Carey Mulligan looks sensational in a sophisticated black gown as she attends The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening in London
Carey Mulligan showed off her incredible figure in a black gown at The Ballad of Wallis Island film screening at the Ham Yard Hotel, in London on Wednesday.
The actress, 40, who plays Nell Mortimer in the new movie, looked amazing in the sophisticated backless number which boasted an eye catching scoop neckline.
Carey added inches to her frame in a pair of towering heels and accessorised with a pair of dazzling drop earrings.
She was all smiles as she posed on the red carpet before being joined by director James Griffiths and her co-stars Tim Key and Tom Basden.
The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim), an eccentric lottery winner living alone on a remote island, who dreams of reuniting his favourite musicians, Nell Mortimer (Carey) and Herb McGwyer (Tom), to perform together again.
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His fantasy becomes reality when the bandmates—who are also former lovers—accept his invitation for a private show on Wallis Island. But old tensions resurface as Charles desperately tries to salvage his dream gig.
It comes after Carey sweetly recalled being pen pals with her husband Marcus Mumford when they were children.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain last year, she recalled meeting Marcus at a summer camp when they were children.
They stayed in touch through letters before losing contact for about 10 years. The couple later reconnected when Carey was 24, and they married in 2012.
Speaking on GMB she said: 'We ended up going to the same summer camp when we were kids so we became pen pals after and that's how we kept in touch, we didn't have phones!'
'We used to fax a bit when fax machines were cool! We need to get kids back doing the pen pal thing again. It's a good thing.'
'Then there was about 10 years when we lost touch and then we reconnected.'
Presenter Richard Madeley then quipped: 'It was written in the stars!'
The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim), an eccentric lottery winner living alone on a remote island, who dreams of reuniting his favourite musicians, Nell Mortimer (Carey) and Herb McGwyer (Tom), to perform together again
The show then flashed up a video of Marcus carrying her down a hallway on their wedding day as she gushed: 'Oh look at us. That was because my shoes were so unbelievably painful I couldn't walk.'
'So I just said I'm done you will have to carry me. And then he put me down and was huffing and puffing.'
Carey and Marcus now have three children: Evelyn, 8; Wilfred, 5; and a third child born in September 2023, whose name has not been revealed.
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