Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayFeb 23, 1983
BiographyEmily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards. Forbes ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020.

Blunt made her acting debut in a 2001 stage production of The Royal Family and portrayed Catherine Howard in the television miniseries Henry VIII (2003). She made her feature film debut in the drama My Summer of Love (2004). Blunt's breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film Gideon's Daughter and the comedy film The Devil Wears Prada. The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her profile continued to grow with leading roles in The Young Victoria (2009), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper (2012), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Into the Woods (2014).

Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film A Quiet Place (2018), for which she won the Actor Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2021), and the miniseries The English (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer (2023) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2026, she portrayed senior executive Emily Charlton in the blockbuster sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Blunt has been working with the American Institute for Stuttering since 2006 to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources and raise awareness of the realities of the condition. She is on the board of directors of the Institute, and hosts a gala for it to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults.

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