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