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Emily Mortimer

Acting

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.

Born: October 6, 1971

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
The Making of Jay Kelly

as Self - Candy / Writer

2025
Jay Kelly

as Candy

2025
2024
Paddington in Peru

as Mary Brown

2024
The New Look

as Elsa Lombardi

2022
2022
2021
With/In Volume 2

as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

2021
The Pursuit of Love

as The Bolter

2020
2020
Don't Look Deeper

as Sharon Carter

2020
Relic

as Kay

2019
Good Posture

as Julia Price

2019
Mary

as Sarah

2019
Phil

as Alicia

2019
Lost Holiday

as NPR Commentary (voice)

2018
2018
2018
2017
Wig Shop

as Chaya

2017
The Bookshop

as Florence Green

2017
The Party

as Jinny

2017
2016
Spectral

as Fran Madison

2015
10,000 Saints

as Diane Urbanski

2015
Ladygrey

as Olive

2014
Rio, I Love You

as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")

2014
2012
The Newsroom

as MacKenzie McHale

2011
Hugo

as Lisette

2011
Our Idiot Brother

as Liz Rochlin Byng

2011
Cars 2

as Holley Shiftwell (voice)

2010
Leonie

as Leonie

2010
Conan

as Self

2010
Shutter Island

as Rachel 1

2009
Harry Brown

as D.I. Alice Frampton

2009
City Island

as Molly Charlesworth

2009
2008
Redbelt

as Laura Black

2008
TransSiberian

as Jessie

2007
Chaos Theory

as Susan Allen

2006
30 Rock

as Phoebe

2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Frances (Père-Lachaise)

2006
2005
Match Point

as Chloe Hewett Wilton

2004
Dear Frankie

as Lizzie

2004
A Foreign Affair

as Angela Beck

2003
Bright Young Things

as Nina Blount

2003
Young Adam

as Cathie Dimly

2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales

2002
Lovely & Amazing

as Elizabebeth Marks

2001
The 51st State

as Dakota Parker

2000
The Kid

as Amy

2000
The Miracle Maker

as Mary of Nazareth (voice)

2000
2000
Scream 3

as Angelina Tyler

1999
Notting Hill

as Perfect Girl

1999
Noah's Ark

as Esther

1998
Cider with Rosie

as Miss Flynn

1998
Elizabeth

as Kat Ashley

1998
Coming Home

as Judith Dunbar

1998
Coming Home

as Judith Dunbar

1997
1997
The Saint

as Woman on Plane

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Katherine Lacey

1996
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness

as Helena Patterson

1996
1995
A Very Open Prison

as Amanda Ellis

1995
1995
The Glass Virgin

as Annabella Lagrange

1988