Carey Mulligan
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Carey Hannah Mulligan[1] (born 28 May 1985) is a British actress. Her credits include the recent film Pride & Prejudice and the 2005 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House.
She got her first major appearance by playing Kitty Bennet in Pride and Prejudice alongside Keira Knightley, Judy Dench and Donald Sutherland. Mulligan also played orphan Ada Clare in the BBC television series, Bleak House. She has narrated a number of programmes for the CBeebies channel, and recently starred in the BBC's The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.
Mulligan has roles in two as yet unreleased productions: an ITV adaptation of Northanger Abbey, and a film adaptation of Blake Morrison's memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father?. She is currently filming a role in the BBC TV series Doctor Who, and will appear in the Royal Court Theatre's production of The Seagull, which opens in January 2007.
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[edit] Background
Mulligan 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.[2]
"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.". Mulligan's former drama teacher says: "We are all so proud of Carey and everything she has achieved in her career since leaving Woldingham School. We always knew she was someone special. Not only is she talented but she also has the right temperament and determination to succeed in what is a very difficult profession."
[edit] Credits
Television
- Doctor Who (2007): Unknown as yet (in production)
- Northanger Abbey (2007): Isabella Thorpe (in production)
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006): Emily Pritchard
- Trial & Retribution X: Sins of the Father (2006): Emily Harrogate
- Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006): Violet Willett
- Bleak House (2005): Ada Clare
Theatre
- The Seagull, Royal Court Theatre, West End (2007): Nina
- The Hypochondraic, Almeida Theatre (2005): Angélique
- Forty Winks, Royal Court Theatre (2004): Hermia
- Once upon a Mattress, Elgiva Theatre (2004)
- Rites, Sweet Charity, Tongues of Flame - Woldingham School
Films
- And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007): Rachel (in production) [3]
- Pride and Prejudice (2005): Kitty Bennett
[edit] References
- ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984-2004. Gives name at birth as "Carey Hannah Mulligan".
- ^ Actress Carey's pride and joy
- ^ Yahoo! Movies: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
