age of 24, she gained widespread recognition for playing the role of Jenny in An Education (2009). She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Following her breakthrough role as Jenny, the same year she appeared in a string of dramatic films; Brothers and The Greatest. Mulligan's upcoming films include supporting roles in sequel to the 1987 film, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go; both films have 2010 release dates. She is currently slated to appear in five films; all the films are currently in pre-production.
Early life and career beginnings
Mulligan was born in Westminster, London, England. Her father, Stephen, was originally from Liverpool, and her mother, Nano (née Booth), a college lecturer, came from Llandeilo in West Wales. Her great-grandfather immigrated from Ireland. Mulligan has one sibling; an older brother named Owain. After Mulligan's father accepted a job, which was managing the European arm of Intercontinental Hotels, at the age of three, her family moved from England to Germany. Due to her father's job, her family lived in "expensive hotels" for eight years. During Mulligan's childhood, she and her brother attended the International School of Düsseldorf in Germany. For her high school education, she attended Woldingham School, Surrey. Mulligan stated that during her childhood she was "quite shy" and that up until the age of fifteen she had been a "tomboy". Mulligan also acknowledged that she was "quite laced" during her childhood and that she was very academic until she was fourteen, having then become more interested in acting.
Mulligan stated that after watching her brother perform in a school production of The King and I, it sparked an interest in acting. " was on stage and I was watching. And I started crying because I was too young to be in it, and they said, 'OK, fine, you can do it because you're Owen's younger sister.' And they put me in it. And from then on, it's all I've ever wanted to do." Mulligan said of her participation in school plays that:
I had wanted to act for a really long time, but other schools I had been to did not have such good drama departments. Everyone was so encouraging. You could do anything you wanted to, although you had to take it seriously. If you missed rehearsals, you were out.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Mulligan acknowledged that since the age of fourteen her mother would take her to Broadway plays in New York, which made her develop an interest in theatre, which led to her accepting a role in the Broadway play The Seagull.
In an interview with The Times she stated that, before she began professionally acting, she had once "secretly" applied to three drama schools on her UCAS form, but was rejected by all three schools. Mulligan stated that after she was rejected three times by acting schools and did not make the cut after another audition she began to question pursuing an acting career and went through a "confusing time". Aside from rejection, she'd also questioned an acting career due to her parents disapproval of pursuing a career in entertainment, remarking that her parents were insisting she attend university, preferably the University of Reading in England, believing that Mulligan's "desire would wear off". Around this time she had a brief time as a barmaid at a local pub. In 2009, Mulligan stated that she had felt that being rejected three times by the schools had a positive effect on her because it made her "realize just how much" she wanted to act.
In 2009, she stated that when she was filming Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps in New York she began considering going to acting school, preferably Juilliard in New York, but stated that her decision is still pending. In November of the same year, Mulligan stated that her grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, had 'stamped her so much', that if she ever does go to university, she would choose to study psychology to have a greater understanding of the disease.
Career
Early work
Mulligan on her choice of appearing in films"I have no desire to make a big studio picture that says nothing. For me, it's all about script. I just don't see any point in doing things that don't interest me. And my agents have been really good in steering me away from the parts that are entirely generic I love acting because it's challenging and it engages me at every level, so I'm not going to compromise those feelings to pay my tax bill - although I have in the past. For me, it may sound cliche, but it really is a passion so I will go after the roles I feel are worthwhile, and try to ignore the rest."
In 2004, when Mulligan was eighteen, she began her acting career after she won the role of Kitty Bennett in Pride & Prejudice, the 2005 film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Mulligan received the role with help from her school's headmistress stating, "I wrote to explaining that I didn't want to go to university and wanted to get in touch with " After meeting Fellowes, he introduced her to a casting agent who was looking to cast an unknown in the film. That same year she appeared, as a recurring role, 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 of ITV's Marple, and playing Emily Harrogate in the Trial & Retribution serial Sins of the Father.
In 2007 Mulligan appeared in the film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoirs of the same name, entitled And When Did You Last See Your Father?. Also in 2007, Mulligan appearing in one-off television dramas; she appeared with Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Catrall in My Boy Jack and she appeared in the adaptation of the book of the same name, Northanger Abbey; both dramas were originally broadcast on the ITV network. Derek Elley, of Variety, described Mulligan's performance in And When Did You Last See Your Father? as being "strong" and praised her for being "elusive". As well as appearing in the dramas, she also made a guest appearance in a two-part Waking the Dead episode, and played the main character, Sally Sparrow, in an episode of Doctor Who, entitled "Blink". Mulligan's guest appearance on Doctor Who earned her a Constellation Awards for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode".
Mulligan rounded out 2007 by appearing in the acclaimed 2007 revival of The Seagull. Mulligan's performance, in which she played Nina to Kristin Scott Thomas's Arkadina and Chiwetel Ejiofor's Trigorin was praised by critics. The Daily Telegraph described her performance as being "quite extraordinarily radiating'" and the Observer described her as being "almost unbearably affecting". The Independent viewed Mulligan and her performance as having been "exquisite". For her debut Broadway performance—in the 2008 United States transfer of The Seagull—she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, in the category of "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play"; but lost the award to Angela Lansbury.
Critical success
In 2009, she appeared in the film adaptation of Bryan Burrough's non-fiction book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34, Public Enemies (which along with An Education premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival) co-starring alongside Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, playing one of Dillinger's regular prostitutes. Despite Public Enemies reaching blockbuster status with the worldwide revenue of over 200 million, the film received fairly positive critic reviews. The same year, Mulligan appeared in The Greatest starring alongside Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon, playing the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who dies. Despite being screened at film festivals, the film was without a release date for a long period of time, until receiving a limited release date at the end of March in 2010. S.T. Vanairsdale of Moveline.com described Mulligan as having delivered a "great American accent" in the film.
