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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Jay Kelly
2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Cressida Dick · (4 episodes)
2025
The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2024
Paddington in Peru
Mary Brown
2024
The New Look
Elsa Lombardi · (10 episodes)
2024
Don't Look Deeper
Sharon Carter
2023
The Spirit of 1926
Nettie
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
With/In Volume 2
2022
With/In Volume 2
(segment "Neighborhood Watch")
2021
The Pursuit of Love
The Bolter · (3 episodes)
2021
Don't Look Deeper
Sharon · (14 episodes)
2020
Relic
Kay
2020
Good Posture
Julia Price
2019
Mary
Sarah
2019
Phil
Alicia
2019
Lost Holiday
NPR Commentary (voice)
2019
Mary Poppins Returns
Jane Banks
2018
Head Full of Honey
Sarah
2018
One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure
Hanka
2018
Write When You Get Work
Nan Noble
2018
Wig Shop
Chaya
2017
The Bookshop
Florence Green
2017
The Party
Jinny
2017
The Sense of an Ending
Sarah Ford
2017
Spectral
Fran Madison
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
10,000 Saints
Diane Urbanski
2015
Ladygrey
Olive
2015
Rio, I Love You
Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
2014
Doll & Em
Em · (12 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Newsroom
MacKenzie McHale · (25 episodes)
2012
Hugo
Lisette
2011
Our Idiot Brother
Liz Rochlin Byng
2011
Cars 2
Holley Shiftwell (voice)
2011
Leonie
Leonie
2010
Conan
Self · (2 episodes)
2010
Shutter Island
Rachel 1
2010
Harry Brown
D.I. Alice Frampton
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
City Island
Molly Charlesworth
2009
The Pink Panther 2
Nicole
2009
Chaos Theory
Susan Allen
2008
Redbelt
Laura Black
2008
TransSiberian
Jessie
2008
Lars and the Real Girl
Karin
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
30 Rock
Phoebe · (3 episodes)
2006
Rabbit Fever
Herself
2006
Paris Je T'aime
Frances (Père-Lachaise)
2006
The Pink Panther
Nicole
2006
Match Point
Chloe Hewett Wilton
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Dear Frankie
Lizzie
2004
Bright Young Things
Nina Blount
2003
Young Adam
Cathie Dimly
2003
The Sleeping Dictionary
Cecil
2003
A Foreign Affair
Angela Beck
2003
Nobody Needs to Know
Emily
2003
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Lady Diana - Princess of Wales
2002
Lovely & Amazing
Elizabebeth Marks
2002
The 51st State
Dakota Parker
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2001
The Kid
Amy
2000
The Miracle Maker
Mary of Nazareth (voice)
2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Katherine
2000
Scream 3
Angelina Tyler
2000
Killing Joe
1999
Notting Hill
Perfect Girl
1999
Noah's Ark
Esther · (2 episodes)
1999
Cider with Rosie
Miss Flynn
1998
Elizabeth
Kat Ashley
1998
Coming Home
Judith Dunbar · (2 episodes)
1998
Coming Home
Judith Dunbar
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
Polly Duport · (4 episodes)
1997
The Saint
Woman on Plane
1997
Midsomer Murders
Katherine Lacey · (1 episode)
1997
The Last of the High Kings
Romy Thomas
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
Helena Patterson
1996
Lord of Misrule
Emma
1996
No Bananas
Una · (10 episodes)
1996
Silent Witness
(2 episodes)
1996
A Very Open Prison
Amanda Ellis
1995
Sharpe's Sword
Lass
1995
Ladies First
The Glass Virgin
Annabella Lagrange · (3 episodes)
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988