Emily Mortimer
2.5Acting

Emily Mortimer

Oct 6, 1971 - 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).

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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2003Young AdamCathie Dimly
Movie1997The SaintWoman on Plane
Movie2001The 51st StateDakota Parker
Movie2022The Spirit of 1926Nettie
Movie2006Paris Je T'aimeFrances (Père-Lachaise)
Movie1996The Ghost and the DarknessHelena Patterson
Movie2000Scream 3Angelina Tyler
Movie2000The KidAmy
Movie1998ElizabethKat Ashley
Movie2000The Miracle MakerMary of Nazareth (voice)
Movie1999Killing Joe
Movie2007Lars and the Real GirlKarin
Movie2010Shutter IslandRachel 1
Movie2008TransSiberianJessie
Movie2006The Pink PantherNicole
Movie2004Dear FrankieLizzie
Movie2008RedbeltLaura Black
Movie2009Harry BrownD.I. Alice Frampton
Movie2008Chaos TheorySusan Allen
Movie2003The Sleeping DictionaryCecil
Movie2009City IslandMolly Charlesworth
Movie2009The Pink Panther 2Nicole
Movie2003Bright Young ThingsNina Blount
Movie2011HugoLisette
Movie1996The Last of the High KingsRomy Thomas
Movie2011Cars 2Holley Shiftwell (voice)
Movie2002Lovely & AmazingElizabebeth Marks
Movie2003A Foreign AffairAngela Beck
Movie1995Sharpe's SwordLass
Movie2011Our Idiot BrotherLiz Rochlin Byng
Movie2024Paddington in PeruMary Brown
Movie1998Coming HomeJudith Dunbar
Movie2010LeonieLeonie
Movie201510,000 SaintsDiane Urbanski
Movie1998Cider with RosieMiss Flynn
Movie2005Match PointChloe Hewett Wilton
Movie2019Lost HolidayNPR Commentary (voice)
Movie2022With/In Volume 2
Movie2016SpectralFran Madison
Movie2015LadygreyOlive
Movie2025Jay Kelly
Movie2017The Sense of an EndingSarah Ford
Movie2023Don't Look DeeperSharon Carter
Movie2002Jeffrey Archer: The TruthLady Diana - Princess of Wales
Movie2003Nobody Needs to KnowEmily
Movie2017The PartyJinny
Movie1999Notting HillPerfect Girl
Movie1996Lord of MisruleEmma
Movie2014Rio, I Love YouDorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
Movie2018Mary Poppins ReturnsJane Banks
Movie2017The BookshopFlorence Green
Movie2019MarySarah
Movie2006Rabbit FeverHerself
Movie2018Write When You Get WorkNan Noble
Movie2019Good PostureJulia Price
Movie1995A Very Open PrisonAmanda Ellis
Movie2000Love's Labour's LostKatherine
Movie2020RelicKay
Movie2018One Cambodian Family Please for My PleasureHanka
Movie2018Head Full of HoneySarah
Movie2017Wig ShopChaya
Movie2019PhilAlicia
Movie2021With/In Volume 2(segment "Neighborhood Watch")
MovieN/ALadies First
TV Show2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest1
TV Show1996Silent Witness2
TV Show2021The Pursuit of LoveThe Bolter3
TV Show200630 RockPhoebe3
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1
TV Show2012The NewsroomMacKenzie McHale25
TV Show1996No BananasUna10
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest1
TV Show2014Doll & EmEm12
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf1
TV Show1998Coming HomeJudith Dunbar2
TV Show1997A Dance to the Music of TimePolly Duport4
TV Show1995The Glass VirginAnnabella Lagrange3
TV Show1999Noah's ArkEsther2
TV Show2024The New LookElsa Lombardi10
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2020Don't Look DeeperSharon14
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf2
TV Show2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf1
TV Show1997Midsomer MurdersKatherine Lacey1
TV Show2010ConanSelf2
TV Show2022Be My Guest with Ina GartenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2025Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De MenezesCressida Dick4

Crew

Media
Movie2025Jay KellyWriterWriting
Movie2020I Am A TownProducerProduction
Movie2019To DustProducerProduction
MovieN/ADennisDirectorDirecting
MovieN/ADennisWriterWriting
MovieN/ADennisProducerProduction
TV Show2014Doll & EmWriterWriting
TV Show2021The Pursuit of LoveDirectorDirecting
TV Show2021The Pursuit of LoveWriterWriting
TV Show2014Doll & EmCreatorCreator
TV Show2021The Pursuit of LoveCreatorCreator