Who is Carey Mulligan?
Carey Hannah Mulligan is a British actress. Her first major appearance was playing Kitty Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005) alongside Keira Knightley, Judi Dench, and Donald Sutherland. Carey also played orphan Ada Clare in the BBC television series Bleak House (2005).
Carey has said that her passion and love for acting was first kindled at her old school Woldingham School, where she took part in a school production of "Sweet Charity" in her final year, and where she was also a student head of drama.
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- Ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.
- Applied to three different drama schools at age 17 but was turned down by all.
- Worked as a pub barmaid and studio runner between acting jobs.
- Was inspired to become an actor at age 16 after seeing a performance of Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh.
- Sang the lead female vocal on the title track of Belle & Sebastian's "Write About Love" album, released in October 2010.