British Actresses You Should Know: Carey Mulligan

British actress Carey Mulligan has been gracing big and small screens with notable performances since 2005. The wide range of genres on her resume, from classic literary adaptations and indie black comedies to TV crime drama and wartime tragedies, suggests that Mulligan isn’t afraid of an acting challenge (or an American accent).

At the age of 35, Carey’s already received nominations for most major acting prizes including the Oscar, Tony, Screen Actor’s Guild, and Golden Globe awards.  And with her gutsy performance in the 2020 revenge tale, Promising Young Woman causing award buzz this season, she may bring home some hardware very soon.

Let’s look at a sampling of Carey’s roles over the past fifteen years.

Pride and Prejudice

This 2005 big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel was helmed by Atonement and Darkest Hour director Joe Wright. Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen star as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, that great couple of English literature who I doubt I need to describe any further here.

In her screen debut, Mulligan plays Kitty Bennet, the fourth of the five Bennet sisters. She’s basically a giggly, shallow, boy-crazy teenager who’s not quite as reckless as her baby sister, Lydia.