Emily Mortimer
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1971-10-06 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Emily Kathleen Mortimer · Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer · Emily Kathleen Anne 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-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).
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Known For
TV Shows (25)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Katherine Lacey
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
30 Rock
2006
as Phoebe
Silent Witness
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Newsroom
2012
as MacKenzie McHale
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Amanda Ellis
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
The New Look
2024
as Elsa Lombardi
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Polly Duport
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
Doll & Em
2014
as Em
Don't Look Deeper
2020
as Sharon
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
as Cressida Dick
Coming Home
1998
as Judith Dunbar
Noah's Ark
1999
as Esther
The Pursuit of Love
2021
as The Bolter
The Glass Virgin
1995
as Annabella Lagrange
No Bananas
1996
as Una
Movies (64)
Ladies First
2026
as Sunny Black
Shutter Island
2010
as Rachel 1
Cars 2
2011
as Holley Shiftwell (voice)
Scream 3
2000
as Angelina Tyler
Paddington in Peru
2024
as Mary Brown
Notting Hill
1999
as Perfect Girl
Hugo
2011
as Lisette
Spectral
2016
as Fran Madison
Match Point
2005
as Chloe Hewett Wilton
The Pink Panther
2006
as Nicole
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
as Jane Banks
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Helena Patterson
Elizabeth
1998
as Kat Ashley
The Kid
2000
as Amy
The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
as Cecil
Mary
2019
as Sarah
The Saint
1997
as Woman on Plane
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Frances (Père-Lachaise)
Jay Kelly
2025
as Candy
Lars and the Real Girl
2007
as Karin
The Pink Panther 2
2009
as Nicole
The 51st State
2001
as Dakota Parker
Young Adam
2003
as Cathie Dimly
Relic
2020
as Kay
City Island
2009
as Molly Charlesworth
Harry Brown
2009
as DI Alice Frampton
TransSiberian
2008
as Jessie
Redbelt
2008
as Laura Black
The Bookshop
2017
as Florence Green
The Party
2017
as Jinny
The Sense of an Ending
2017
as Sarah Ford
Bright Young Things
2003
as Nina Blount
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Mary of Nazareth (voice)
Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Liz Rochlin Byng
Head Full of Honey
2018
as Sarah
Rio, I Love You
2014
as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
as Katherine
10,000 Saints
2015
as Diane Urbanski
Lovely & Amazing
2002
as Elizabeth Marks
Leonie
2010
as Leonie
Chaos Theory
2007
as Susan Allen
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Home
1998
as Judith Dunbar
Dear Frankie
2004
as Lizzie
The Last of the High Kings
1996
as Romy Thomas
Good Posture
2019
as Julia Price
Cider with Rosie
1998
as Miss Flynn
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales
Write When You Get Work
2018
as Nan Noble
Phil
2019
as Alicia
Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Lass
Ladygrey
2015
as Olive
With/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
The Making of Jay Kelly
2025
as Self - Candy / Writer
Lost Holiday
2019
as NPR Commentary (voice)
A Very Open Prison
1995
as Amanda Ellis
A Foreign Affair
2004
as Angela Beck
Wig Shop
2017
as Chaya
Lord of Misrule
1996
as Emma
Killing Joe
1999
Rabbit Fever
2006
as Self
The Spirit of 1926
2022
as Nettie
Nobody Needs to Know
2003
as Emily
One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure
2018
as Hanka
About Emily Mortimer
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 Briti… With 89 credits spanning from 1985 to 2026, Emily Mortimer has appeared in 64 films and 25 TV shows.
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- Ladies First (2026) — as Sunny Black
- Shutter Island (2010) — as Rachel 1
- Cars 2 (2011) — as Holley Shiftwell (voice)
- Scream 3 (2000) — as Angelina Tyler
- Paddington in Peru (2024) — as Mary Brown
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