Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer was born on 6 October 1971 and is a British actress.
36 Facts About Emily Mortimer
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Emily Mortimer began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles.
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Emily Mortimer is known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom.
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Emily Mortimer provided the voice actress of Sophie in the English-language version of Howl's Moving Castle, and starred in Scream 3, Match Point, The Pink Panther and its 2009 sequel, Lars and the Real Girl, Chaos Theory, Harry Brown, Shutter Island, Cars 2, Hugo, Mary Poppins Returns, and Relic.
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Emily Mortimer has a younger sister, Rosie; two older half-siblings, Sally Silverman and Jeremy, from her father's first marriage to author Penelope Fletcher; and a half-brother, Ross Bentley, from her father's relationship with actress Wendy Craig.
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Emily Mortimer studied at St Paul's Girls' School in west London where she appeared in several pupil productions.
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Emily Mortimer then went on to the University of Oxford, where she read Russian at Lincoln College and performed in several plays.
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Emily Mortimer performed in several plays while studying at the University of Oxford.
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Emily Mortimer followed this with the 1996 television film Lord of Misrule, directed by Guy Jenkin and filmed in Fowey, Cornwall.
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In 1996, Emily Mortimer appeared in her first feature film opposite Val Kilmer in The Ghost and the Darkness, and in the coming-of-age story, The Last of the High Kings.
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In 2000, Emily Mortimer was cast as Katherine in Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost, where she met actor and future husband Alessandro Nivola.
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Emily Mortimer took on her biggest role in an American film to date, playing opposite Bruce Willis in Disney's The Kid.
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In 2003, Emily Mortimer appeared in Stephen Fry's British drama, Bright Young Things, based on the 1930 novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh.
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Emily Mortimer had a supporting part in the romantic drama The Sleeping Dictionary.
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In 2004, Emily Mortimer played the lead role in the drama Dear Frankie, about a young mother whose love for her son prompts her to plan a deception to protect him from the truth about his father.
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Emily Mortimer voiced young Sophie in the English-dubbed version of 2004's Howl's Moving Castle.
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Emily Mortimer appeared in The Pink Panther as the "adorable" secretary Nicole Durant.
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The film received generally positive reviews; Deborah Ross of The Spectator thought Emily Mortimer played her character well despite the film's repetitive comedic moments.
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The psychological thriller Transsiberian, directed by Brad Anderson, saw Emily Mortimer cast as Jessie.
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The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to a positive response; Variety magazine's critic thought Emily Mortimer's character was well-developed, and it was "a very flavorful performance as a reformed bad girl".
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The film gained fair reviews, and The Telegraph critic wrote, "Emily Mortimer is impressive as a jittery, unlikable attorney".
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In 2009, Emily Mortimer reprised her role as Nicole Durant in The Pink Panther 2; the film was panned by critics.
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Emily Mortimer starred in Daniel Barber's first film, Harry Brown, as police detective Alice Frampton.
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Emily Mortimer played an aspiring actress opposite Andy Garcia in City Island.
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Emily Mortimer appeared as Rachel Solando in Martin Scorsese's 2010 thriller Shutter Island.
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Emily Mortimer portrayed American educator Leonie Gilmour in the biographical drama Leonie.
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In that same year, Emily Mortimer appeared in Scorsese's Hugo, an adaptation of Brian Selznick's book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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Several critics praised Emily Mortimer's acting abilities in season one, but they took issue with her character's writing.
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Emily Mortimer co-starred with Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy in the drama The Bookshop.
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Emily Mortimer then joined the cast of Mary Poppins Returns, a 2018 musical fantasy directed by Rob Marshall.
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Emily Mortimer returned to the screen in 2019 with Good Posture.
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In 2020, Emily Mortimer starred in the horror Relic with co-stars Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote; the critic from Chicago Sun-Times called Emily Mortimer "excellent" in her portrayal of a workaholic mother.
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That same year, Emily Mortimer played Sharon in the science fiction series Don't Look Deeper.
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In 2021, Emily Mortimer starred in the miniseries The Pursuit of Love, which earned her a BAFTA TV nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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In 2000, Emily Mortimer met American actor Alessandro Nivola while both were starring in Love's Labour's Lost.
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Emily Mortimer gave birth to their son, Sam on 26 September 2003, and their daughter, May in 2010.