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Emily Mortimer Profile |
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Birth Date: December 1, 1971
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Emily Mortimer
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Emily Mortimer is an English actress. She began performing
on stage, and has since appeared in several film and
television roles, including 2000's Scream 3 and 2005's Match
Point.
Mortimer was born in London, England, the daughter of Sir
John Mortimer QC (lawyer and dramatist famous for Rumpole of
the Bailey) and his second wife Penelope (née Gollop). She
has a younger sister, Rosie; two older siblings — Sally
Silverman and Jeremy — by her father's first marriage to
author Penelope Fletcher, and a half brother, Ross Bentley
by her father's liaision with actress Wendy Craig. Her
maternal grandfather was a pig farmer.
Mortimer studied at St Paul's Girls' School, where she
appeared in several student productions. After St. Paul's,
she moved on to Lincoln College, Oxford, where she read
Russian, and performed in several plays. Before becoming an
actress, Mortimer wrote a column for the Daily Telegraph,
and was also screenwriter for a screen adaptation of Lorna
Sage's memoir, Bad Blood.
In 2000, Mortimer met American actor Alessandro Nivola,
while both were starring in Love's Labour's Lost. The couple
married in Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, on 3 January, 2003. A
Mexican punk band performed at their wedding. Mortimer gave
birth to their son, Samuel John, in Westminster, London, on
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Other
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Studied English & Russian at Lincoln College, Oxford
(1990-94). Daughter of John Mortimer and Penelope Glossop.
Has one younger sister, Rosie Mortimer.
Son, Sam Nivola, was born September 26, 2003, with
Alessandro Nivola.
A Mexican punk band played at her wedding to Alessandro
Nivola.
Discovered an older half-brother, Ross Bentley, as a result
of a past relationship between actress Wendy Craig and her
father Sir John Mortimer. [17 September 2004]
Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA. [2004]
Attended St. Paul's Girls' School in London.
Attended Moscow Arts Theatre School.
The name of her mother, Penelope, was also the name of her
father's first wife.
Fluent in Russian
Educated at the prestigious St Paul's Girls School in
London. Was in the same class as fellow actress Rachel
Weisz.
Was chosen to voice the young Sophie in the English language
version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004) because the producers
felt that her voice resembled that of the young Jean
Simmons, who voiced the old Sophie. |
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since January 30, 2009