Emily Blunt

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 highestpaid 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 Blunts breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film Gideons Daughter and the comedydrama 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 Looper2012 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 Krasinskis 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 Nolans 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 institutes 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia