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Emily Blunt
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Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three 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. 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 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 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 films Into the Woods (2014) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). She received critical acclaim for playing a principled FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film A Quiet Place (2018), for which she won the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020), Jungle Cruise (2021), the western miniseries The English (2022), Oppenheimer (2023) and Pain Hustlers (2023).
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Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three 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. 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 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 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 films Into the Woods (2014) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). She received critical acclaim for playing a principled FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film A Quiet Place (2018), for which she won the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020), Jungle Cruise (2021), the western miniseries The English (2022), Oppenheimer (2023) and Pain Hustlers (2023).
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Saturday Night Live
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Simpsons
American Idol
The Kennedy Center Honors
Teen Choice Awards
E! Live from the Red Carpet
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Critics Choice Awards
Foyle's War
Screen Actors Guild Awards
The Jay Leno Show
Lip Sync Battle
Late Show with David Letterman
Agatha Christie's Poirot
E! News
The Muppets
IF
Dan in Real Life
My Little Pony: The Movie
Charlie Wilson's War
Into the Woods
Looper
Gulliver's Travels
The Huntsman: Winter's War
The Devil Wears Prada
Edge of Tomorrow
Oppenheimer
Jungle Cruise
The Fall Guy
Gnomeo & Juliet
The Five-Year Engagement
The Smashing Machine
The Adjustment Bureau
Sherlock Gnomes
A Quiet Place Part II
Pain Hustlers
The Young Victoria
Mary Poppins Returns
Sicario
Sicario: Capos
A Quiet Place
The English
Your Sister's Sister
The Girl on the Train
Production Credits
Don Jon
Your Sister's Sister
The English
Pain Hustlers
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