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Emily Mortimer
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is an English 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 (2014–2…
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Born 6 October 1971 · Q230308
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2026· 6 entries
“I seem to find characters who are held back and guarded, physically and mentally. It”
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“It was a wonderful experience as an actor to have that opportunity [...] You hear this terrifying phrase,”
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Yahoo: Emily Mortimer on the Enduring Legacy of 'The Newsroom'
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Yahoo: FALLOUT Season 3 Casts Emily Mortimer, Manny Jacinto, and Thomasin McKenzie
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Public attention spiked: 7,483 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 2,398, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Cinema Blend: Emily Mortimer Addresses Replacing Sally Hawkins For Paddington In Peru, And What She Didn’t Expect About Joining The Family
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Played Cressida Dick in Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
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2024· 2 entries
Variety: Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola Ink Deal With Sony Pictures Television
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Deadline.com: Emily Mortimer & Alessandro Nivola’s King Bee Strikes Deal With Sony
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2021· 1 entry
Mortimer wrote, directed, and starred in the miniseries The Pursuit of Love, which earned her a BAFTA TV nomination for Best Supporting Actress
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2020· 2 entries
The Guardian: Emily Mortimer: ‘The worst thing anyone's said to me? Robert de Niro asked me to be less peppy’
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Mortimer starred in the horror film Relic with co-stars Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote
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2011· 2 entries
Had a role in Our Idiot Brother as Liz, the sister of Paul Rudd's titular character
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Started work with screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin, playing Mackenzie McHale in HBO's The Newsroom
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2010· 3 entries
Mortimer became an American citizen in 2010.
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“sometimes wishes Russian were more a part of her life”
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Mortimer said that she 'sometimes wishes Russian were more a part of her life', and that she 'adores all things Russian and regrets that her association with Russia has been limited to "a little academic foray"
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2009· 1 entry
Mortimer reprised her role as Nicole Durant in The Pink Panther 2; the film was panned by critics
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2008· 1 entry
Mortimer starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in the comedy Chaos Theory
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2007· 1 entry
Had a role in the comedy drama Lars and the Real Girl as Karin, the supportive sister-in-law of Ryan Gosling's title character
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2005· 1 entry
Played Chloe Wilton, the oblivious spouse of Jonathan Rhys Meyers's adulterer in Woody Allen's Match Point
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2004· 1 entry
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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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Film Independent Spirit Awards for Lovely & Amazing (2003).
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Won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing
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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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2002· 1 entry
Had a major part as the assassin in The 51st State (also known as Formula 51), starring opposite Samuel L
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2000· 2 entries
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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Mortimer met American actor Alessandro Nivola while both were starring in Love's Labour's Lost
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1999· 1 entry
Played three roles: she was the "Perfect Girl" dropped by Hugh Grant in Notting Hill; Esther in the television miniseries Noah's Ark, and the actress Angelina in Scream 3
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1998· 1 entry
Appeared as Kat Ashley in Elizabeth, and played Miss Flynn in the television mini series Cider with Rosie, which was adapted for television by her father
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1996· 1 entry
Mortimer appeared as drug addict Fran in the first series of Silent Witness
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1971· 1 entry
Born 1971-10-06.
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