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Carey, Carey, Quite Contrary

Carey Mulligan became a star by playing ingenues. But with her gritty new role as Sissy in Shame, the British actress proves there’s a lot more to her than meets the eye. Click here to read the interview.

By Lynn Hirschberg
Photographs by Michael Thompson
Styled by Edward Enninful

January 2012

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By Lynn Hirschberg
Photographs by Michael Thompson
Styled by Edward Enninful

January 2012

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Carey, Carey, Quite Contrary

Carey Mulligan became a star by playing ingenues. But with her gritty new role as Sissy in Shame, the British actress proves there’s a lot more to her than meets the eye. Click here to read the interview.