Actor Carey Mulligan and author Kazuo Ishiguro on UK's New Year Honors list Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro were awarded New Year Honors on Monday that celebrate artists, athletes, politicians and others who make notable contributions to British society.
Fry, known for the BBC comedy “Blackadder” and his former comedic partnership with Hugh Laurie, was knighted along with England’s former soccer manager Gareth Southgate and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Mulligan, a winner of a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for “An Education” and a three-time Oscar nominee, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to drama.
The author of several books in addition to his screen work, he is also president of the mental health charity Mind and supporter of the conservation group Fauna and Flora International.
The awards given out by monarchs as part of orders of chivalry since the Middle Ages are now vetted by a government committee before being passed on to the prime minister and King Charles III.
