▲Mulligan had a minor role alongside A-list names like Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard.

▲Mulligan has a minor role in this thriller starring Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey Maguire.

▲This film tells the story of a broken family brought together by hope. It also stars Hollywood veterans Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan.

▲'Never Let Me Go' tells the story of friends Kathy (Mulligan), Ruth (Keira Knightley), and Tommy (Andrew Garfield). The three battle through a love triangle, pursue careers in the arts, and learn that they are not exactly human.

▲Mulligan landed the lead role of Jenny Mellor, a young girl aspiring to study at Oxford University. With this role, she landed her first Oscar nomination!

▲Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender play brother and sister in this film tackling sex addiction and rough childhoods.

▲Mulligan plays Michael Douglas' estranged daughter in this American drama. The film also stars Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, and Josh Brolin.

▲The 2015 adaptation of 'Far from the Madding Crowd' was the fourth film version of the 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy. Mulligan plays the lead role of Bathsheba Everdene, a young farm girl from Dorset, England who falls for her new neighbor.

▲In this dark comedy, Mulligan plays Jean Berkey, a married woman who has an affair with struggling musician Llewyn Davis.

▲'Suffragette' is another film where Mulligan plays the lead. Maud Watts is a young laundry worker who gets caught up in a protest while carrying out a delivery, ultimately committing herself to the women's suffrage movement.

▲'Mudbound' is a period drama set in 1939 that tells the story of two families forced to join forces after a loss.

▲This 2013 adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald's also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, and Elizabeth Debicki.

▲'Collateral' is a four-part BBC Two/Netflix police series. Mulligan plays Kip Glaspie, the lead detective inspector.

▲'Wildlife' sees a young boy experience his parents' marriage fall apart in the 1960s. The parents are played by Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal.

▲Mulligan was Emily Pritchard, the daughter to supermarket manager-turned-prime minister Jane Pritchard in the 2006 film 'The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.'

▲The actress had a minor side role in two episodes of this detective series.

▲Mulligan stars in two episodes of the BBC show.

▲Mulligan plays the main character's daughter in this TV movie. The film tells the story of new arrivals in an English village who become suspects in a murder.

▲This TV film is a biography of Jack Kipling, the son of poet Rudyard, who joins the Royal Navy. Mulligan plays Elsie Kipling, the lead character's sister.

▲Mulligan played Kitty Bennet alongside Keira Knightley in the award-winning movie in 2005.

▲Mulligan plays Isabella Thorpe, the lead character's good friend, in this Jane Austen adaptation.

▲Mulligan stars in the 'Blink' episode of the popular sci-fi series. Her character Sally Sparrow helps the Doctor save angels from an abandoned house.

▲The actress played Nina in Anton Chekhov's 1895 play 'The Seagull.' The play was showcased in Royal Court Theatre in 2007, and Broadway Walter Kerr Theatre in 2008.

▲Mulligan plays a single mother with a husband in jail. The film, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, also stars Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, and Ron Perlman.

▲'Skylight' is a play by British dramatist David Hare. Mulligan plays the lead role of Kyra Hollis, a school teacher with a close bond to a family known as the Sergeants. For her efforts, she was nominated for a Tony Award.

▲In the same year, Mulligan starred in 15 episodes of the TV adaptation of 'Bleak House' as lead character Ada Clare, an orphan and heir to a huge fortune.

▲Mulligan plays Lady Anne York in the 'The Spoils of Babylon,' a short American TV comedic series. The show also stars Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Val Kilmer, Jessica Alba, Michael Sheen, and Will Ferrell.

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Mulligan plays Cassie, the promising young woman in question in this black comedy thriller. The film also stars Alison Brie and Bo Burnham.

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An adaptation of the 2007 novel of the same name, this British drama reimagines the story of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo on the grounds of a wealthy landowner, played by Mulligan.

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Mulligan earned her second Best Actress nomination ever for her role as the brilliant former medical student who confronts the traumas of her past.

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From an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for 2009's 'An Education' to a Tony Award nom in 2015 for Best Leading Actress in a Play for 'Skylight,' and then starring in the BBC Two/Netflix co-production 'Collateral' in 2018, Carey Mulligan's career has undoubtedly been on the rise over the past decade and then some. Of course, she also recently added yet another Oscar nom for Best Actress to the list, this time for 'Promising Young Woman' (2020).

In this gallery, we look back at her impressive career. Click on to enjoy a ride over 15 years in the making!