---
name: "Emily Mortimer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-mortimer"
fi1m_id: "emily-mortimer"
imdb_id: "nm0607865"
tmdb_id: 1246
wikidata_id: "Q230308"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 October 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T00:23:26.969044+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Emily Mortimer

## Identity

Emily Mortimer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-mortimer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-mortimer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0607865
- **TMDB ID:** 1246
- **Wikidata ID:** Q230308
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mortimer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1246

Actor. Born 6 October 1971 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 October 1971, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** Emily Kathleen Mortimer, Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer, Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/person/ben-kingsley.md), [Ben Whishaw](https://film.one/person/ben-whishaw.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 52 (1), 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Family 3, Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,648m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mortimer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1246

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shutter Island*](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md) (80), [*Scream 3*](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md) (52)
- **Netflix:** [*Jay Kelly*](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md) (64), [*Paddington in Peru*](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hugo*](https://film.one/film/hugo.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins Returns*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Emily Mortimer

> Emily Mortimer is most persuasive as an intelligent woman keeping her anxiety under control. We value her unforced acting, though *Jay Kelly* suggests that, as a writer, she could afford to be harder on her characters.

In *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Emily Mortimer's Mary Brown worries that one child is about to leave home and the other has stopped talking to her. It is the sort of concern that ought to suit Mortimer, who is often cast as intelligent, guarded women. But Dougal Wilson's film gives each Brown a small problem to announce and resolve, leaving little room for anything less predictable. We were frustrated by Mary's thread: the fear of losing touch with her children ought to matter, and the script makes it feel like another item to be ticked off.

*Elizabeth* (1998), in which she plays Kat Ashley, sits among the early supporting roles; *Lovely & Amazing* (2001) brought her wider notice. The latter remains a useful starting point for her naturalistic, committed acting. Woody Allen's *Match Point* (2005) and Martin Scorsese's *Shutter Island* (2010) continued the ensemble work, before Mackenzie McHale in *The Newsroom* (2012–2014) gave her a television lead. We value an actor who can make a supporting character worth watching without insisting on being the centre of attention.

The turn towards writing and directing makes the supporting-player description inadequate. She co-created and starred in *Doll & Em* (2014–2015) with Dolly Wells, exploring female friendship and Hollywood. With *The Pursuit of Love* (2021), she took on writing and directing a Mitford adaptation, as well as playing the Bolter. These credits deserve attention alongside the more familiar acting work.

*Jay Kelly* (2025), which she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach, is a more qualified pleasure. George Clooney's film star begins to notice how much strangers love him and how little his family knows him. The memory sequences are its strongest idea, and the writing is warm and often funny. But the script likes its subject too much, leaving his regrets less searching than they ought to be. Start with *Lovely & Amazing* for the actor; approach *Jay Kelly* with some patience for the man at its centre.

## Biography

Emily Mortimer is a British actress and filmmaker. Born in London on 6 October 1971, she is the daughter of barrister and author Sir John Mortimer. She was educated at St Paul’s Girls’ School and Lincoln College, Oxford, where she studied English and Russian, and spent time at the Moscow Arts Theatre Drama School studying acting.

