Full Name: Carey Hannah Mulligan
Occupation: Actress
Date of Birth: May 28, 1985
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Residence: Covent Garden, England, UK
Eye Color: Brown

- Has mentioned that she’d like to do a play every year.

- Has starred with fellow british actress Keira Knightley twice, in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Never Let Me Go”.

- Received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for “Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play” for her role in Christopher Hampton’s re-imagining of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” on Broadway.

- Has an older brother.

- Voted Best Guest Actress by Doctor Who Magazine readers for Blink.

- Has written to Kenneth Branagh for acting advice.

- Mentioned in an interview at the Sundance Film Festival that the first actor she met was Julian Fellowes who came to talk at her school. She approached him, and he introduced her to the casting director Jina Jay’s assistant; at the time, they were looking for young unknown actresses to play the younger sisters in ‘Pride and Prejudice’. It ended up being her first job.

- Born and lived in London until the age of three before moving with her family to Germany, where she attended the International School of Dusseldorf.

- Won ‘Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode’ for the Doctor Who episode ‘Blink’, at – The Constellation Awards (2008).

- Is in a relationship with Shia LaBeouf as of August 2009, having met him when they began filming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) together.

- She 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.

- Received a nomination for “Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture or miniseries” at the OFTA (Online Film & Television Association) Televion awards in 2006 for her role in “Bleak House” (2005).Was the UK recipient of the Shooting Star award from the European Film Promotion in 2009.