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Emily Blunt (born February 23, 1983) is a Golden
Globe Award-winning English actress best known for her work in the films My
Summer of Love and her appearance as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada.
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Birth name Emily Blunt
Born February 23, 1983 (1983-02-23) (age 24)
London, England
Years active 2003 - present
Notable roles Catherine Howard in Henry VIII
Tamsin in My Summer of Love
Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries
2007 Gideon's Daughter
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Career
Blunt dropped out of drama school to make her
professional debut in a 2001 production of The Royal Family directed by Peter
Hall, which won her the Evening Standard Theatre Award for best newcomer. 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 however, was as Tamsin in the dark
British movie, My Summer of Love in 2004, which portrayed a story of deception
and lesbian love in the English countryside. For her role, she shared an Evening
Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer with co-star Nathalie
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 veteran British
character actor Bill Nighy.
More recently in 2006, she starred 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, who had to lose weight for the role, [1] 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 The Devil Wears Prada
co-star Anne Hathaway.
Blunt later co-starred with Susan Sarandon in the
independent drama Irresistible. When Sarandon became attached to starring in The
Girl In The Park she strongly suggested that director David Auburn should cast
her. Blunt later auditioned for the part; she almost received the role, but lost
out to Kate Bosworth. Blunt has also received roles in a number of upcoming
movies. She is currently working on Sunshine Cleaning opposite Amy Adams.
Filmography
The Young Victoria (2008) (awaiting release)
Brideshead Revisited (2008) (awaiting release)
Sunshine Cleaning (2008) (awaiting release)
Dan in Real Life (2007) (awaiting release)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) (awaiting release)
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) (awaiting release)
The Great Buck Howard (2007) (awaiting release)
Wind Chill (2007) (awaiting release)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Irresistible (2006)
Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV)
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan
Doyle (2005)
Empire (2005)
My Summer of Love (2004)
Poirot - Death on the Nile (2004)
Foyle's War (2003)
War Games (2003)
Henry VIII (2003)
Boudica (2003)
Background
Blunt is from Roehampton, England. She is one of
four children born to a barrister father and teacher mother. Her uncle is
Crispin Blunt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate. At the age of 16
Blunt moved to a sixth-form college called Hurtwood, which is where she
attracted an agent.
Blunt lives in London and Vancouver. In the latter
she shares a home with her boyfriend, singer Michael Bublé, whom she first met
backstage after one of his U.S. concerts two years ago.
Awards
Year Award Category Result For
2007 BAFTA Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated The Devil Wears Prada
2007 BAFTA Rising Star Nominated
2006 Teen Choice Award Choice Breakout Nominated
The Devil Wears Prada
2007 ALFS Award British Supporting Actress of the
Year Won The Devil Wears Prada
2007 Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in
a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nominated The Devil Wears Prada
2007 Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in
a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Won Gideon's Daughter
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