Emily Mortimer was born on December 1, 1971 in London, England. She is an English actress.

Her first film role was opposite Val Kilmer in 1996's The Ghost and the Darkness. Mortimer was then in the Irish coming-of-age story The Last of the High Kings, released later the same year. In 1998 she appeared as Kat Ashley in Elizabeth, and played Miss Flynn in the TV mini-series Cider with Rosie.

In 1999, she played three roles that raised her profile outside the UK: She was the ill-fated "Perfect Girl" dropped by Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, appeared as Esther in the American TV mini-series Noah's Ark.

In 2002, she had a major role in The 51st State, starring opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle, and was a supporting character in John Woo's war drama Windtalkers. In 2004, she appeared in the movie Dear Frankie. In 2005, she played a major role in Woody Allen's Match Point.

She also appeared in The Pink Panther in 2006 and in the last three episodes of 30 Rock's first season.

She married actor Alessandro Nivola on 3 January 2003.

Filmography

• Number 13 (2008)
• Pink Panther 2 (2009)
• Redbelt (2008)
• Transsiberian (2008)
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
• "30 Rock" (3 episodes, 2007)
• Chaos Theory (2007)
• Paris, je t'aime (2006)
• The Pink Panther (2006)
• Match Point (2005)
• Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)
• Dear Frankie (2004)
• Young Adam (2003)
• Bright Young Things (2003)
• The Sleeping Dictionary (2003)
• Nobody Needs to Know (2003)
• A Foreign Affair (2003)
• Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
• The 51st State (2001)
• Lovely & Amazing (2001)
• The Kid (2000)
• The Miracle Maker (2000)
• Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• Killing Joe (1999)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• Cider with Rosie (1998)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• Coming Home (1998)
• "A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997)
• The Saint (1997)
• "Midsomer Murders" (1 episode, 1997)
• The Last of the High Kings (1996)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
• "Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives" (1 episode, 1996)
• "No Bananas" (1996)
• Lord of Misrule (1996)
• "Silent Witness" (2 episodes, 1996)
• Heartstones (1996)
• Sharpe's Sword (1995)
• "The Glass Virgin" (1995)

Awards

• Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female "Lovely & Amazing" 2003