Carey Hannah Mulligan was born on May 28, 1985 in Westminster, London, England. At the age of three she moved to Germany where her father got a job managing a hotel. Growing up there, Carey has stated that she was quite shy growing up and was very much a tomboy until the age of 15.

Carey caught the acting bug after watching a performance of her brother Owain in a school production of "The King and I". She took part in a school production of "Sweet Charity" in her final year. She was also a student head of drama. Carey applied to three different drama schools but was rejected on every one. She has said that those negative experiences just fueled her passion to act even more.

In 2004, Carey got the role of Kitty Bennent in the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice". The film also starred the likes of Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike and Jenna Malone to name a few. That same year, Carey had a recurring role on the BBC adaptation "Bleak House". Her other television credits include "The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard" and tv movie "Northanger Abbey" for Granada Television, and played Daniel Radcliffe's brother in "My Boy Jack".

In 2007, Carey appeared in the film "And when did you last see your father?" based on the memoir by Blake Morrison. Derek Elley, of Variety, described Mulligan's performance in And When Did You Last See Your Father? as being "strong" and praised her for being "elusive".

In 2009, her most notable role of both the year and her career was, An Education in which she played the lead role of Jenny. Carey said about her role "There were older men who used to come in. One guy had a red Ferrari, and one night, when I gave him his check, he signed it 'Dinner?' I freaked out! I was definitely not Jenny; she was bolder than I was. She had more to escape from".The critics praised Carey in the film. Lisa Schwarzbaum, of Entertainment Weekly and Todd McCarthy, of Variety both compared her performance to that of Audrey Hepburn. Peter Travers, of Rolling Stone described her as having a "sensational, starmaking performance", while Claudia Puig, of USA Today felt that Mulligan had one of "the year's best" performances. The role has earned a Golden Globe nomination, a BAFTA nomination, Screen Actors Guild nomination, a Critic's Choice Award nomination, A British Independent Film Awards nomination, a National Board of Review nomination and wait for it...an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Carey has also be nominated for the Rising Star Award at the BAFTA Awards. Her other movie credits include Public Enemies opposite Johnny Depp, Jim Sheridan's Brothers, The Greatest co-starring Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan and Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps with Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf.

She has been dating her Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps co-star Shia LaBeouf since filming began of August 2009. Carey has also stated that she is thinking about applying to Juillaird. She has also said that she would like to do a play every year. Its said that when her and Shia started dating that she was a huge flirt never planning on putting out. The two had several dates and she was more then freindly holding his hand doing lots of kissing but it usually stopped right there. She and Shia would spend hours making out and she would even allow him to fill her up fondling her tits kissing her neck and sucking on her ears. However whenever Shia would try sliding his hands down her pants she would always stop him saying that she just wants ready for that. It wasnt until the two were almost completely done filming that she finally gave in and let Shia have her fully mind and body. Though it didnt come without a price its said that Shia had to give her the best night on the town dinner and a show. The wrapped up at a loft Shia was renting were the two started as they usually do making out getting hot and heavy. The difference it wasnt Shia who tried to get in ger pants. Before he even knew what was going on she was wearing some sexy lingerie pulling his cock out. The two ended up fucking all night and in fact were late to the next day of filming were co-stars claim the two were very tired and more into each other then doing the scenes they had ready to shoot that day.