Carey Mulligan

...England. Already nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, an Oscar nod is now a very real possibility (Ladbroke's make her second favourite at 5-1 to win Best Actress, behind Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia). No wonder...

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...& Lies). Clearly these last-minute moves speak to how sparse the Best Actress race is this year-Julie & Julia's Meryl Streep, An Education's Carey Mulligan, and Precious' Gabourey Sidibe are likely in, leaving two slots for the taking. But can...

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...living a double life for the last 20 years." AWARDS DAILY • Scott Feinberg ranks Mulligan in second place in the best-actress race, according to his newly updated Oscar forecasts. He's got Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") out front.

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...Mulligan in "An Education." Carey Mulligan in An Education: And she might even win, this almost total unknown, for her remarkably assured performance as a teenager who's not as mature as she thinks she is. But even if she doesn't win, she...

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...in a sleepy, uptight, not-yet-swinging London, the temptation is too huge to pass up. Mulligan may be "An Education's" star attraction (and may well derail Meryl Streep's "Julie & Julia" Best Actress Oscar hopes next year), but every role...

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...for her role, behind Meryl Streep (4-1 for Julie & Julia). Yesterday Mulligan admitted to googling herself and said that she was still considering reapplying to drama school. "I was in New York last week and walked past Juilliard and I...

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...far. As we wrote from Telluride, the lineup looks sure to include Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia," newcomer Carey Mulligan in "An Education" and now Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious," another newcomer gaining well-deserved momentum. Should...

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...and he backed off, saying he doesn't want to be jinxed this early, particularly by bloggers already predicting a potential win by Mulligan, whose film doesn't even hit theaters until Oct. 9. He had no comment when I predicted a Golden Globe...

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