Acting credits
87
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Emily Mortimer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
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Movies: 64Series: 26Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 1246
IMDb ID: nm0607865
Known for: Acting
Born: October 6, 1971
Age: 54
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q230308
Also known as
Emily Kathleen Mortimer • Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer • Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer
Other jobs
Writer (3)Producer (2)Thanks (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Emily Mortimer.
Ladies First
as Sunny Black
2026 Movie
The Testament of Ann Lee
Thanks
2025 Movie
The Making of Jay Kelly
as Self - Candy / Writer
2025 Movie
Jay Kelly
as Candy
2025 Movie
Paddington in Peru
as Mary Brown
2024 Movie
The Spirit of 1926
as Nettie
2022 Movie
With/In Volume 2
as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2021 Movie
I Am A Town
Producer
2020 Movie
Relic
as Kay
2020 Movie
Good Posture
as Julia Price
2019 Movie
Mary
as Sarah
2019 Movie
Phil
as Alicia
2019 Movie
Lost Holiday
as NPR Commentary (voice)
2019 Movie
To Dust
Producer
2019 Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
as Jane Banks
2018 Movie
Head Full of Honey
as Sarah
2018 Movie
One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure
as Hanka
2018 Movie
Write When You Get Work
as Nan Noble
2018 Movie
Wig Shop
as Chaya
2017 Movie
The Bookshop
as Florence Green
2017 Movie
The Party
as Jinny
2017 Movie
The Sense of an Ending
as Sarah Ford
2017 Movie
Spectral
as Fran Madison
2016 Movie
10,000 Saints
as Diane Urbanski
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Emily Mortimer.
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
as Cmdr. Cressida Dick • 3 eps
2025 Series
The New Look
as Elsa Lombardi • 10 eps
2024 Series
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Pursuit of Love
as The Bolter • 3 eps
2021 Series
Don't Look Deeper
as Sharon • 14 eps
2020 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Doll & Em
as Em • 12 eps
2014 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Newsroom
as MacKenzie McHale • 25 eps
2012 Series
Conan
as Self • 2 eps
2010 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
30 Rock
as Phoebe • 3 eps
2006 Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2001 Series
Noah's Ark
as Esther • 2 eps
1999 Series
Coming Home
as Judith Dunbar • 2 eps
1998 Series
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Polly Duport • 4 eps
1997 Series
Midsomer Murders
as Katherine Lacey • 1 eps
1997 Series
No Bananas
as Una • 10 eps
1996 Series
Silent Witness
2 eps
1996 Series
The Glass Virgin
as Annabella Lagrange • 3 eps
1995 Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
Sharpe
as Lass • 1 eps
1993 Series