Mortimer began acting in stage productions and made her screen debut in the mid-1990s. She is known for roles in films including *Notting Hill* (1999), *Match Point* (2005), *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007), *Shutter Island* (2010), *Hugo* (2011) and *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), and for voicing Sophie in the English version of *Howl’s Moving Castle* (2004). On television she played Mackenzie McHale in *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). In 2003 she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in *Lovely & Amazing*. She co-wrote the screenplay for *Jay Kelly* (2025) and appears in the film, and played Mary Brown in *Paddington in Peru* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Candy — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Mary Brown — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), Fi1m 67, as Jane Banks — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Hugo* (2011), Fi1m 76, as Lisette — [page](https://film.one/film/hugo.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Rachel 1 — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Scream 3* (2000), Fi1m 52, as Angelina Tyler — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md)
- *Notting Hill* (1999), Fi1m 78, as Perfect Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Elizabeth* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Kat Ashley — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ladies First* (2026), as Sunny Black
- *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md)
- *Jay Kelly* (2025), as Candy · Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes* (2025), series, as Cmdr. Cressida Dick
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), as Mary Brown — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *The New Look* (2024), series, as Elsa Lombardi
- *The Spirit of 1926* (2022), as Nettie
- *With/In Volume 2* (2021), as (segment "Neighborhood Watch")
- *The Pursuit of Love* (2021), series, as The Bolter · Director, Writer, Creator
- *I Am A Town* (2020), Producer
- *Don't Look Deeper* (2020), series, as Sharon
- *Relic* (2020), as Kay
- *Good Posture* (2019), as Julia Price
- *Mary* (2019), as Sarah
- *Phil* (2019), as Alicia
- *Lost Holiday* (2019), as NPR Commentary (voice)
- *To Dust* (2019), Producer
- *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018), as Jane Banks — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins-returns.md)
- *Head Full of Honey* (2018), as Sarah
- *One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure* (2018), as Hanka
- *Write When You Get Work* (2018), as Nan Noble
- *Wig Shop* (2017), as Chaya
- *The Bookshop* (2017), as Florence Green
- *The Party* (2017), as Jinny
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), as Sarah Ford
- *Spectral* (2016), as Fran Madison
- *10,000 Saints* (2015), as Diane Urbanski
- *Ladygrey* (2015), as Olive
- *Rio, I Love You* (2014), as Dorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
- *Doll & Em* (2014), series, as Em · Writer, Creator
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as MacKenzie McHale
- *Hugo* (2011), as Lisette — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hugo.md)
- *Our Idiot Brother* (2011), as Liz Rochlin Byng
- *Cars 2* (2011), as Holley Shiftwell (voice)
- *Leonie* (2010), as Leonie
- *Shutter Island* (2010), as Rachel 1 — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Harry Brown* (2009), as DI Alice Frampton
- *City Island* (2009), as Molly Charlesworth
- *The Pink Panther 2* (2009), as Nicole
- *Chaos Theory* (2008), as Susan Allen
- *Redbelt* (2008), as Laura Black
- *TransSiberian* (2008), as Jessie
- *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007), as Karin
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Phoebe — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), as Frances (Père-Lachaise)
- *The Pink Panther* (2006), as Nicole
- *Match Point* (2005), as Chloe Hewett Wilton
- *Dear Frankie* (2004), as Lizzie
- *Bright Young Things* (2003), as Nina Blount
- *Young Adam* (2003), as Cathie Dimly
- *A Foreign Affair* (2003), as Angela Beck
- *The Sleeping Dictionary* (2003), as Cecil
- *Nobody Needs to Know* (2003), as Emily
- *Jeffrey Archer: The Truth* (2002), as Lady Diana - Princess of Wales
- *Lovely & Amazing* (2002), as Elizabeth Marks
- *The 51st State* (2001), as Dakota Parker
- *The Kid* (2000), as Amy
- *Love's Labour's Lost* (2000), as Katherine
- *The Miracle Maker* (2000), as Mary of Nazareth (voice)
- *Scream 3* (2000), as Angelina Tyler — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-3.md)
- *Killing Joe* (1999), Actor
- *Notting Hill* (1999), as Perfect Girl — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *Noah's Ark* (1999), series, as Esther
- *Cider with Rosie* (1998), as Miss Flynn
- *Elizabeth* (1998), as Kat Ashley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth.md)
- *Coming Home* (1998), series, as Judith Dunbar
- *Coming Home* (1998), as Judith Dunbar
- *A Dance to the Music of Time* (1997), series, as Polly Duport
- *The Saint* (1997), as Woman on Plane
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Katherine Lacey — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *The Last of the High Kings* (1996), as Romy Thomas
- *The Ghost and the Darkness* (1996), as Helena Patterson
- *Lord of Misrule* (1996), as Emma
- *No Bananas* (1996), series, as Una
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Actor
- *A Very Open Prison* (1995), as Amanda Ellis
- *Sharpe's Sword* (1995), as Lass
- *The Glass Virgin* (1995), series, as Annabella Lagrange
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Lass
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Amanda Ellis
- *Dennis*, Director, Writer, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-80785ef4aee4.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Premios_Goya_2018_-_Emily_Mortimer_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2018_-_Emily_Mortimer_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Mortimer at the Hugo Premiere, New York City 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-16462028d5a6.jpg) Emily Mortimer at the Hugo Premiere, New York City 2011. — Joella Marano, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Emily_Mortimer%2C_2011.jpg/1280px-Emily_Mortimer%2C_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Mortimer at the press conference of The Bookshop at Berlinale 2018](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-b6f74d750ef3.jpg) Emily Mortimer at the press conference of The Bookshop at Berlinale 2018 — Diana Ringo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Emily_Mortimer_-_The_Bookshop_-_Press_Conference.jpg/1280px-Emily_Mortimer_-_The_Bookshop_-_Press_Conference.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Mortimer at the Hugo Premiere, New York City 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-3030a0e9e985.jpg) Emily Mortimer at the Hugo Premiere, New York City 2011. — Joella Marano, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Emily_Mortimer_2011.jpg/1280px-Emily_Mortimer_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-94559648f7a3.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-19f0bcf05dd4.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-7e379b730e2e.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB
- ![Emily Mortimer at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-2d8e15402b96.jpg) Emily Mortimer at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. (2011) — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Emily_Mortimer_2011_Shankbone.JPG/1280px-Emily_Mortimer_2011_Shankbone.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Emily Mortimer at a press conference for Mary Poppins Returns in November 2018](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-491306a7f42f.jpg) Emily Mortimer at a press conference for Mary Poppins Returns in November 2018 — Dulce Osuna, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Emily_mortimer_2018_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-e6f224230cbc.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-7df3eda1dce2.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB
- ![Emily Mortimer](https://film.one/media/person/7606/gallery-690722f9fcb9.jpg) Emily Mortimer — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2005: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Dear Frankie*
- Film Independent Spirit Awards 2003: Film Independent Spirit Awards (won), for *Lovely & Amazing*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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