Emily Mortimer is an English-American[1] actress. She gained prominence with her performance in Nicole Holofcener's Lovely & Amazing (2001), which won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female.[2] She is also known for her voice performance in the English dub of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, and for her roles in Match Point (2005), The Pink Panther (2006), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Shutter Island (2010), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). In television, she starred as Mackenzie McHale on HBO's The Newsroom (2012–2014), and marked her directorial debut with the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021).[3] She also starred alongside Bruce Willis in The Kid in 2000.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Glass Virgin | Annabella Lagrange | [4] |
| 1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness | Helena Patterson | |
| The Last of the High Kings | Romy Thomas | ||
| 1997 | The Saint | Woman on Plane | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Kat Ashley | |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Will's "Perfect Girl" | |
| 2000 | Scream 3 | Angelina Tyler | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Katherine | ||
| The Miracle Maker | Mary of Nazareth | Voice role | |
| Disney's The Kid | Amy | ||
| 2001 | Lovely & Amazing | Elizabeth Marks | |
| The 51st State | Dakota Parker | ||
| 2003 | A Foreign Affair | Angela Beck | |
| The Sleeping Dictionary | Cecil | ||
| Bright Young Things | Nina Blount | ||
| Young Adam | Cathie Dimly | ||
| 2004 | Dear Frankie | Lizzie | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Young Sophie | Voice role (English dub) | |
| 2005 | Match Point | Chloe Hewett Wilton | |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Frances | Segment: "Père-Lachaise" |
| The Pink Panther | Nicole Durant | ||
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Karin | |
| 2008 | Transsiberian | Jessie | |
| Chaos Theory | Susan Allen | ||
| Redbelt | Laura Black | ||
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Nicole Durant | |
| Harry Brown | DI Alice Frampton | ||
| City Island | Molly Charlesworth | ||
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Rachel Solando | |
| Leonie | Leonie Gilmour | ||
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Holley Shiftwell | Voice role[5] |
| Our Idiot Brother | Liz | ||
| Hugo | Lisette | ||
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Dorothy | Segment: "La Fortuna" |
| 2015 | Ten Thousand Saints | Di Urbanski | |
| 2016 | Spectral | CIA Officer Fran Madison | |
| 2017 | The Sense of an Ending | Sarah Ford | |
| The Party | Jinny | ||
| The Bookshop | Florence Green | ||
| 2018 | Write When You Get Work | Nan Noble | |
| To Dust | N/A | Producer | |
| Head Full of Honey | Sarah | [6][7] | |
| Mary Poppins Returns | Jane Banks | [8] | |
| 2019 | Good Posture | Julia Price | |
| Phil | Alicia | ||
| Mary | Sarah | ||
| 2020 | Relic | Kay | |
| 2021 | With/In: Volume 2 | Segment: "Neighborhood Watch" | |
| 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Mary Brown | replacing Sally Hawkins |
| 2025 | Untitled Noah Baumbach film | Filming; also co-writer with Noah Baumbach |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Under the Hammer | Angela | 1 episode |
| Blue Heelers | Kelly | ||
| 1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Lass | Television film |
| The Glass Virgin | Annabella Lagrange | 3 episodes | |
| Screen Two | Amanda Ellis | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Elvira | |
| Silent Witness | Fran | 2 episodes | |
| Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives | Tilly | 1 episode | |
| No Bananas | Una | Miniseries, 6 episodes | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Katherine Lacey | Episode: "The Killings at Badger's Drift" |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Polly Duport | 1 episode | |
| Coming Home | Judith Dunbar | Television film | |
| 1998 | Cider with Rosie | Miss Flynn | |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Esther | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Diana, Princess of Wales | Television film |
| 2007 | 30 Rock | Phoebe | 3 episodes |
| 2012–2014 | The Newsroom | Mackenzie McHale | Main role, 25 episodes[9] |
| 2014–2015 | Doll & Em | Emily | Main role, 12 episodes; also creator and writer |
| 2020 | Don't Look Deeper | Sharon | Main role, 14 episodes |
| 2021 | The Pursuit of Love | The Bolter | Miniseries, 3 episodes; also writer and director[10] |
| 2024 | The New Look | Elsa Lombardi | 3 episodes[11] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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, Cars: Fast as Lightning | |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0[12] |
References
edit- ^ Wood, Gabby (7 February 2010). "Sometimes I think this is so undignified". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Independent Spirit Awards nominees announced". Los Angeles Times. 12 December 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ White, Peter; Grater, Tom (9 December 2019). "'Mamma Mia!'s Lily James To Star In Emily Mortimer's Adaptation Of Nancy Mitford's 'The Pursuit Of Love' For BBC One".
- ^ "The Glass Virgin". Festival Films, Tyne Tees Television, World Wide International Television. 6 January 1995. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Cars 2 Voice Cast Revealed". Female First. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (20 March 2018). "Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon & Emily Mortimer Join 'Honey In The Head' Redo". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (20 March 2018). "Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon Join Til Schweiger's 'Honey in the Head'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (6 October 2016). "Emily Mortimer joins Disney's 'Mary Poppins Returns'". Exclusive. Variety. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Fowler, Tara (2 May 2011). "Emily Mortimer in talks for Sorkin HBO pilot". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ White, Peter; Grater, Tom (9 December 2019). "'Mamma Mia!'s Lily James To Star In Emily Mortimer's Adaptation Of Nancy Mitford's 'The Pursuit Of Love' For BBC One".
- ^ Petski, Denise (2 June 2022). "John Malkovich, Emily Mortimer & Claes Bang Join Apple's Fashion Drama The New Look". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.