Emily Mortimer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-10-06 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Emily Mortimer

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-...

Acting

2003

Young Adam

as Cathie Dimly

1997

The Saint

as Woman on Plane

2001

The 51st State

as Dakota Parker

2022

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as Frances (Père-Lachaise)

1996

The Ghost and the Darkness

as Helena Patterson

2000

Scream 3

as Angelina Tyler

2000

The Kid

as Amy

1998

Elizabeth

as Kat Ashley

2000

The Miracle Maker

as Mary of Nazareth (voice)

2010

Shutter Island

as Rachel 1

2008

TransSiberian

as Jessie

2006

2004

Dear Frankie

as Lizzie

2008

Redbelt

as Laura Black

2009

Harry Brown

as D.I. Alice Frampton

2008

Chaos Theory

as Susan Allen

2009

City Island

as Molly Charlesworth

2009

2003

Bright Young Things

as Nina Blount

2011

Hugo

as Lisette

1996

2011

Cars 2

as Holley Shiftwell (voice)

2002

Lovely & Amazing

as Elizabebeth Marks

2003

A Foreign Affair

as Angela Beck

1995

2011

Our Idiot Brother

as Liz Rochlin Byng

2024

Paddington in Peru

as Mary Brown

1998

Coming Home

as Judith Dunbar

2010

Leonie

as Leonie

2015

10,000 Saints

as Diane Urbanski

1998

Cider with Rosie

as Miss Flynn

2005

Match Point

as Chloe Hewett Wilton

2019

Lost Holiday

as NPR Commentary (voice)

2016

Spectral

as Fran Madison

2015

Ladygrey

as Olive

2017

2023

Don't Look Deeper

as Sharon Carter

2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales

2017

The Party

as Jinny

1999

Notting Hill

as Perfect Girl

1996

2014

Rio, I Love You

as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")

2018

2017

The Bookshop

as Florence Green

2019

Mary

as Sarah

2006

Rabbit Fever

as Herself

2018

2019

Good Posture

as Julia Price

1995

A Very Open Prison

as Amanda Ellis

2000

2020

Relic

as Kay

2018

2017

Wig Shop

as Chaya

2019

Phil

as Alicia

2021

With/In Volume 2

as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

Production

2025

Jay Kelly

as Writer

2020

I Am A Town

as Producer

2019

To Dust

as Producer

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Dennis

as Director

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Dennis

as Writer

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Dennis

as Producer

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