Emily Mortimer

Emily was born on December 1, 1971 in London. Her artistic vein comes from her father’s side, since she is the daughter of screenwriter John Mortimer ( Tea with Mussolini ). She debuted in her native England in the television miniseries The Glass Virgin (1995), a period drama laden with intrigue, where she was the lead. A lead role early in a career seems to warrant similar roles in the future, though in Emily’s case it didn’t. After her debut, she began to appear in supporting roles. Her first Hollywood job was as a secondary in The Demons of the Night (1996). In this film, she worked alongside Val Kilmer , with whom she reprized in the film version of The Saint .(1997), in a very small role.

And it is that Emily has been secondary in well-known titles such as Elizabeth (1998), where she was part of the court of Queen Cate Blanchett , Notting Hill (1999) or Scream 3 (2000). Her life began to change with the new millennium thanks to Love’s Labor Lost . This peculiar Shakespearean musical directed by his compatriot Kenneth Branagh , had Alessandro Nivola as its protagonist , who in 2001 became her husband. The couple have a son, Sam, who is four years old. But in 2000 Emily not only worked alongside the one she was to become her husband, but she also seconded Bruce Willis inThe Kid (The boy) . The actress had a relevant role in this comedy, where she became the assistant to the egotistical character of Willis.

To date, Emily had shown her softer side. It was in the action film Dirty Business (2001) when she changed registration to become the dangerous employee of a drug dealer. From this moment, Emily’s career began to develop among characters of a greater entity. In the biopic of the English writer and politician Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002), she was Princess Diana of Wales. Her compatriot Of her Stephen Fry chose her to star in her only film as a director, Bright Young Things (2003), a drama set in the interwar period. She also starred in the drama My Dear Frankie.(2004). In this wonderful film, she was the mother of a deaf child and the supposed wife of a merchant marine who spent long periods of time away from home. Her career continued with more name titles such as Match Point (2005). In this Woody Allen film , Emily was one of the vertices of the twisted love triangle that Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyer completed. Despite the obvious leading role of these two actors, Emily composed an interesting and complex woman for Rhys Meyer. In 2006 came what to date is the most commercial title in which she has participated, The Pink Panther . In this remake of the Blake Edwards film, Emily ‘s character proved to be an invaluable help to the clueless Inspector Clouseau , played by Steve Martin . The actress has repeated the character in the second part of the film, which has just been shot.

Among her most recent titles, her participation in Paris, je t’aime (2006) stands out, in which she starred in the fragment directed by Wes Craven , who had already directed her in Scream 3 . In Spain, she has just released Lars and a Real Girl (2007), where she has been the sister-in-law of the peculiar protagonist played by Ryan Gosling . This year she is also expected to appear on Spanish screens with Transsiberian . Emily is one of the protagonists of this thriller, where she has been the wife of the character played by Woody Harrelson . Among her future plans, Shutter Island stands out, which is currently being shot under the direction of Martin Scorsese . The story revolves around the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for criminals. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this movie in which Emily is one of the hospital patients.