Carey Mulligan Age, Husband, Net Worth & Biography

Carey Mulligan is 41 years old. Born Carey Hannah Mulligan on 28 May 1985 in London, England, she is one of the most acclaimed British actresses of her generation, with three Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award to her name. From her breakout in An Education (2009) to Promising Young Woman (2020) and Maestro (2023), she has built a career on fearless, precisely observed performances across film, television and the stage.

Carey Mulligan Quick Facts

Full Name	Carey Hannah Mulligan
Date of Birth	28 May 1985
Age	41 years old
Birthplace	London, England
Husband	Marcus Mumford (married 2012)
Children	3
Occupation	Actress
Net Worth	Approx. $12 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	An Education, Promising Young Woman, Maestro

Who Is Carey Mulligan?

Carey Mulligan is an English actress whose performances have earned her three Academy Award nominations for Best Actress — for An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020) and Maestro (2023) — and a BAFTA Award for An Education. She has starred in some of the most talked-about films of the last two decades, from Drive and The Great Gatsby to She Said, and she is equally at home on stage, where she earned a Tony Award nomination for Skylight on Broadway.

Mulligan is known for choosing difficult, complex roles and for disappearing into them — whether as a 1960s schoolgirl, a vengeful former medical student, or Leonard Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre. She is married to Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford & Sons, and she is an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society and for War Child. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2025 for services to drama.

Carey Mulligan’s Early Life & Background

Carey Hannah Mulligan was born on 28 May 1985 in London, England, to Nano Booth, a university lecturer from Llandeilo in Wales, and Stephen Mulligan, a hotel manager of Irish descent from Liverpool. Her parents had met while working in a hotel. When she was three, the family moved to West Germany, where she attended the International School of Düsseldorf, and at eight she moved back to the United Kingdom, where she was educated at Woldingham School in Surrey.

Mulligan’s interest in acting began at the age of six, when she watched her older brother perform in a school production of The King and I. At 16 she saw Kenneth Branagh perform on stage, which strengthened her ambition to act, though her parents wanted her to go to university. A turning point came when writer Julian Fellowes gave a lecture at Woldingham School; she wrote to him afterwards, and he helped her get an audition for Pride & Prejudice (2005). Between early jobs she worked as a pub barmaid and as an errand-runner for Ealing Studios.

Carey Mulligan’s Career

Mulligan made her stage debut in Forty Winks at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004, and her film debut as Kitty Bennet in Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice (2005), alongside Keira Knightley. The same year she made her television debut as Ada Clare in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House, and in 2007 she appeared in the television film Northanger Abbey and in the Doctor Who episode “Blink”, a performance that won her a Constellation Award. She made her Broadway debut in 2008 as Nina in The Seagull, earning a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Her breakthrough came in 2009 with An Education, in which she played Jenny Mellor, a schoolgirl drawn into a relationship with an older man. The performance won her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and her first Academy Award nomination. She followed it with Never Let Me Go (2010), again with Knightley, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive (2011) opposite Ryan Gosling, and Steve McQueen’s Shame (2011) opposite Michael Fassbender. In 2013 she played Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, and starred in the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. She returned to the stage in David Hare’s Skylight in the West End in 2014 and on Broadway in 2015, earning a Tony Award nomination, and played Bathsheba Everdene in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) and Maud Watts in Suffragette (2015).

In recent years Mulligan has continued to take on leading roles in acclaimed films and television. She starred in the Netflix drama Mudbound (2017), played the lead in Paul Dano’s Wildlife (2018), and headlined the BBC and Netflix series Collateral (2018) as Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie. Her performance in Promising Young Woman (2020), which she also executive produced, brought her a second Academy Award nomination and a Critics’ Choice Award win. She starred as Edith Pretty in The Dig (2021) alongside Lily James, played journalist Megan Twohey in She Said (2022), and earned her third Academy Award nomination as Felicia Montealegre in Maestro (2023). She also appeared in Saltburn (2023), Spaceman (2024) and The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025), and in 2026 she starred in and produced the second season of the Netflix series Beef, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She has joined Greta Gerwig’s film Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, and she voices the main villain in Laika’s animated film Wildwood.

Facts About Carey Mulligan

• She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress three times — for An Education, Promising Young Woman and Maestro.
• She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for An Education (2009), her breakout role.
• She met her husband, Marcus Mumford, as a child — they were childhood pen pals before reconnecting as adults.
• She has been an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society since 2012 and for War Child since 2014.
• She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2025 for services to drama.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Carey Mulligan?

Carey Mulligan is 41 years old. She was born on 28 May 1985 in London, England.

What is Carey Mulligan’s net worth?

Carey Mulligan’s net worth is approximately $12 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth (2026). That figure is separate from her husband Marcus Mumford’s net worth of $10 million.

Who is Carey Mulligan’s husband?

Carey Mulligan’s husband is Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons. They married on 21 April 2012 and have three children together. The couple were childhood pen pals before reconnecting as adults.

What movies is Carey Mulligan known for?

Carey Mulligan is best known for An Education (2009), Drive (2011), The Great Gatsby (2013), Promising Young Woman (2020) and Maestro (2023). She has also starred in Never Let Me Go, Shame, Far from the Madding Crowd, Mudbound, Wildlife and She Said.

How many Oscar nominations does Carey Mulligan have?

Carey Mulligan has three Academy Award nominations, all for Best Actress: An Education (2009), Promising Young Woman (2020) and Maestro (2023). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for An Education.

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