Mulligan also appeared in Brothers, the American remake of the Danish film of the same name, co-starring Natalie Portman. Mulligan describing her role as a "small part", plays the wife of a soldier accidentally killed by one of the three lead characters in the film. Mulligan stated in an interview at the Sundance Festival that she received her role as Cassie in Brothers after sending an audition tape to the United States and while filming her scenes her dialogue was mainly improvised, referring to it as a "trial by fire". The film received mixed reviews and despite having a fair amount of revenue, the film was unable to cooperate it's $26 million budget.
In 2009, her most notable role of both the year and her career was, An Education in which she played the lead role of Jenny. Mulligan was twenty-two when she was cast as Jenny, who is sixteen to seventeen in the film. The film's creative team were initially concerned over Mulligan's casting due to the fact that she, twenty two at the time, was to portray a sixteen year old, but after seeing her screen test, felt confident about her casting. An Education initially received a limited release in the Unites States on October 9, but the following week it received a wider release, playing on 317 theaters at the most. Despite the film receiving positive reviews (Mulligan included) the film had a poor box office revenue, making only $7.4 million. Various critics praised her performance. Lisa Schwarzbaum, of Entertainment Weekly and Todd McCarthy, of Variety both compared her performance to that of Audrey Hepburn and Peter Travers, of Rolling Stone described her as having a "sensational, starmaking performance", while Claudia Puig, of USA Today felt that Mulligan had one of "the year's best" performances. Her performance also garnered her Golden Globe, Screen Actor Guide Award and Critics Choice Awards nominations.
In September 2009, Mulligan began filming scenes for her role in the Oliver Stone directed film, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, the film that co-stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin and Michael Douglas is a sequel to the 1987 film Wall Street. Mulligan stated that Stone had cast her in the film after seeing her performance in An Education. In the film, which has a mainly male cast, Mulligan has a supporting role as Winnie Gekko, the daughter of the protagonist Gordon and the love interest of Jacob; Mulligan, who has an English accent, had to speak with an American accent for her role. The film is set for an April 23, 2010 release. Mulligan reunited with her Pride and Prejudice co-star Keira Knightley and her An Education co-star Sally Hawkins in the forthcoming 2010 film Never Let Me Go. The film centres on an alternate history story of a woman who reflects on her school life on the English countryside and reunites with two of her friends as she faces "dark secrets tied to their communal past".
In January 2009, she contracted to star in a 2010 West End revival of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and is also contracted to star in a film version of the Royal Court's Seagull and Warren Beatty's next feature film. In October 2009, Mulligan signed on to star in the upcoming film entitled The Beautiful Fantastic, the film is set to begin principal photography in May 2010. Mulligan is also set to star in the 2011 film entitled The Electric Slide; the film is currently in pre-production.
Personal life
Mulligan has been dating actor and Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps co-star Shia LaBeouf since August 2009. Mulligan and LaBeouf began dating after being introduced prior to filming by Oliver Stone, the director of the film they were working on.
Mulligan acknowledged that she enjoyed her role as Elsie in My Boy Jack because she "could relate to her in every way", because in the film Elsie is vociferously opposed to her brother going to war, which is a similar feeling Mulligan had to her brother, who after graduating from Oxford University volunteered to serve with the Territorial Army in Iraq; he has since returned home.
Mulligan stated that skiing is her favorite pastime, but she chose to practice the sport less in fear of losing an acting job because of an injury, commenting: "I get more nervous of going skiing now...I don't want to go and break a leg and lose a job. So more walking now." In 2007, while in the middle of the run of the Broadway play The Seagull, Mulligan had to have an appendectomy; preventing her from being able to perform for one week. Her anticipated recovery period was three to six weeks, but she was back on stage performing after only one week, although she couldn't wear a corset while in character because of her stitches from the surgery.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Bleak House | Ada Clare | Recurring role (15 episodes) |
| 2006 | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Emily Pritchard | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
| Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father | Emily Harrogate | "Sins of the Father: Part 1" (Series 10, Episode 1) | |
| Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery | Violet Willett | ||
| 2007 | Waking The Dead | Sister Bridgid | "Wren Boys" (Series 6, Episode 1) |
| Doctor Who | Sally Sparrow | "Blink" (Series 3, Episode 10) The Constellation Awards for Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode (2008) | |
| My Boy Jack | Elsie Kipling | ||
| Northanger Abbey | Isabella Thorpe |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Berlin International Film Festival | Shooting Stars Award | None | Won |
| Digital Spy Movie Awards | Star of the Future | |||
| Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | The Seagull | Nominated |
References
- ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984-2004. Gives name at birth as "Carey Hannah Mulligan".
- ^ James Mottram (2009-11-06). "Carey Mulligan's in a class of her own". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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- Late Show With David Letterman. October 7, 2009. CBS.
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- "Brothers: Trivia". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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- "An Education: Trivia". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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- ^ Claudia Puig (2009-10-09). "'An Education' teaches a vivid lesson in life, love". USAToday.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- HFPA News (2009-12-15). "THE 67TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NOMINATIONS". GoldenGlobes.org. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- Screen Actor Guild Awards (2009-12-17). "NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 16th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®". SAGAwards.com. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- "THE 15th CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS NOMINEES". BFCA.org. 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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- Baz Bamigboye (2009-01-23). "This fame lark is quite an education". DailyMail.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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- Canwest News Service (2009-12-24). "Breakout stars of 2009". Kelowna.com. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
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External links
- BBC Bleak House profile
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