Actress Carey Mulligan was nominated today for a Best Actress Award for this year’s Oscars. Mulligan is best known amongst us Whovians as the best non-companion on Doctor Who. For those of you who are new, she played Sally Sparrow in the Steven Moffat written episode Blink. Mulligan was nominated for her role in the film An Education. In the film Mulligan plays Jenny, a girl growing up in 1960’s London who starts dating a much older man and gets involved in his playboy lifestyle. The film is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Lynn Barber. Mulligan is in heavy company as other nominees include Oscar favorite, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirrien, Sandra Bullock and Gabourey Sidibe.