For her turn as Cassie —a brilliant former medical studentconfronting the traumas of her past — in Emerald Fennell's directorial debutPromising Young Woman,Carey Mulligan has earned her second Oscar nomination and her first in over a decade.
The 35-year-old actress was last nominated in 2010 forAn Education. Mulligan, who said she watched the nominations announcement from her home in the English countryside,spoke withThe Hollywood Reporter on Mondayshortly after the news brokethat Fennell's dark comedy was nominated for five awards — including best picture.
Did you watch the nominations announcement? I was very divided on whether I should watch or not, and then I just thought, if Emerald is nominated [for] screenplay and director, I really.
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