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I didn't work for a year after Wall Street. I finished that in November, and then it was the following October that I did Drive, so I took a year off. I didn't do anything at all, really. I just hung around.

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Carey Mulligan
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: May 28
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City of Westminster
Carey Hannah Mulligan
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