![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Biography:An attractive and talented actress who is as comfortable in historical dramas as in modern day thrillers and comedies, "Emily Mortimer" was born in Great Britain in 1971. Mortimer's father is author "John Mortimer", best known for his series of Rumpole of the Bailey mystery novels, and she seems to have absorbed her father's literary influence -- before her career as an actress took off, Mortimer wrote a column for the London Telegraph, and she's served as screenwriter for an screen adaptation of Lorna Sage's book Bad Blood. Mortimer was a student at the prestigious St. Paul's Girls School when she first developed an interest in acting, appearing in several student productions. After graduating from St. Paul's, she moved on to Oxford, where she majored in Russian. Mortimer found time to perform in several plays while studying at Oxford, and while acting in a student production she impressed a producer... Full Biography
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