Emily Mortimer

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Graham Norton Show

Conan

Silent Witness

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

All Movies (64)

• Ladies First2026 · as Sunny Black
• The Making of Jay Kelly2025 · as Self - Candy / Writer
• Jay Kelly2025 · as Candy
• Paddington in Peru2024 · as Mary Brown
• The Spirit of 19262022 · as Nettie
• With/In Volume 22021 · as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
• Relic2020 · as Kay
• Good Posture2019 · as Julia Price
• Mary2019 · as Sarah
• Phil2019 · as Alicia
• Lost Holiday2019 · as NPR Commentary (voice)
• Mary Poppins Returns2018 · as Jane Banks
• Head Full of Honey2018 · as Sarah
• One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure2018 · as Hanka
• Write When You Get Work2018 · as Nan Noble
• Wig Shop2017 · as Chaya
• The Bookshop2017 · as Florence Green
• The Party2017 · as Jinny
• The Sense of an Ending2017 · as Sarah Ford
• Spectral2016 · as Fran Madison
• 10,000 Saints2015 · as Diane Urbanski
• Ladygrey2015 · as Olive
• Rio, I Love You2014 · as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
• Hugo2011 · as Lisette
• Our Idiot Brother2011 · as Liz Rochlin Byng
• Cars 22011 · as Holley Shiftwell (voice)
• Leonie2010 · as Leonie
• Shutter Island2010 · as Rachel 1
• Harry Brown2009 · as DI Alice Frampton
• City Island2009 · as Molly Charlesworth
• The Pink Panther 22009 · as Nicole
• Chaos Theory2008 · as Susan Allen
• Redbelt2008 · as Laura Black
• TransSiberian2008 · as Jessie
• Lars and the Real Girl2007 · as Karin
• Rabbit Fever2006 · as Self
• Paris Je T'aime2006 · as Frances (Père-Lachaise)
• The Pink Panther2006 · as Nicole
• Match Point2005 · as Chloe Hewett Wilton
• Dear Frankie2004 · as Lizzie
• A Foreign Affair2004 · as Angela Beck
• Bright Young Things2003 · as Nina Blount
• Young Adam2003 · as Cathie Dimly
• Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Sleeping Dictionary2003 · as Cecil
• Nobody Needs to Know2003 · as Emily
• Jeffrey Archer: The Truth2002 · as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales
• Lovely & Amazing2002 · as Elizabeth Marks
• The 51st State2001 · as Dakota Parker
• The Kid2000 · as Amy
• The Miracle Maker2000 · as Mary of Nazareth (voice)
• Love's Labour's Lost2000 · as Katherine
• Scream 32000 · as Angelina Tyler
• Killing Joe1999
• Notting Hill1999 · as Perfect Girl
• Cider with Rosie1998 · as Miss Flynn
• Elizabeth1998 · as Kat Ashley
• Coming Home1998 · as Judith Dunbar
• The Saint1997 · as Woman on Plane
• The Last of the High Kings1996 · as Romy Thomas
• The Ghost and the Darkness1996 · as Helena Patterson
• Lord of Misrule1996 · as Emma
• A Very Open Prison1995 · as Amanda Ellis
• Sharpe's Sword1995 · as Lass

All TV Shows (25)

• Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes2025 · as Cressida Dick
• The New Look2024 · as Elsa Lombardi
• Be My Guest with Ina Garten2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Pursuit of Love2021 · as The Bolter
• Don't Look Deeper2020 · as Sharon
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Doll & Em2014 · as Em
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• The Newsroom2012 · as MacKenzie McHale
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• 30 Rock2006 · as Phoebe
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
• Noah's Ark1999 · as Esther
• Coming Home1998 · as Judith Dunbar
• A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · as Polly Duport
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Katherine Lacey
• No Bananas1996 · as Una
• Silent Witness1996
• The Glass Virgin1995 · as Annabella Lagrange
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Screen Two1985 · as Amanda Ellis