Emily Mortimer

 Emily Mortimer is a British screenwriter, actress and director who has a a net worth of $8 million. Emily Mortimer is best known for her roles on films like "Lovely and amazing", "Match Point", "Lars and the Real Girl,"" as well as "Shutter Island." On television, she was a co-star with Jeff Daniels on the HBO series "The Newsroom" and co-wrote, co-created and co-starred in the British show "Doll & Em." Mortimer also directed and acted in "The Pursuit of Love," a miniseries. "Emily Mortimer was born on the 6th October 1971 in London, England to dramatist and barrister Sir John Mortimer and his second wife Penelope. There is a younger sister named Rosie as well as two older half-siblings known as Sally and Jeremy and an half-brother called Ross. Mortimer was a student at St Paul's Girls' School, and later the University of Oxford for her studies. At the latter institution, she was studying Russian and was a part of numerous school plays.Mortimer made her debut film appearances in 1996 when she played performances in the historical adventure film "The Ghost and the Darkness" and the come-of-age film "The Last of the High Kings." In the following years she was in the suspense movie "The Saint," the biographical drama "Elizabeth," and the romance film "Notting Hill.