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Emily Mortimer

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Emily Mortimer

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Oct 6, 1971 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Biography

Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (born 6 October 1971) is a British actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). She co-created and co-wrote the series Doll & Em (2014–2015) and wrote and directed the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress. She provided Sophie's voice in the English-language version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004). She starred in Scream 3 (2000), Match Point (2005), The Pink Panther (2006), The Pink Panther 2 (2009), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Chaos Theory (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Shutter Island (2010), Cars 2 (2011), Hugo (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Relic (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Mortimer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2025Jay KellyCandy
2025The Making of Jay KellySelf - Candy / Writer
2025Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De MenezesCressida Dick
2024Paddington in PeruMary Brown
2024The New LookElsa Lombardi
2022The Spirit of 1926Nettie
2022With/In Volume 2
2022Be My Guest with Ina GartenSelf - Guest
2021With/In Volume 2(segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2021The Pursuit of LoveThe Bolter
2020RelicKay
2020Don't Look DeeperSharon
2019Lost HolidayNPR Commentary (voice)
2019MarySarah
2019Good PostureJulia Price
2019PhilAlicia
2018Mary Poppins ReturnsJane Banks
2018Write When You Get WorkNan Noble
2018One Cambodian Family Please for My PleasureHanka
2018Head Full of HoneySarah
2017The Sense of an EndingSarah Ford
2017The PartyJinny
2017The BookshopFlorence Green
2017Wig ShopChaya
2016SpectralFran Madison
201510,000 SaintsDiane Urbanski
2015LadygreyOlive
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2014Rio, I Love YouDorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
2014Doll & EmEm
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2012The NewsroomMacKenzie McHale
2011HugoLisette
2011Cars 2Holley Shiftwell (voice)
2011Our Idiot BrotherLiz Rochlin Byng
2010Shutter IslandRachel 1
2010LeonieLeonie
2010ConanSelf
2009Harry BrownDI Alice Frampton
2009City IslandMolly Charlesworth
2009The Pink Panther 2Nicole
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2008TransSiberianJessie
2008RedbeltLaura Black
2007Lars and the Real GirlKarin
2007Chaos TheorySusan Allen
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006Paris Je T'aimeFrances (Père-Lachaise)
2006The Pink PantherNicole
2006Rabbit FeverSelf
200630 RockPhoebe
2005Match PointChloe Hewett Wilton
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2004Dear FrankieLizzie
2004A Foreign AffairAngela Beck
2003Young AdamCathie Dimly
2003The Sleeping DictionaryCecil
2003Bright Young ThingsNina Blount
2003Nobody Needs to KnowEmily
2003Celebrity Naked AmbitionSelf (archive footage)
2002Lovely & AmazingElizabebeth Marks
2002Jeffrey Archer: The TruthLady Diana - Princess of Wales
2001The 51st StateDakota Parker
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest
2000The KidAmy
2000Scream 3Angelina Tyler
2000The Miracle MakerMary of Nazareth (voice)
2000Love's Labour's LostKatherine
1999Killing Joe
1999Notting HillPerfect Girl
1999Noah's ArkEsther
1998ElizabethKat Ashley
1998Coming HomeJudith Dunbar
1998Cider with RosieMiss Flynn
1998Coming HomeJudith Dunbar
1997The SaintWoman on Plane
1997A Dance to the Music of TimePolly Duport
1997Midsomer MurdersKatherine Lacey
1996The Ghost and the DarknessHelena Patterson
1996The Last of the High KingsRomy Thomas
1996Lord of MisruleEmma
1996Silent Witness
1996No BananasUna
1995Sharpe's SwordLass
1995A Very Open PrisonAmanda Ellis
1995The Glass VirginAnnabella Lagrange
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
-Ladies First
Production
2025Jay KellyExecutive Producer
2020I Am A TownProducer
2019To DustProducer
-DennisProducer
Directing
2021The Pursuit of LoveDirector
-DennisDirector
Writing
2025Jay KellyWriter
2021The Pursuit of LoveWriter
2014Doll & EmWriter
-DennisWriter
Crew
2025The Testament of Ann LeeThanks