Orange Rising Star Award

nominees:

Carey Mulligan

biography

Mulligan has garnered much critical acclaim for her role in An Education, written by Nick Hornby. The film made its debut at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews referencing Mulligan as the breakout star to watch in 2009. In the last six months alone, Mulligan has received the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award at the 2009 Hollywood Film Festival, the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress and was recently named Best Actress by the National Board of Review and the Washington Film Critics Association, for her role in the film.

Mulligan will next been seen in The Greatest, starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan. She also recently completed production on Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to the 1987 film, in which she starred alongside previous Orange Rising Star winner Shia LaBeouf. In Autumn 2010 Mulligan will also star in Never Let Me Go based on the award-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.

filmography

• And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

• Public Enemies (2009)

• Brothers (2010)

what people are saying

• Carey Mulligan should win Rising Star award, her acting is subtle but fantastic. : Mary Wright
• Finished watching 'An Education' when I should be sleeping. Carey Mulligan was exemplary. I also realize Im a fan of 60s hairstyles. now bed @jasonlarge
• An Education is fantastic. Carey Mulligan... I love you. @sarahactually
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2010 nominees

• Jesse Eisenberg
• Nicholas Hoult
• Carey Mulligan
• Tahar Rahim
• Kristen Stewart

the award

• the judging panel
• previous winners
• the inspiration