Carey Mulligan awarded CBE at Windsor Castle
Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan has been awarded a CBE by King Charles at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.
A star of films such as An Education, The Great Gatsby and Drive, she was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her services to drama.
Receiving the award, she said: "I feel so unbelievably lucky to get to do a job that I really, really love.
"To have this kind of recognition on top, is just sort of extraordinary to me."
Mulligan was among a number of people who attended investitures in Windsor on Tuesday.
They included Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust, Adm Sir Tony Radakin, former Chief of the Defence Staff, Valerie Lolomari, a female genital mutilation survivor and campaigner, and Jonathan Davies, the former Welsh rugby player and presenter.
Mulligan, 40, is set to appear in Greta Gerwig's Netflix film adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia later this year alongside Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep.
Speaking at Windsor, Mulligan said working on the film, titled Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, had been a "dream job".
She was also asked who would be best to take over as the next James Bond from co-star Craig. "Oh, my gosh, that's so hard. Really hard, isn't it?" she said.
"He's got big shoes to fill. I think the thing about Daniel is that he was an extraordinary actor, I don't think he was sort of the person you would have thought of for that part.
"I think the main thing is it's just got to be someone who's an incredible actor."
Mulligan most recently featured in Bafta-nominated film, The Ballad of Wallis Island, alongside Tim Key and Tom Basden.
She has also appeared in a number of other critically-acclaimed films, earning Oscar best actress nominations for Bradley Cooper's Maestro and Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman.
She won a Bafta in 2010 for best leading actress and an Oscar nomination following her portrayal of a schoolgirl in the coming-of-age drama An Education.
The actress, from London, has also been in a number of TV series and plays.