Being an in-demand actress means busy work days and glitzy film premieres.
But according to Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, nothing takes priority over bathtime with her children, Evelyn, five, and Wilfred, three, whom she shares with Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford, 34.
The star, 35, is pegged to win the Best Actress award at The Oscars on Sunday for her portrayal of vengeful medical student, Cassie, in Promising Young Woman.
Family: Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan says nothing takes priority over bath time with her children, Evelyn, 5, and Wilfred, 3, whom she shares with husband Marcus (pictured in 2015)
But the actress said she always leaves her character at the door when she returns home as nothing gets in the way of time spent with her children.
She said to The Mirror on Saturday: ‘I feel very strongly about my job and I love my job and it’s the best job in the world, but also, it is a job.
‘It can’t be more important than when I have to get home and have to do bathtime. Someone said the other day, “Did you bring Cassie home with you?”
‘And I was like, “The nails I brought home, the hair extensions I brought home, but everything else, you can’t bring that into a house with two kids. You’ve got to leave all of that stuff at work. So I think it’s a system that works for me for now.”‘
Role: The star, 35, is pegged to win the Best Actress award at The Oscars on Sunday for her portrayal of vengeful medical student, Cassie, in Promising Young Woman
The star also revealed that acclaimed actress Nicole Kidman inspired her recent work as she called the Oscar winner, 53, ‘extraordinary, charming, enticing, and terrifying’.
Carey received her first nomination from the prestigious awards ceremony in 2009 for her performance in An Education.
As is traditional, last year’s winners will be returning to present the prizes this year — meaning Brad Pitt, Laura Dern, Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix and Parasite director Bong Joon Ho will be at the LA ceremony.
Candid: She spoke to The Mirror about her family on Saturday and said: ”It can’t be more important than when I have to get home and have to do bathtime’
What is planned for this year’s Oscars is a pared-back, part-virtual version of the ceremony in three different countries, with partying banned and a distinctly dour selection of nominated films to boot.
The ceremony starts at 5pm on Sunday U.S. time so it will be after 1am on Monday in the UK before a single envelope is opened.
MailOnline’s Alison Boshoff explained that the producers are urging nominees to show up at the LA ceremony which they are calling ‘an intimate, in-person event’ — nothing like the famously effervescent atmosphere which usually results from 3,700 of Hollywood’s finest rubbing shoulders.
This year, it is just the presenters plus nominees and a single guest each.
Impressive: Carey received her first nomination at The Oscars in 2009 for her performance in An Education
The audience capacity will be capped to 170, with those in the crowd suffering the indignity of being rotated in and out of the ceremony at Union Station to maintain social distancing.
Because the awards are being treated as a TV or film production, actors do not have to wear masks when on camera, but must take at least three Covid tests in the days leading up to the ceremony.
As for guests at the two satellite locations, in London and Paris, they will endure the night without as much as a glass of champagne to sustain them.
At the London hub, the British Film Institute on South Bank, only a handful of stars such as Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman director), Vanessa Kirby and Olivia Colman — are expected to attend.
Gong: What is planned for this year’s Oscars is a pared-back, part-virtual version of the ceremony in three different countries, with partying banned and a distinctly dour selection of nominated films to boot
93rd Academy Awards: Who are the 2021 Oscar nominees?
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Picture: The Trial of the Chicago 7 is one of the eight films nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Olivia Colman is up for her role in The Father
Best Music (Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Best Live Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Best International Feature Film
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Sound: Greyhound – a war film starring Tom Hanks – is up for the gong
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Music (Original Song)
Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami…
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is vying for the award
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Animated Feature Film: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is nominated
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinnochio
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Judas and the Black Messiah is up for the gong
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio