Emily Mortimer
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Mortimer at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party
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Born | Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer 6 October 1971 Hammersmith, London, England |
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Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
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Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse(s) | Alessandro Nivola (m. 2003) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Sir John Mortimer Penelope Gollop |
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer[1] (born 6 October 1971) is a British actress and screenwriter. 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 the role of Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom, and as the voice actress of Sophie in the English-language version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004). Mortimer also stars in Scream 3 (2000), Match Point (2005), The Pink Panther (2006) and its 2009 sequel, Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Chaos Theory (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Relic (2020).
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Early life and education
Mortimer was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to Sir John Mortimer, QC (a lawyer and writer who created the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey), and his second wife, Penelope (née Gollop).[2] She has a younger sister, Rosie; two older half-siblings, Sally Silverman and Jeremy, by her father's first marriage, to author Penelope Fletcher; and a half-brother, Ross Bentley, by her father's extramarital relationship with actress Wendy Craig.[3]
Mortimer studied at St Paul's Girls' School in west London,[4] where she appeared in several pupil productions. She then went on to Oxford University, where she read Russian at Lincoln College and performed in several plays. Before becoming an actress, Mortimer wrote a column for the Daily Telegraph, and was screenwriter for an adaptation of Lorna Sage's memoir, Bad Blood.[citation needed]
Career
Mortimer performed in several plays while studying at Oxford University, and while acting in a student production she was spotted by a producer who later cast her in the lead in a television adaptation of Dame Catherine Cookson's The Glass Virgin (1995).[5] Subsequent television roles included Sharpe's Sword and Coming Home. She followed this with the 1996 television film, Lord of Misrule, directed by Guy Jenkin and filmed in Fowey, Cornwall.
Her first feature film role was opposite Val Kilmer in The Ghost and the Darkness, also in 1996. She appeared in the Irish coming-of-age story The Last of the High Kings, also released in 1996.
In 1998 she appeared as Kat Ashley in Elizabeth, and played Miss Flynn in the TV mini-series Cider with Rosie, which was adapted for television by her father. In 1999, she played three roles that raised her profile outside the UK: She was the "Perfect Girl" dropped by Hugh Grant in Notting Hill; Esther in the US TV mini-series Noah's Ark; and Angelina, the star of the film-within-a-film in Scream 3.
In 2000, 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. She took on her biggest role in an American film to date, playing opposite Bruce Willis in Disney's The Kid. In 2002, she had a major role in The 51st State (also known as Formula 51), starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle.[5]
In 2003, Mortimer appeared in Stephen Fry's film Bright Young Things. In 2004, Mortimer played the female lead in the film Dear Frankie. In 2005, she played a major role as the oblivious spouse of Jonathan Rhys Meyers's adulterer in Woody Allen's Match Point, as well as voiced young Sophie in the English-dubbed version of Howl's Moving Castle. In 2007 she played a supporting role in Lars and the Real Girl as the supportive sister-in-law of Ryan Gosling's title character. She appeared in The Pink Panther in 2006 and in its 2009 sequel. In the last three episodes of the first season of 30 Rock, she played Phoebe, the mysterious love interest of Alec Baldwin's character, Jack Donaghy.
