Promising Young Woman is a 2020 black comedy thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell (in her feature directorial debut). The film stars Carey Mulligan as a vigilante seeking to avenge the death of her best friend who was a rape victim. An American-British co-production, it also features Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox and Connie Britton in supporting roles.
Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be -- she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
