Emily Blunt

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is an English actress. Blunt's first major film role came in the British drama My Summer of Love (2004). She then appeared in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She has since appeared in a number of American and British productions, including Charlie Wilson's War(2007), The Young Victoria (2009), and The Wolfman (2010).

In 2007, Blunt won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 2005 BBC television film,Gideon's Daughter.

Personal life

Blunt was born in Roehampton, London, England. She is the second of four children born to Joanna Mackie, an English teacher and former actress, and barrister Oliver Blunt, QC. Her paternal uncle is Crispin Blunt, Conservative MP for Reigate.

Blunt previously shared a home with her ex-boyfriend, Canadian singer, Michael Bublé,whom she first met in Melbourne backstage at the Australian television Logie Awards in 2005. She later provided background vocals on his cover of "Me and Mrs. Jones" on his album Call Me Irresponsible.In November 2008, Blunt began dating actor John Krasinski, after the pair were set up by Blunt's The Devil Wears Prada co-star Anne Hathaway. On 28 August 2009, Blunt and Krasinski announced their engagement.The couple married on 10 July 2010 in Italy.

Career

At the age of 16, Blunt moved to Hurtwood House, a sixth-form college known for its performing arts programme. There, she was discovered by an agent. Blunt made her professional debut in Bliss, a new musical written by Paul Sellar, at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe while she was still an A-level student. She went on to perform at the National Theatre and at Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2003, she made her screen debut in the British television drama Boudica, about the life of the ancient British warrior-queen who fought the Romans. She also won considerable praise for her performance as the 16th-century queen Catherine Howard in the two-part British television drama Henry VIII.

Blunt's breakout role was as Tamsin in the dark British movie, My Summer of Love in 2004, which depicted a story of deception and lesbianlove in the English countryside. She shared an Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer with co-star Natalie Press.

In 2005, she co-starred with Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson in the British TV drama Gideon's Daughter, an original screenplay written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, in which she played the troubled only child of New Labour spin doctor Gideon Warner, played by Nighy. Blunt won a Golden Globe for her performance.

In 2006, she appeared opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the box-office success The Devil Wears Prada. Streep and Hathaway received most of the critical attention initially, but Blunt proved to be equally memorable with Entertainment Weekly naming her the Best Female Scene-Stealer in their end-of-summer special issue. She appeared at the 79th Academy Awards where she co-presented the award for best costume design with her Prada co-star Hathaway. Blunt and Hathaway lost weight for their roles in the film. In an interview with Us Weekly, Hathaway said “I basically stuck with fruit, vegetables and fish (to slim down for the movie). I wouldn't recommend that. Emily Blunt and I would clutch at each other and cry because we were so hungry." Blunt also spoke about the weight loss, claiming she had to go "painfully thin".

Blunt co-starred with Susan Sarandon in the independent drama Irresistible. When Sarandon became attached to starring in another movie,The Girl In The Park, she strongly suggested that director David Auburn should cast Blunt. In 2007, she appeared in the film Charlie Wilson's War.

In 2009, she played Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Julian Fellowes. The movie co-starredMiranda Richardson and Rupert Friend as the queen's husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She also starred in the Toby Spanton-directed short film Curiosity. She was director Jon Favreau's first choice to play the Black Widow in Iron Man 2 but scheduling conflicts with Gulliver's Travels forced her to cede the role to Scarlett Johansson. In 2010, Blunt co-starred with Academy Award winnersBenicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins in the big-budget movie The Wolfman, which was released on 12 February. She also is set to star inGulliver's Travels and in The Adjustment Bureau alongside Matt Damon as a ballet dancer "being mysteriously kept apart" from Damon's character. Blunt was offered the female lead in the forthcoming Captain America movie but turned it down. Her next film project isLasse Hallström's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Ewan McGregor.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Boudica	Isolda
2004	My Summer of Love	Tamsin
2005	The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle	Jean Leckie
	Gideon's Daughter	Natasha	Television film
2006	Irresistible	Mara
	The Devil Wears Prada	Emily Charlton
2007	Wind Chill	Girl
	The Jane Austen Book Club	Prudie Drummond
	Dan in Real Life	Ruthie "Pig Face" Draper
	Charlie Wilson's War	Jane Liddle	Cameo
2009	Sunshine Cleaning	Norah Lorkowski
	The Great Buck Howard	Valerie Brennan
	The Young Victoria	Queen Victoria
	Curiosity	Emma	Short Film
2010	The Wolfman	Gwen Conliffe
	Wild Target	Rose
	Gulliver's Travels	Princess Mary
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	Elise Sellas	completed
	Gnomeo and Juliet	Juliet (voice)	completed
2012	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Harriet Chetwode-Talbot	post-production
	Looper	Sara	filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Henry VIII	Catherine Howard	Serial
	Foyle's War	Lucy Markham	Episode "War Games"
2004	Poirot	Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle	Episode "Death on the Nile"
2005	Empire	Camane	Miniseries
2009	The Simpsons	Juliet (voice)	Episode "Lisa the Drama Queen"

Theatre performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Bliss[15]	Maddy	Edinburgh Festival
	The Royal Family	Gwen	West End Theatre
2002	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	Chichester Festival Theatre
	Vincent in Brixton	Eugenie Loyer	RNT

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	BIFA	Most Promising Newcomer	My Summer of Love	Nominated
2005	LCC	British Newcomer of the Year		Nominated
	ESBFA	Most Promising Newcomer		Won
2006	Teen Choice Award	Choice Breakout	The Devil Wears Prada	Nominated
2007	BAFTA	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated
		Rising Star		Nominated
	LCC	British Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role		Nominated
	MTV Movie Award	Best Comedic Performance		Nominated
	ALFS Award	British Supporting Actress of the Year		Won
	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture		Nominated
		Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Gideon's Daughter	Won
2009	BIFA	Best Actress	The Young Victoria	Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress		Nominated
	Golden Globes	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Sunshine Cleaning	Nominated

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