Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer\u00a0(born 6 October 1971) is a British\u00a0actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an\u00a0Independent Spirit Award\u00a0for her performance in\u00a0Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0series\u00a0The Newsroom\u00a0(2012\u20132014). She co-created and co-wrote the series\u00a0Doll & Em\u00a0(2014\u20132015) and wrote and directed the miniseries\u00a0The Pursuit of Love\u00a0(2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the\u00a0British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.<\/p>\n
She provided Sophie’s voice in the English-language version of\u00a0Howl’s Moving Castle\u00a0(2004). She starred in\u00a0Scream 3\u00a0(2000),\u00a0Match Point (2005),\u00a0The Pink Panther\u00a0(2006),\u00a0The Pink Panther 2\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Lars and the Real Girl\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Chaos Theory\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Harry Brown\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Shutter Island\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Cars 2\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Hugo (2011),\u00a0Mary Poppins Returns\u00a0(2018), and\u00a0Relic (2020).<\/p>\n
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Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer\u00a0(born 6 October 1971) is a British\u00a0actress and filmmaker. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an\u00a0Independent Spirit Award\u00a0for her performance in\u00a0Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the\u00a0HBO\u00a0series\u00a0The Newsroom\u00a0(2012\u20132014). She co-created and co-wrote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26699","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n