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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Making of Jay Kelly
Character:Self - Candy / Writer
Release Date:04/12/2025
Jay Kelly
Character:Candy
Release Date:14/11/2025
Paddington in Peru
Character:Mary Brown
Release Date:08/11/2024
The Spirit of 1926
Character:Nettie
Release Date:16/11/2022
With/In Volume 2
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2022
With/In Volume 2
Character:(segment "Neighborhood Watch")
Release Date:14/06/2021
Don't Look Deeper
Character:Sharon Carter
Release Date:27/07/2020
Relic
Character:Kay
Release Date:03/07/2020
Good Posture
Character:Julia Price
Release Date:04/10/2019
Mary
Character:Sarah
Release Date:19/09/2019
Phil
Character:Alicia
Release Date:05/07/2019
Lost Holiday
Character:NPR Commentary (voice)
Release Date:03/05/2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Character:Jane Banks
Release Date:13/12/2018
Head Full of Honey
Character:Sarah
Release Date:30/11/2018
One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure
Character:Hanka
Release Date:12/10/2018
Write When You Get Work
Character:Nan Noble
Release Date:12/03/2018
Wig Shop
Character:Chaya
Release Date:12/11/2017
The Bookshop
Character:Florence Green
Release Date:10/11/2017
The Party
Character:Jinny
Release Date:27/07/2017
The Sense of an Ending
Character:Sarah Ford
Release Date:10/03/2017
Spectral
Character:Fran Madison
Release Date:09/12/2016
10,000 Saints
Character:Diane Urbanski
Release Date:14/08/2015
Ladygrey
Character:Olive
Release Date:06/05/2015
Rio, I Love You
Character:Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
Release Date:12/09/2014
Hugo
Character:Lisette
Release Date:22/11/2011
Our Idiot Brother
Character:Liz Rochlin Byng
Release Date:26/08/2011
Cars 2
Character:Holley Shiftwell (voice)
Release Date:11/06/2011
Leonie
Character:Leonie
Release Date:20/11/2010
Shutter Island
Character:Rachel 1
Release Date:14/02/2010
Harry Brown
Character:DI Alice Frampton
Release Date:11/11/2009
City Island
Character:Molly Charlesworth
Release Date:06/03/2009
The Pink Panther 2
Character:Nicole
Release Date:06/02/2009
Redbelt
Character:Laura Black
Release Date:07/04/2008
TransSiberian
Character:Jessie
Release Date:18/01/2008
Chaos Theory
Character:Susan Allen
Release Date:26/10/2007
Lars and the Real Girl
Character:Karin
Release Date:12/10/2007
Rabbit Fever
Character:Herself
Release Date:22/09/2006
Paris Je T'aime
Character:Frances (Père-Lachaise)
Release Date:21/06/2006
The Pink Panther
Character:Nicole
Release Date:10/02/2006
Match Point
Character:Chloe Hewett Wilton
Release Date:26/10/2005
Dear Frankie
Character:Lizzie
Release Date:18/05/2004
A Foreign Affair
Character:Angela Beck
Release Date:26/03/2004
Bright Young Things
Character:Nina Blount
Release Date:03/10/2003
Young Adam
Character:Cathie Dimly
Release Date:26/09/2003
The Sleeping Dictionary
Character:Cecil
Release Date:31/01/2003
Nobody Needs to Know
Character:Emily
Release Date:01/01/2003
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Character:Lady Diana - Princess of Wales
Release Date:01/12/2002
Lovely & Amazing
Character:Elizabebeth Marks
Release Date:02/08/2002
The 51st State
Character:Dakota Parker
Release Date:07/12/2001
The Kid
Character:Amy
Release Date:07/07/2000
The Miracle Maker
Character:Mary of Nazareth (voice)
Release Date:31/03/2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Character:Katherine
Release Date:31/03/2000
Scream 3
Character:Angelina Tyler
Release Date:04/02/2000
Killing Joe
Character:
Release Date:14/06/1999
Notting Hill
Character:Perfect Girl
Release Date:21/05/1999
Cider with Rosie
Character:Miss Flynn
Release Date:26/12/1998
Elizabeth
Character:Kat Ashley
Release Date:13/09/1998
Coming Home
Character:Judith Dunbar
Release Date:11/04/1998
The Saint
Character:Woman on Plane
Release Date:03/04/1997
The Last of the High Kings
Character:Romy Thomas
Release Date:06/12/1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
Character:Helena Patterson
Release Date:11/10/1996
Lord of Misrule
Character:Emma
Release Date:06/05/1996
A Very Open Prison
Character:Amanda Ellis
Release Date:09/12/1995
Sharpe's Sword
Character:Lass
Release Date:26/04/1995
Television Appearances
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Character:Cressida Dick
The New Look
Character:Elsa Lombardi
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Character:Self - Guest
The Pursuit of Love
Character:The Bolter
Don't Look Deeper
Character:Sharon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Doll & Em
Character:Em
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character:Self
The Newsroom
Character:MacKenzie McHale
Conan
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
30 Rock
Character:Phoebe
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character:Self - Guest
Noah's Ark
Character:Esther
Coming Home
Character:Judith Dunbar
A Dance to the Music of Time
Character:Polly Duport
Midsomer Murders
Character:Katherine Lacey
No Bananas
Character:Una
Silent Witness
Character:
The Glass Virgin
Character:Annabella Lagrange
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
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