By SOPHIA CHARALAMBOUS

She is tipped as the next up-and-coming British star on the Hollywood scene following her lead role in The Great Gatsby.

That title itself might be overwhelming for Carey Mulligan, as she steps into the opening day of the 70th Venice Film Festival appearing somewhat thoughtful.

London-born beauty Carey, 28, was kitted out in a chic all-black ensemble as she was spotted stepping onto a water taxi at the Palazzo del Cinema.

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Venetian style: English actress Carey Mulligan is seen in Venice during the 70th annual Venice Film Festival, catching a ride on a small water taxi through the city.

Soaking up the atmosphere: Actress Carey Mulligan is soaked in the atmosphere in Venice alongside her team

The Great Gatsby star, Carey, opted for a tailored black suit blazer, cropped suit trousers, a black vest top and black brogues.

She even accesorised her outfit with more black, a pair of dark shades and a black leather shoulder bag, and wore a simple gold bar necklace.

Carey, who tied the knot with childhood friend Marcus Mumford from Mumford & Sons last year, styled her platinum blonde hair into a casual bun, securing her long bangs back. She seemed to be wearing minimal make-up, letting her fair skin shine with its natural allure.

Chic: Carey looked Venice chic for her short trip to the film festival

Deep in thought: Carey looked pensive as she visited the 70th festival this year

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With one hand in her pocket and her other clenched between her teeth, Carey stepped into a water taxi, named Rocco, and helped by a Venetian man as she left the main venue, The Palazzo del Cinema, and presumably was heading off to another theatre screen.

She picked up a copy of the New York Times, which she read on the boat, whilst presumably off to another one of the four different locations, the Palazzo del Cinema, Palazzo del Casinò, PalaBiennal and Sala Darsena, to watch eight  different screens showing a total of 20 films who will vie for the coveted Golden Lion at the world’s oldest film festival.

The jury will award prizes for feature-length films, including the Golden Lion for Best Film, the Silver Lion for Best Director and a new award, the Grand Jury Prize.

Helping hand: English actress Carey Mulligan was helped into a water taxi by a Venetian as she arrives in the city on the opening day of the film festival

Time to go: Carey stepped onto the tiny water taxi, the only way to get around in Venice as she tried to get around to as many sites of the festival

All aboard: Carey Mulligan clambers aboard the waiting boat in Venice on Wednesday

Amongst the line-up is Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem, starring Christoph Waltz as a reclusive computer genius, and Peter Landesman’s Parkland, which looks into what happened at Dallas’ Parkland hospital the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

The actress is to reunite with Drive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn for I Walk With the Dead, out in 2015, and also stars as the female lead in the Coen Brothers’ new American drama, Inside Llewyn Davis, with Justin Timberlake, out this year.

She is also set to star in film Hold on to Me, directed by James Marsh, and a new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s fourth novel, Far from the Madding Crowd.

Off we go: Carey read a copy of the New York Times as she headed off in a water taxi adorned with an Italy flag

And we’re off: Carey Mulligan sets off in a boat at the 70th International Venice Film Festival

Looking glam: Carey Mulligan greets photographers in a black outfit with stylish tortoise shell glasses on the red carpet at the 70th International Venice Film Festival on Thursday