Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer

Known for
Acting
Born
October 6, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

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.

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Filmography

2026
Ladies First poster

Ladies First

Movie · as Sunny Black

2025
Jay Kelly poster

Jay Kelly

Movie · as Candy

2025
The Making of Jay Kelly poster

The Making of Jay Kelly

Movie · as Self - Candy / Writer

2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes poster

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

TV · as Cmdr. Cressida Dick · 3 eps

2024
Paddington in Peru poster

Paddington in Peru

Movie · as Mary Brown

2024
The New Look poster

The New Look

TV · as Elsa Lombardi · 10 eps

2022
The Spirit of 1926 poster

The Spirit of 1926

Movie · as Nettie

2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten poster

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
With/In Volume 2 poster

With/In Volume 2

Movie · as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

2021
The Pursuit of Love poster

The Pursuit of Love

TV · as The Bolter · 3 eps

2020
Relic poster

Relic

Movie · as Kay

2020
Don't Look Deeper poster

Don't Look Deeper

TV · as Sharon · 14 eps

2019
Lost Holiday poster

Lost Holiday

Movie · as NPR Commentary (voice)

2019
Mary poster

Mary

Movie · as Sarah

2019
Good Posture poster

Good Posture

Movie · as Julia Price

2019
Phil poster

Phil

Movie · as Alicia

2018
Mary Poppins Returns poster

Mary Poppins Returns

Movie · as Jane Banks

2018
Write When You Get Work poster

Write When You Get Work

Movie · as Nan Noble

2018
One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure poster

One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure

Movie · as Hanka

2018
Head Full of Honey poster

Head Full of Honey

Movie · as Sarah

2017
The Sense of an Ending poster

The Sense of an Ending

Movie · as Sarah Ford

2017
The Party poster

The Party

Movie · as Jinny

2017
The Bookshop poster

The Bookshop

Movie · as Florence Green

2017
Wig Shop poster

Wig Shop

Movie · as Chaya

2016
Spectral poster

Spectral

Movie · as Fran Madison

2015
10,000 Saints poster

10,000 Saints

Movie · as Diane Urbanski

2015
Ladygrey poster

Ladygrey

Movie · as Olive

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Rio, I Love You poster

Rio, I Love You

Movie · as Dorothy

2014
Doll & Em poster

Doll & Em

TV · as Em · 12 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Newsroom poster

The Newsroom

TV · as MacKenzie McHale · 25 eps

2011
Hugo poster

Hugo

Movie · as Lisette

2011
Cars 2 poster

Cars 2

Movie · as Holley Shiftwell (voice)

2011
Our Idiot Brother poster

Our Idiot Brother

Movie · as Liz Rochlin Byng

2010
Shutter Island poster

Shutter Island

Movie · as Rachel 1

2010
Leonie poster

Leonie

Movie · as Leonie

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Harry Brown poster

Harry Brown

Movie · as DI Alice Frampton

2009
City Island poster

City Island

Movie · as Molly Charlesworth

2009
The Pink Panther 2 poster

The Pink Panther 2

Movie · as Nicole

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
TransSiberian poster

TransSiberian

Movie · as Jessie

2008
Redbelt poster

Redbelt

Movie · as Laura Black

2008
Chaos Theory poster

Chaos Theory

Movie · as Susan Allen

2007
Lars and the Real Girl poster

Lars and the Real Girl

Movie · as Karin

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2006
Paris Je T'aime poster

Paris Je T'aime

Movie · as Frances (Père-Lachaise)

2006
The Pink Panther poster

The Pink Panther

Movie · as Nicole

2006
Rabbit Fever

Rabbit Fever

Movie · as Self

2006
Père-Lachaise poster

Père-Lachaise

Movie · as Woman

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Phoebe · 3 eps

2005
Match Point poster

Match Point

Movie · as Chloe Hewett Wilton

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Dear Frankie poster

Dear Frankie

Movie · as Lizzie

2003
Young Adam poster

Young Adam

Movie · as Cathie Dimly

2003
The Sleeping Dictionary poster

The Sleeping Dictionary

Movie · as Cecil

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as Nina Blount

2003
A Foreign Affair poster

A Foreign Affair

Movie · as Angela Beck

2003
Nobody Needs to Know poster

Nobody Needs to Know

Movie · as Emily

2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition poster

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2002
Lovely & Amazing poster

Lovely & Amazing

Movie · as Elizabeth Marks

2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth poster

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Movie · as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales

2001
The 51st State poster

The 51st State

Movie · as Dakota Parker

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2000
The Kid poster

The Kid

Movie · as Amy

2000
Scream 3 poster

Scream 3

Movie · as Angelina Tyler

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as Mary of Nazareth (voice)

2000
Love's Labour's Lost poster

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie · as Katherine

1999
Killing Joe

Killing Joe

Movie

1999
Notting Hill poster

Notting Hill

Movie · as Perfect Girl

1999
Noah's Ark poster

Noah's Ark

TV · as Esther · 2 eps

1998
Elizabeth poster

Elizabeth

Movie · as Kat Ashley

1998
Coming Home poster

Coming Home

Movie · as Judith Dunbar

1998
Cider with Rosie poster

Cider with Rosie

Movie · as Miss Flynn

1998
Coming Home poster

Coming Home

TV · as Judith Dunbar · 2 eps

1997
The Saint poster

The Saint

Movie · as Woman on Plane

1997
A Dance to the Music of Time poster

A Dance to the Music of Time

TV · as Polly Duport · 4 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Katherine Lacey · 1 ep

1996
The Ghost and the Darkness poster

The Ghost and the Darkness

Movie · as Helena Patterson

1996
The Last of the High Kings poster

The Last of the High Kings

Movie · as Romy Thomas

1996
Lord of Misrule

Lord of Misrule

Movie · as Emma

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · 2 eps

1996
No Bananas poster

No Bananas

TV · as Una · 10 eps

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1995
Sharpe's Sword poster

Sharpe's Sword

Movie · as Lass

1995
A Very Open Prison poster

A Very Open Prison

Movie · as Amanda Ellis

1995
The Glass Virgin poster

The Glass Virgin

TV · as Annabella Lagrange · 3 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Sharpe poster

Sharpe

TV · as Lass · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Amanda Ellis · 1 ep