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Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.
— Emily Mortimer
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Emily Mortimer
actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, journalist, film producer, film actor, television director, comedian, film director
1971
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British actor and writer. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom (2012–2014). She co-created and co-wrote the series Doll & Em (2014–2015) and wrote and directed the miniseries The Pursuit of Love (2021), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress.
All Quotes by Emily Mortimer
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My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.
— Emily Mortimer
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I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.
— Emily Mortimer