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Emily Mortimer is a British and American actress, screenwriter, and stage actor who began her professional career in 1993. Born on October 6, 1971, in Finsbury Park, London, England, she holds citizenship in both the United Kingdom and the United States. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Lincoln College. Mortimer is the daughter of John Mortimer and is married to Alessandro Nivola, with whom she has two children, including Sam Nivola.
She resides in Boerum Hill and speaks English and Russian. Her acting work has been recognized with a Film Independent Spirit Award, and she has been nominated for the Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress. In addition to her performance roles, she is credited as an author, with one listed work being *The Bookshop*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Bookshop [DVD]
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Film & TV
London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Ladies First — Sunny Black2026
- Jay Kelly — Candy2025
- The Making of Jay Kelly — Self - Candy / Writer2025
- Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes — Cressida Dick2025
- Paddington in Peru — Mary Brown2024
- The New Look — Elsa Lombardi2024
- The Spirit of 1926 — Nettie2022
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten — Self - Guest2022
- With/In Volume 2 — (segment "Neighborhood Watch")2021
- The Pursuit of Love — The Bolter2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer , ( 1971-10-06 ) 6 October 1971 (age 54) , London, England
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom United States
- Alma mater
- Lincoln College, Oxford
- Occupations
- Actress, director, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Alessandro Nivola ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 3 January 2003</span>"}]]}'>2003 )
- Children
- 2, including Sam Nivola
- Father
- John Mortimer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emily
- Family name
- Mortimer
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Finsbury Park
- Spouse
- Alessandro Nivola
- Child
- Sam Nivola
- Father
- John Mortimer
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- St Paul's Girls' School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Image
- Premios Goya 2018 - Emily Mortimer (cropped) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Boerum Hill
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- Commons category
- Emily Mortimer
- date of birth
- 1971-10-06
- name in native language
- Emily Mortimer
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- nominated for
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
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Encyclopedic overview
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (born 6 October 1971) 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 (2014–2015) 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 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).
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