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Emily Blunt

Acting

Born February 23, 1983 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also known as Emily Olivia Laura Blunt · Έμιλι Ολίβια Λόρα Μπλαντ

Biography

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild 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 the 2001 drama 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-drama 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 period film The Young Victoria (2009), the romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), the science fiction films The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper(2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and the musical Into the Woods (2014). Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the psychological 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 a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2021), the fantasy adventure Jungle Cruise (2021), and the revisionist Western television miniseries The English (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film Oppenheimer (2023) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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 institute's board of directors and hosts a gala to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Blunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2026
  • Saturn AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2024
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role · 2024
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role · 2019
  • Critics' Choice Awards · 2015
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  • Satellite Awards · 2015
  • Gotham Awards · 2012
  • Saturn AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2012
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2007
  • Max Mara Face of the Future Award · 2007
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2024 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Linnet Ridgeway

Oppenheimer

2023as Kitty Oppenheimer

The Simpsons

1989as Juliet Hobbes

Foyle's War

2002as Lucy Markham

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

2022as Self

Edge of Tomorrow

2014as Rita

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025as Self

A Quiet Place Part II

2020as Evelyn Abbott

A Quiet Place

2018as Evelyn Abbott

Sicario

2015as Kate Macer

The Devil Wears Prada

2006as Emily

The English

2022as Lady Cornelia Locke

Jungle Cruise

2021as Dr. Lily Houghton

My Little Pony: The Movie

2017as Tempest Shadow / Fizzlepop Berrytwist (voice)

Lorne

2026as Self (uncredited)

Mistaken for Strangers

2013as Self (uncredited)

Conan

2010as Self

The Young Victoria

2009as Queen Victoria

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Hot Ones

2015as Self

IF

2024as Unicorn (voice)

The Fall Guy

2024as Jody Moreno

Looper

2012as Sara

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Disclosure Day

2026as Margaret Fairchild

The Adjustment Bureau

2011as Elise Sellas

Pain Hustlers

2023as Liza Drake

The Muppets

2011as Miss Piggy's Receptionist

Sunshine Cleaning

2008as Norah Lorkowski

Dan in Real Life

2007as Ruthie Draper

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005as Jean Leckie

Mary Poppins Returns

2018as Mary Poppins

Your Sister's Sister

2011as Iris

Charlie Wilson's War

2007as Jane Liddle

The Jane Austen Book Club

2007as Prudie

The Smashing Machine

2025as Dawn Staples

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

The Girl on the Train

2016as Rachel Watson

Lip Sync Battle

2015as Self

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

2011as Harriet Chetwode-Talbot

Wild Target

2010as Rose

Animal Crackers

2017as Zoe Huntington (voice)

The Huntsman: Winter's War

2016as Freya

Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic

2018as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

My Summer of Love

2004as Tamsin

The Great Buck Howard

2008as Valerie Brennan

The Five-Year Engagement

2012as Violet Barnes

Gnomeo & Juliet

2011as Juliet (voice)

The Wolfman

2010as Gwen Conliffe