Emily Mortimer
English actress (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer[1] (born 6 October 1971) is an English[2] 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 created and 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.
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| Born | Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (1971-10-06) 6 October 1971 (age 52) Hammersmith, London, England |
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| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Children | 2 |
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She provided the voice of Sophie in the English-language version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004), and 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).