Emily Blunt facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Emily Blunt
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Blunt at the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Emily Olivia Leah Blunt
23 February 1983 Wandsworth, London, England
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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John Krasinski (m. 2010)
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| Children | 2 |
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| Awards | Full list |
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a English-American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards.
Educated at Hurtwood House in Dorking, Blunt made her acting debut in a 2001 stage production of The Royal Family. She went on to appear in the television film Boudica (2003) and portrayed Queen Catherine Howard in the 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 highly successful comedy-drama film The Devil Wears Prada. The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Blunt's profile continued to grow with starring 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 films Into the Woods (2014) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). She garnered acclaim for her performances as a principled FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and a troubled mother in the horror film A Quiet Place (2018). The lattermost was directed by her husband John Krasinski, for which she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Blunt married John Krasinski in Como, Italy on 10 July 2010. The couple have two daughters, born in 2014 and 2016. Blunt became a dual British-American citizen in 2015.
Blunt has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Images for kids
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Blunt at the 2007 BAFTAs
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Blunt in September 2011
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Blunt at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012
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Blunt with husband John Krasinski at the 70th Golden Globe Awards
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