Carey Mulligan has had an astounding career. She shines in beloved films like Pride & Prejudice , Drive , and Inside Llewyn Davis , and has taken on the works of great playwrights like Chekov and Molière from the West End to Broadway. But she first held her own – and earned her first Oscar nomination – for An Education , a film based on the shocking memoir of journalist Lynn Barber. Mulligan stars as Jenny, a 16-year-old girl with a love of music and French in 1960s London . Jenny has all the markings of a teen of her time. She’s relatively sheltered and is becoming increasingly aware of it. She sneaks cigarettes with friends to feel rebellious, but for the most part, is bright and obedient. Her only struggles are Latin and pleasing her upt
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