Emily Mortimer

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Emily Mortimer’s many film credits include her break-out role in the critically-acclaimed “Lovely & Amazing,” a comical, bittersweet tale of four hapless, but resilient, women and the lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. The film brought Mortimer great critical acclaim and a 2003 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Mortimer most recently starred in a diverse range of films including the widely acclaimed, touching comedy “Lars and the Real Girl,” starring opposite Ryan Gosling and Patricia Clarkson; and in David Mamet’s “Redbelt,” set in the west-side Los Angeles first world. Her other recent film credits include Woody Allen’s “Match Point,” which she received glowing reviews starring alongside Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Matthew Goode; and the hit comedy “The Pink Panther,” playing Nicole, Inspector Clouseau’s hapless secretary, alongside Steve Martin.

Mortimer’s other film credits include starring in Shona Auerbach’s “Dear Frankie,” earning a London Film Critics Award nomination as an impoverished single mother who has moved to a seaside Scottish town with her deaf child; acclaimed filmmaker David Mackenzie’s first film, “Young Adam,” starring Ewan McGregor, for which Mortimer earned a nomination as Best British Actress at the 2004 Empire Awards and a nomination for Best British Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2004 London Film Critics Circle Awards; leading the ensemble cast in Stephen Fry’s directorial debut, “Bright Young Things”; Kenneth Branagh’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost”; Shekhar Kapur’s award-winning “Elizabeth”; “The Ghost and the Darkness” with Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer; and Wes Craven’s “Scream 3.” She also voiced the character of young Sophie in Walt Disney Studios’ English language version of “Howl’s Moving Castle,” directed by the renowned Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

Over the last year, she has worked continuously on a wide range of upcoming projects including: currently shooting Martin Scorsese’s mystery drama with a cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, and Max von Sydow; and “The Pink Panther 2,” reprising her role opposite Steve Martin.

In addition to her several film projects, Mortimer has also starred in a range of television projects for the BBC and played the recurring role of Phoebe, as Alec Baldwin character’s love interest, during the 2007 season of the hit NBC series “30 Rock.”

Mortimer’s theatre credits include making her off-Broadway debut at the Atlantic Theater (February, 2008 – April, 2008) in the World Premiere run of acclaimed playwright Jez Butterworth’s “Parlour Song.” Directed by Neil Pepe, the play looks at what happens when two ordinary people discover they hate what they have become. The story revolves around Dale (Chris Bauer), a demolitions expert, who comes to believe that his wife (Mortimer) is stealing from him. The play also starred Jonathan Cake.

Prior to “Parlour Song,” her other theatre credits include productions of “The Merchant of Venice” for the Lyceum Theatre and “The Lights” for the Royal Court. While studying English at Oxford University, Mortimer had starring roles in numerous stage productions including: Ophelia in “Hamlet” at Oxford Shakespeare Festival, Gertrude in “Hamlet” and Lady Nijo/Winn in “Top Girls” at the Edinburgh Festival, Miss Burstner/Leni in “The Trial” at the Oxford Playhouse, and Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Old Fire Station, Oxford. She also devised, directed and acted in a production of “Don Juan,” which was a Drama Cupper’s Winner.

Mortimer was born in London, England. She is the daughter of famed writer Sir John Mortimer and Penelope Glossop. Mortimer attended the highly respected St. Paul’s Girls School in Barnes, London. She then studied English and Russian at Oxford University from 1990 - 1994. She married actor Alessandro Nivola in 2002, and their first child was born in 2003.

Filmography: Bright Young Things, Dear Frankie, Disneys The Kid, Formula 51, Howls Moving Castle, Match Point, Scream 3, The Pink Panther (2005), The Sleeping Dictionary, Transsiberian, Young Adam,

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