Emily Blunt

Described as

British actress (born 1983)

Other names

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt

Born

February 23, 1983 · 6 references

Born in

Wandsworth

Name at birth

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt · 1 reference

Citizen of

United Kingdom · 2 references; United States (2015–) · 1 reference

Occupation

actor · 3 references; television actor; film actor; screenwriter; stage actor

Education

Ibstock Place School · 1 reference; Hurtwood House (1999–2001) · 1 reference

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2007) · 1 reference; Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (2 times) (2012, 2024) · 1 reference; Gotham Awards (2012) · 1 reference; Critics' Choice Awards (2015) · 1 reference; Satellite Awards (2015) · 1 reference; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (2 times) (2019, 2024) · 1 reference; Max Mara Face of the Future Award (2007) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2026) · 1 reference

Spouse

John Krasinski (2010–) · 1 reference

Father

Oliver Blunt · 1 reference

Siblings

Felicity Blunt · 1 reference

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)

Website

https://emilyblunt.net

Wikipedias with a page

95

Wikidata item Q193517 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q193517), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor 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 a 2001 stage 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 film 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 Young Victoria (2009), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper (2012), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Into the Woods (2014).
Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015), an alcoholic in the 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 the Actor Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels Mary Poppins Returns (2018), A Quiet Place Part II (2021) and The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), the science fiction film Disclosure Day (2026), and the miniseries The English (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's 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 board of directors of the institute, and hosts a gala for it to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults.

Born, in its opening lines

February 23, 1983

From the Wikipedia article “Emily Blunt” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Blunt), by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Copied November 13, 2026; not changed.