Emily Mortimer

  Emily Mortimer, a British screenwriter and director, has an estimated net worth of eight million dollars. Emily Mortimer is known for her roles in such films as "Lovely and Amazing," "Match Point," "Lars and the Real Girl,"" "Shutter Island,"" "Hugo," and "Relic." In television, she played opposite Jeff Daniels on the HBO show "The Newsroom" and co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the British series "Doll & Em." Mortimer is also the writer as well as directed and performed in "The In Search of Love." "Emily Mortimer was born on October 6, 1971 in London, England to dramatist and barrister Sir John Mortimer and his second wife Penelope. She has a younger sister called Rosie, two older half-siblings known as Sally and Jeremy, and an half-brother called Ross. Mortimer attended St Paul's Girls' College and the University of Oxford for her studies. In Oxford she was a student of Russian as well as performed in several school plays.Mortimer played as a character in "The 51st State" and "Lovely And Amazing." In recognition of her role as the aspiring actress Elizabeth Marks in the latter film, she was awarded the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Mortimer appeared in "A Foreign Affair", "The Sleeping Dictionary", "Bright Young Things" as well as "Young Adam" from 2003.