Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer

Acting
Born Oct 06, 1971
From London, England, UK

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

Filmography — Acting

Shutter Island
8.2
2010

Shutter Island

Rachel 1

Cars 2
6.2
2011

Cars 2

Holley Shiftwell (voice)

Scream 3
6.0
2000

Scream 3

Angelina Tyler

Notting Hill
7.3
1999

Notting Hill

Perfect Girl

Paddington in Peru
6.8
2024

Paddington in Peru

Mary Brown

Hugo
7.2
2011

Hugo

Lisette

Match Point
7.4
2005

Match Point

Chloe Hewett Wilton

Lars and the Real Girl
7.2
2007

Lars and the Real Girl

Karin

Mary Poppins Returns
6.5
2018

Mary Poppins Returns

Jane Banks

The Pink Panther
5.9
2006

The Pink Panther

Nicole

Jay Kelly
6.1
2025

Jay Kelly

Candy

Elizabeth
7.2
1998

Elizabeth

Kat Ashley

Spectral
6.5
2016

Spectral

Fran Madison

The Saint
6.1
1997

The Saint

Woman on Plane

Paris Je T'aime
6.8
2006

Paris Je T'aime

Frances (Père-Lachaise)

The Kid
6.8
2000

The Kid

Amy

The Party
6.3
2017

The Party

Jinny

The Pink Panther 2
5.7
2009

The Pink Panther 2

Nicole

The Ghost and the Darkness
6.8
1996

The Ghost and the Darkness

Helena Patterson

Mary
5.0
2019

Mary

Sarah

Harry Brown
6.8
2009

Harry Brown

DI Alice Frampton

The Sleeping Dictionary
6.4
2003

The Sleeping Dictionary

Cecil

Head Full of Honey
6.3
2018

Head Full of Honey

Sarah

Lovely & Amazing
6.0
2002

Lovely & Amazing

Elizabebeth Marks

Young Adam
5.8
2003

Young Adam

Cathie Dimly

Redbelt
6.4
2008

Redbelt

Laura Black

Relic
6.1
2020

Relic

Kay

City Island
6.9
2009

City Island

Molly Charlesworth

Our Idiot Brother
6.1
2011

Our Idiot Brother

Liz Rochlin Byng

The 51st State
6.1
2001

The 51st State

Dakota Parker

The Bookshop
6.5
2017

The Bookshop

Florence Green

TransSiberian
6.4
2008

TransSiberian

Jessie

The Miracle Maker
6.1
2000

The Miracle Maker

Mary of Nazareth (voice)

Phil
4.9
2019

Phil

Alicia

Rio, I Love You
4.8
2014

Rio, I Love You

Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")

Love's Labour's Lost
5.5
2000

Love's Labour's Lost

Katherine

Chaos Theory
6.3
2007

Chaos Theory

Susan Allen

Dear Frankie
7.0
2004

Dear Frankie

Lizzie

Bright Young Things
6.2
2003

Bright Young Things

Nina Blount

10,000 Saints
6.0
2015

10,000 Saints

Diane Urbanski

The Sense of an Ending
6.4
2017

The Sense of an Ending

Sarah Ford

With/In Volume 2
4.0
2021

With/In Volume 2

(segment "Neighborhood Watch")

With/In Volume 2
7.4
2022

With/In Volume 2

5.1
2006

Rabbit Fever

Self

Leonie
5.9
2010

Leonie

Leonie

Wig Shop
10.0
2017

Wig Shop

Chaya

Good Posture
5.0
2019

Good Posture

Julia Price

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Self (archive footage)

A Foreign Affair
5.4
2004

A Foreign Affair

Angela Beck

A Very Open Prison
10.0
1995

A Very Open Prison

Amanda Ellis

Sharpe's Sword
7.2
1995

Sharpe's Sword

Lass

Ladies First

The Making of Jay Kelly
5.8
2025

The Making of Jay Kelly

Self - Candy / Writer

The Last of the High Kings
5.6
1996

The Last of the High Kings

Romy Thomas

Lost Holiday
4.2
2019

Lost Holiday

NPR Commentary (voice)

Cider with Rosie
5.4
1998

Cider with Rosie

Miss Flynn

1996

Lord of Misrule

Emma

Write When You Get Work
3.9
2018

Write When You Get Work

Nan Noble

Ladygrey
4.4
2015

Ladygrey

Olive

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
4.2
2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Lady Diana - Princess of Wales

Nobody Needs to Know
6.0
2003

Nobody Needs to Know

Emily

The Spirit of 1926
2022

The Spirit of 1926

Nettie

Coming Home
5.1
1998

Coming Home

Judith Dunbar

Killing Joe
1999

Killing Joe

One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure
6.2
2018

One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure

Hanka

Filmography — Crew