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...smarter about choosing her path. Mulligan took her first step toward a career in acting by writing to actor Julian Fellowes (the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Gosford Park") who had spoken at her school. "I was 17," she recalls. "I wrote...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Al Pacino, The Seagull, Keira Knightley, Shia LaBeouf, Pride & Prejudice, London, and Wall Street 2

...on, it's all I've ever wanted to do." After boarding at a Rudolf Steiner school, Mulligan got her big break after writing a letter to Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Gosford Park. Inviting her to lunch, he then introduced...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Keira Knightley, Jim Sheridan, Pride & Prejudice, Wall Street 2, Oscar, Brothers, Joe Wright, and Audrey Hepburn

...assistant she played opposite Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada." Written by Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Gosford Park," "The Young Victoria" reveals a little-known side of England's longest-serving...

In this article: Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria, Julian Fellowes, Prince Albert, Oscar, Jean-Marc Vallee, Rupert Friend, and Oxfordshire

...expected to create a buzz for 2010 releases: -Fantasy time travel drama From Time To Time reunites actress Maggie Smith with the writer/director of Gosford Park, Oscar winner Julian Fellowes. Stay Cool, a comedy with Winona Ryder, Hilary...

In this article: Oscar, Hollywood, Time travel, Everybody's Fine, Twist and Shout, The Road, The Last Station, Stay Cool, Tom Ford, and Colin Firth

...time so I tried to get into acting. " It was a visit to her school by actor-writer-director-producer Julian Fellowes, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for Gosford Park, that changed Carey's life. She wrote to him afterwards, he invited...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Julian Fellowes, Oscar, Pride and Prejudice, Wall Street 2, Bleak House, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Never Let Me Go

...the likes of Kenneth Branagh and asking for career guidance. Actually, a note to Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter for 2002's Gosford Park, led to her getting the role of giggly Kitty Bennet in 2005's Pride & Prejudice, where...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, An Education, Pride & Prejudice, Oscar, USA Today, Never Let Me Go, Keira Knightley, Oliver Stone, and Audrey Hepburn

...Jane Tennison, two best supporting actress Oscar nominations, for The Madness of George 111 and Gosford Park, winning the best actress Oscar in 2007 for The Queen. Like all theatrical Dames, she has also done her stints on Broadway, in a...

In this article: Helen Mirren, Leo Tolstoy, The Last Station, Oscar, National Theatre, London, Jay Parini, Anthony Quinn, and Christopher Plummer

...below » She has an array of honours to her name, including an Oscar, four Baftas, three Golden Globes, four Emmys and four Screen Actors Guild trophies for her roles in The Queen, Gosford Park and The Madness Of King George. "It's not...

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...ITV drama Julian Fellowes won an Oscar in 2002 Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes, best known for scripting Gosford Park and The Young Victoria, will pen a new period drama for ITV1. Set in 1912, Downton Abbey will portray the lives...

In this article: Julian Fellowes, Oscar, Gosford Park, Gosford, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Robert Altman, and Caucasus