Good heavens.
From a breakthrough performance in a classic film,
an iconic Doctor Who episode…
Oh, my God. It's turning out the light.
…to a film about a landmark excavation in Suffolk,
Carey Mulligan has an amazing filmography.
I love it.
To honour her appearance in Netflix's The Dig,
let's take a look at the work which led her there
on her road to Netflix.
Should we take a look at them then?
Mulligan's film debut came in 2005
with Joe Wright's adaptation of Regency classic Pride and Prejudice.
Oh, Mr Bennett…
She played Kitty Bennett, the fourth Bennett daughter,
alongside Keira Knightley's Elizabeth and Rosamund Pike's Jane.
In 2006,
she was in BBC drama The Amazing Mrs Pritchard,
playing the eldest daughter of a woman
who suddenly and unexpectedly becomes prime minister.
Now, if you've ever watched Doctor Who, then you'll know this episode very well.
"Blink" is a classic episode of the iconic British sci-fi series.
It's also an unusual one
in that the protagonist was played by someone other than David Tennant,
who was the titular doctor at the time.
-Who's the doctor? -He's the doctor.
Yep, that's me.
Mulligan's Sally Sparrow spends the episode trying to figure out
what the deal is with these creepy angel statues.
2009 brought with it Mulligan's breakout movie role in An Education…
You are aware, I take it, that the Jews killed our Lord?
And you are aware, I suppose, that our Lord was Jewish.
…which follows the story of an intelligent schoolgirl
who becomes involved with an older man.
Unfortunately for her, that older man is not everything he seems.
It was a hugely sought-after role.
More than 100 women reportedly auditioned for it.
She drew rave reviews for her performance,
which also won Mulligan a BAFTA for Best Actress
and her first Oscar nomination.
The next year brought with it two more huge projects.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
was the 2010 sequel to the original Wall Street film.
Mulligan played Winnie Gekko,
the daughter of Michael Douglas's infamous Gordon Gekko.
Her other big project of 2010 was Never Let Me Go,
a film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed novel.
The producers initially had difficulty casting the role of Kathy H…
So not right.
…who is both the protagonist and the narrator.
That was until they saw Mulligan in An Education.
It turned out, she was a huge fan of the original book
and enthusiastically accepted the role,
acting once again alongside Keira Knightley
and a pre-Spider-Man Andrew Garfield.
Next in her filmography is 2011's Drive,
starring alongside Ryan Gosling's getaway driver,
as Irene, the young mother living next door.
Hi.
She starred in another critically-acclaimed film that year.
Shame saw her play Sissy, the younger, troubled sister
of an executive with a secret life as a sex addict,
played by Michael Fassbender.
In 2013, Mulligan played one of fiction's best-known flappers
when she took on the role of Daisy Buchanan
in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
I'm certainly glad to see you again.
Mulligan made a return to the stage in 2014,
playing schoolteacher Kyra Hollis in the revival of Skylight.
The revival was a huge success,
going from London's West End to Broadway
and winning numerous awards on both sides of the Atlantic,
with Mulligan also picking up a Tony nomination for Best Actress.
2015 brought Mulligan back to period dramas
and an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd.
It is my intention to astonish you all.
Her first Netflix project came in 2017
when she starred in Dee Rees's Oscar-nominated Mudbound,
a film about racism and PTSD in post-World War II Mississippi.
Mulligan again received rave reviews,
this time for her performance as a wife at the centre of a family in crisis
in 2018's Wildlife.
Jean! Are you moving in with him?
The film was actor Paul Dano's directorial debut
and arrived on Netflix in 2020.
Hey.
I said, what are you doing?
2020's Promising Young Woman
is one of Mulligan's most talked-about films,
and another which saw her gain critical acclaim.
She also served as executive producer on the film…
That's me.
…which follows the story of a young woman looking for revenge.
And that brings us to 2021…
There's more. There's much more.
…and Netflix's own The Dig.
Mulligan stars alongside Ray Fiennes and Lily James
in the film about the excavation
of Sutton Hoo.
And you can catch The Dig now streaming on Netflix.
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