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Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford Wiki, Biography
English actress Carey Mulligan is expecting her third child with her musician husband, Marcus Mumford. On January 14, People magazine reported that a rep for the 37-year-old star confirmed the news to the publication.
Mulligan flaunted her baby bump on January 13 as she appeared on the red carpet at the AFI Awards in Los Angeles for her film Ella She Said. For the evening, the actress donned a form-fitting black dress with cape sleeves and posed with her co-star Zoe Kazan.
Carey and Marcus are already the parents of two children, Evelyn Grace Mumford and Wilfred Mumford.
A brief timeline of Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford’s relationship
According to Vogue, Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford first crossed paths in the late 1990s when she was 12 years old. While the duo have managed to keep details of their relationship private, the 35-year-old musician revealed that they met at a Christian youth. camp and later became pen pals.
While speaking to GQ magazine, Mumford said:
“There’s a picture of us that first summer we met, I have bleached blonde hair.”
They lost contact, but Carey Mulligan revealed to The Telegraph (via Bustle) that she has kept those letters close to her.
“Having a love letter from someone, holding it in your hand and knowing that you can keep it for the rest of your life, is something incredible.”
According to the Daily Mail, the duo reconnected during a Mumford & Sons concert in Nashville in February 2011. A source revealed at the time:
“He sat in the front row, and as he sang, Marcus looked at Carey and she blushed. It was clear they had chemistry.”
The incident occurred just months after the Great Gatsby star split from her boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf. Mulligan was later seen attending the group’s concert at the UK’s St. Magnus Cathedral, where she was reportedly seen kissing and hugging in public.
A source told People magazine:
“They were clearly very fond of each other. They were very, very affectionate with each other.”
In August 2011, Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford got engaged, US Weekly reported. The move came four months after Mulligan moved to the UK from New York to live with the musician.
On April 21, 2012, Mulligan and Mumford were married in an intimate farm wedding in Somerset, England, attended by some 200 guests, including Hollywood personalities such as Sienna Miller, Jake Gyllenhaal and Colin Firth.
In 2015, it was reported that the duo was expecting their first child together. In September of that year, they welcomed their daughter, Evelyn Grace, but they did not reveal many details about her little girl.
In June 2017, it was reported that Mulligan was expecting her second child after she was spotted wearing a loose black top in public. Two months later, they welcomed her son, Wilfred.
Although the duo like to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, they have made rare red carpet appearances over the years.
On the professional front, Carey Mulligan last appeared in Maria Schrader’s dramatic film She She Said as Megan Twohey. So far, the film has won nine awards and garnered 31 nominations. According to her IMDb, she will next star in Bernstein, Wildwood, Saltburn, and Spaceman.