Emily Kathleen A. Mortimer is an English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including Scream 3, Match Point, Lars and the Real Girl, and Shutter Island. Mortimer was born in Finsbury Park, London, England, a daughter of Sir John Mortimer, QC and his second wife, Penelope . She has a younger sister, Rosie; two older half-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 liaison with actress Wendy Craig. Her maternal grandfather... was a pig farmer. Mortimer studied at St Paul's Girls' School in west London , where she appeared in several student productions. She then went on to Oxford University, where she read Russian at Lincoln College 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.
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| Birthdate: | December 1, 1971 |
| Birthplace: | London |
| Age: | 40 |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Education: | Lincoln College, Oxford, St Paul's Girls' School |
| Religion: | Atheism |
| Also known as: | Emily Kathleen Mortimer |