Mortimer played an aspiring actress opposite Andy García in City Island (2009) and as Rachel Solando in Martin Scorsese's 2010 film Shutter Island. She played Leonie Gilmour in Leonie, released in the autumn of 2010. In 2011, she had a role in Our Idiot Brother as Liz, the sister of Paul Rudd's character. In 2011, she also started work with the acclaimed screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin as Mackenzie McHale in HBO's The Newsroom. In January 2013 it was announced that Mortimer would be co-creating and starring in the comedy series Doll & Em[6] for Sky Living, along with her longtime friend, actress and comedian Dolly Wells.[7][8]
Personal life
In 2000, Mortimer met American actor Alessandro Nivola, while both were starring in Love's Labour's Lost. The couple married in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, on 3 January 2003. A Mexican punk band performed at their wedding. They have two children. Mortimer holds dual citizenship for both the U.S. and the U.K.[9]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness | Helana Patterson | |
1996 | The Last of the High Kings | Romy Thomas | |
1997 | The Saint | Woman on Plane | |
1998 | Elizabeth | Kat Ashley | |
1998 | Killing Joe | Short film | |
1999 | Notting Hill | Will's "Perfect Girl" | |
2000 | Scream 3 | Angelina Tyler | |
2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Katherine | |
2000 | The Miracle Maker | Mary of Nazareth | Voice role |
2000 | Disney's The Kid | Amy | |
2001 | Lovely and Amazing | Elizabeth Marks | |
2001 | The 51st State | Dakota Parker | |
2003 | A Foreign Affair | Angela Beck | |
2003 | Nobody Needs to Know | Emily | |
2003 | The Sleeping Dictionary | Cecil | |
2003 | Bright Young Things | Nina Blount | |
2003 | Young Adam | Cathie Dimly | |
2004 | Dear Frankie | Lizzie | |
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Young Sophie (voice) | English dub |
2005 | Match Point | Chloe Hewett Wilton | |
2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Frances | Segment: "Père-Lachaise" |
2006 | The Pink Panther | Nicole Durant | |
2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Karin | |
2007 | Chaos Theory | Susan Allen | |
2008 | Transsiberian | Jessie | |
2008 | Redbelt | Laura Black | |
2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Nicole Durant | |
2009 | Harry Brown | Detective Inspector Alice Frampton | |
2009 | City Island | Molly Charlesworth | |
2010 | Shutter Island | Rachel Solando | |
2010 | Leonie | Leonie Gilmour | |
2011 | Cars 2 | Holley Shiftwell | Voice role |
2011 | Our Idiot Brother | Liz | |
2011 | Hugo | Lisette | |
2014 | Rio, I Love You | Dorothy | Segment: "La Fortuna" |
2015 | Ten Thousand Saints | Di | |
2016 | Spectral | In post-production | |
2016 | The Sense of an Ending | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Under the Hammer | Angela | Episode: "The Virgin of Vitebsk" |
1994 | Blue Heelers | Kelly | Episode: "Skin Deep"[10] |
1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Lass | Television movie |
1995 | The Glass Virgin | Annabella Lagrange | 3 episodes |
1995 | Screen Two | Amanda Ellis | Episode: "A Very Open Prison" |
1996 | Lord of Misrule | Emma | Movie |
1996 | Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Elvira | Episode: "Heartstones" |
1996 | Silent Witness | Fran | 2 episodes |
1996 | Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives | Tilly | Episode: "Aristocrats" |
1996 | No Bananas | Una | 6 episodes |
1997 | Midsomer Murders | Katherine Lacey | Episode: "The Killings at Badger's Drift" |
1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Polly Duport | Episode: "Post War" |
1998 | Cider with Rosie | Miss Flynn | Movie |
1998 | Coming Home | Judith Dunbar | Movie |
1999 | Noah's Ark | Esther | 3 episodes |
2002 | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Diana, Princess of Wales | Movie |
2007 | 30 Rock | Phoebe | 3 episodes |
2012–14 | The Newsroom | Mackenzie McHale | 25 episodes |
2014–15 | Doll & Em | Emily | 12 episodes; also creator and writer |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2011 | Cars 2: The Video Game | Holley Shiftwell (voice) |
2012 | Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure | |
2013 | Disney Infinity | |
2014 | Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes | |
2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0[11] |
Awards and nominations
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Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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2003 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Lovely & Amazing | Nominated |
Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Female | Won | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical | Nominated | ||
DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie[citation needed] | The Sleeping Dictionary | Nominated | |
2004 | Empire Awards | Best British Actress | Young Adam | Nominated |
London Film Critics' Circle | British Supporting Actress of the Year | Nominated | ||
2005 | British Actress of the Year | Dear Frankie | Nominated | |
European Film Awards | Best Actress[citation needed] | Nominated | ||
2007 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Supporting Actress[citation needed] | Lars and the Real Girl | Nominated |
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Nominated | ||
2009 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress | Transsiberian | Nominated |
References
- ↑ A Voyage Round John Mortimer, Penguin Books, 2008, Valerie Grove
- ↑ Rumpole creator Sir John Mortimer dies, aged 85" Daily Mail, 16 January 2009] says her maiden name is Gallop. In this Guardian obituary for the first wife, the maiden name of the second wife is Gollop. The Daily Mail article mentions that Sir John Mortimer had two children by his first marriage, which ended in 1972 (1971 per his Wikipedia article), and two by his second marriage.
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- ↑ GQ, September 2005, p. 212
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