Emily Mortimer

ActorProducerWriterCrewDirector Oct 6 (age 54) London, England, UK 1987–2025 (38 year career)

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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 latt…

Known For

Film

Shutter Island

Rachel 1

Film

Hugo

Lisette

Film

Notting Hill

Perfect Girl

Film

Match Point

Chloe Hewett Wilton

Film

Cars 2

Holley Shiftwell (voice)

Film

Lars and the Real Girl

Karin

Film

The Newsroom

MacKenzie McHale

Film

Mary Poppins Returns

Jane Banks

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (66)

Jay Kelly

2025

as Candy

6.1

The Making of Jay Kelly

2025

as Self - Candy / Writer

Paddington in Peru

as Mary Brown

With/In Volume 2

The Spirit of 1926

as Nettie

With/In Volume 2

2021

as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")

Relic

as Kay

Don't Look Deeper

as Sharon Carter

Lost Holiday

as NPR Commentary (voice)

Mary

as Sarah

Phil

as Alicia

Good Posture

as Julia Price

Write When You Get Work

as Nan Noble

Mary Poppins Returns

as Jane Banks

Head Full of Honey

as Sarah

One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure

as Hanka

Wig Shop

as Chaya

The Party

as Jinny

The Bookshop

as Florence Green

The Sense of an Ending

as Sarah Ford

Spectral

as Fran Madison

10,000 Saints

as Diane Urbanski

Ladygrey

as Olive

Rio, I Love You

as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")

4.8

Cars 2

2011

as Holley Shiftwell (voice)

Hugo

as Lisette

Our Idiot Brother

as Liz Rochlin Byng

Shutter Island

as Rachel 1

Leonie

as Leonie

Harry Brown

as DI Alice Frampton

The Pink Panther 2

as Nicole

City Island

as Molly Charlesworth

TransSiberian

as Jessie

Redbelt

as Laura Black

Lars and the Real Girl

as Karin

Chaos Theory

as Susan Allen

The Pink Panther

as Nicole

Paris Je T'aime

as Frances (Père-Lachaise)

Rabbit Fever

as Herself

Match Point

as Chloe Hewett Wilton

A Foreign Affair

as Angela Beck

Dear Frankie

as Lizzie

The Sleeping Dictionary

as Cecil

Bright Young Things

as Nina Blount

Young Adam

as Cathie Dimly

Nobody Needs to Know

as Emily

Celebrity Naked Ambition

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Lovely & Amazing

2002

as Elizabebeth Marks

6.0

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales

The 51st State

as Dakota Parker

The Kid

as Amy

Scream 3

as Angelina Tyler

Love's Labour's Lost

as Katherine

The Miracle Maker

as Mary of Nazareth (voice)

Notting Hill

as Perfect Girl

Killing Joe

Elizabeth

as Kat Ashley

Coming Home

as Judith Dunbar

Cider with Rosie

as Miss Flynn

The Saint

as Woman on Plane

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

as Helena Patterson

6.8

The Last of the High Kings

1996

as Romy Thomas

5.6

Lord of Misrule

1996

as Emma

Sharpe's Sword

as Lass

A Very Open Prison

as Amanda Ellis

Ladies First

Television (25)

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

as Cressida Dick

The New Look

as Elsa Lombardi

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

as Self - Guest

The Pursuit of Love

as The Bolter

Don't Look Deeper

as Sharon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Doll & Em

as Em

The Newsroom

as MacKenzie McHale

Conan

as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

30 Rock

as Phoebe

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

as Self

6.7

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self - Guest

Noah's Ark

as Esther

Coming Home

as Judith Dunbar

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Katherine Lacey

7.5

A Dance to the Music of Time

as Polly Duport

Silent Witness

No Bananas

as Una

The Glass Virgin

as Annabella Lagrange

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Elvira Crossland

6.3

Crew (11)

Movies (8)

Jay Kelly

Executive Producer

Jay Kelly

Writer

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025

Thanks

6.5

I Am A Town

2020

Producer

To Dust

2019

Producer

5.6

Dennis

Director

Dennis

Producer

Dennis

Writer

Television (3)

The Pursuit of Love

Director

The Pursuit of Love

Writer

Doll & Em

Writer