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Emily Mortimer (born 1 December 1971) is an
English actress. She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television roles, including
Scream 3 (2000) and
Match Point (2005).
Early life
Mortimer was born in
Finsbury Park,
London,
, the daughter of
Sir John Mortimer QC (lawyer and dramatist famous for
Rumpole of the Bailey) and his second wife, Penelope (
née Gollop).
[Rumpole creator Sir John Mortimer dies, aged 85" Daily Mail, 16 January 2009] says her maiden name is Gallop. In this Guardian obituary for the first wife, the maiden name of the second wife is Gollop. The Daily Mail article mentions that Sir John Mortimer had two children by his first marriage, which ended in 1972 (1971 per his Wikipedia article), and two by his second marriage.] 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.
[Cavendish, Lucy A bohemian hunter, Evening Standard (30 July 2003)]