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Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is an English-American actress and screenwriter. 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 the role of Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom, and as the voice actress of Sophie in the English language version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004). Mortimer also stars in Match Point (2005), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Chaos Theory (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
Birth Name
Emily Kathleen Mortimer
Born
Wednesday, 01 December 1971
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paddington in Peru | Mrs. Brown / Mary Brown | 2024 |
| The New Look | Elsa Lombardi | 2024 |
| The Pursuit of Love | The Bolter | 2021 |
| Don't Look Deeper | Sharon | 2020 |
| Don't Look Deeper | Sharon | 2020 |
| Relic | Kay | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Good Posture | Julia Price | 2019 |
| Mary | Sarah | 2019 |
| Phil | Alicia | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paddington in Peru | Mrs. Brown / Mary Brown | 2024 |
| The New Look | Elsa Lombardi | 2024 |
| The Pursuit of Love | The Bolter | 2021 |
| Don't Look Deeper | Sharon | 2020 |
| Don't Look Deeper | Sharon | 2020 |
| Relic | Kay | 2020 |
| GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
| Good Posture | Julia Price | 2019 |
| Mary | Sarah | 2019 |
| Phil | Alicia | 2019 |
| Lost Holiday | Radio Commentary / Radio Commentary (voice) | 2019 |
| There's Something About Movies | Self - Panelist | 2019 |
| Write When You Get Work | Nan Noble | 2019 |
| Mary Poppins Returns | Jane Banks | 2018 |
| Head Full of Honey | Sarah | 2018 |
| The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
| The Bookshop | Florence Green | 2017 |
| The Party | Jinny | 2017 |
| The Sense of an Ending | Sarah Ford | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Spectral | Fran Madison | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Ten Thousand Saints | Diane / Diane Urbanski | 2015 |
| Ladygrey | Olive | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest / Self | 2015 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Rio, I Love You | Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna") | 2014 |
| Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
| Doll & Em | Emily / Em | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| The Newsroom | MacKenzie McHale | 2012 |
| Hugo | Lisette | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Cars 2 | Holley Shiftwell / Holley Shiftwell (voice) | 2011 |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Dakota Parker | 2011 |
| Our Idiot Brother | Liz | 2011 |
| Leonie | Leonie / Leonie Gilmour | 2010 |
| Conan | Herself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Shutter Island | Rachel 1 / Rachel Solando (1) | 2010 |
| Harry Brown | D.I. Alice Frampton / D.I. Frampton | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| City Island | Molly / Molly Charlesworth | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
| John Mortimer: A Life in Words | Self | 2009 |
| The Pink Panther 2 | Nicole | 2008 |
| Transsiberian | Jessie | 2008 |
| Redbelt | Laura Black | 2008 |
| Chaos Theory | Susan | 2008 |
| Lars and the Real Girl | Karin | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Herself - Guest / MacKenzie McHale | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| 30 Rock | Phoebe | 2006 |
| Secret's Out | Self | 2006 |
| Rabbit Fever | Herself / Emily Mortimer | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| Paris, I Love You | Frances (segment "Pere-Lachaise") / Frances (Père-Lachaise) | 2006 |
| The Pink Panther | Nicole | 2006 |
| Match Point | Chloe Hewett Wilton | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Young Sophie | 2004 |
| Dear Frankie | Lizzie | 2004 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Bright Young Things | Nina / Nina Blount | 2003 |
| Young Adam | Cathie Dimly | 2003 |
| The Sleeping Dictionary | Cecil | 2003 |
| 2 Brothers & a Bride | Angela Beck | 2003 |
| Nobody Needs to Know | Emily | 2003 |
| Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Lady Diana - Princess of Wales | 2002 |
| Lovely & Amazing | Elizabeth Marks / Elizabebeth Marks | 2002 |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | Herself - Guest | 2002 |
| Formula 51 | Dakota Parker | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| The Kid | Amy | 2000 |
| The Miracle Maker | Mary of Nazareth | 2000 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Katherine | 2000 |
| Scream 3 | Angelina Tyler | 2000 |
| Killing Joe | Jackie | 1999 |
| Noah's Ark | Esther | 1999 |
| Notting Hill | Perfect Girl | 1999 |
| Cider with Rosie | Miss Flynn | 1998 |
| Elizabeth | Kat Ashley | 1998 |
| Coming Home | Judith / Judith Dunbar | 1998 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Polly Duport | 1997 |
| The Saint | Woman on Plane | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Katherine Lacey | 1997 |
| Rosamunde Pilcher | Self / Judith Dunbar | 1997 |
| The Last of the High Kings | Romy Thomas | 1996 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Helena Patterson | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives | Tilly | 1996 |
| No Bananas | Una | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
| Lord of Misrule | Emma | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Fran | 1996 |
| The Glass Virgin | Annabella Lagrange | 1995 |
| Under the Hammer | Angela | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Sharpe | Lass | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Elvira Crossland | 1987 |
| Screen Two | Amanda Ellis | 1985 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Herself (archive footage) | 1981 |
| 20/20 | Self | 1978 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Pursuit of Love | 2021 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Pursuit of Love | 2021 |
| I Am a Town | 2020 |
| To Dust | 2019 |
| Doll & Em | 2013 |
