Emily Blunt

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Emily Blunt

Blunt at the British Academy Film Awards, February 2007
Born Emily Olivia L. Blunt
February 23, 1983 (1983-02-23) (age 25)
London, England
Years active 2003 - present

Emily Olivia L. Blunt (born February 23, 1983) is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress known for her work in the film My Summer of Love and her appearance in The Devil Wears Prada. She won the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC TV film Gideon's Daughter and was nominated for the same award for The Devil Wears Prada.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Blunt is from Roehampton, London, 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 known for its performing arts programme, Hurtwood House, which is where she attracted an agent.

Blunt lives in London and Vancouver. In the latter she shares a home with her boyfriend, Canadian singer Michael Bublé, whom she first met in Melbourne backstage at the Australian television Logie Awards in 2005. Bublé thought Blunt was a television producer when they met.[1] She later provided background vocals on his cover of "Me and Mrs. Jones" on his album Call Me Irresponsible.

[edit] Career

Blunt made her professional debut in Bliss a new play commissioned by the National Theatre, at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival while she was still an A-level student. 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 role was as Tamsin in the dark British movie, My Summer of Love in 2004, which depicted a story of deception and lesbian love in the English countryside. 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, 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 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 Hathaway.

Blunt and Hathaway also lost weight for their roles in the film. In an interview with Us Weekly, Hathaway said “I basically stuck with fruit, vegetables and fish (to slim down for the movie). I wouldn't recommend that. Emily Blunt and I would clutch at each other and cry because we were so hungry." Blunt also spoke about the weight loss, claiming she had to go "painfully thin".[2]

Blunt later co-starred with Susan Sarandon in the independent drama Irresistible. When Sarandon became attached to starring in another movie, The Girl In The Park she strongly suggested that director David Auburn should cast her. Blunt did audition for the part—she almost received the role—but lost out to Kate Bosworth.

As Jane Liddle in Charlie Wilson's War, Blunt appeared in an erotically charged scene with Tom Hanks dressed only in an open shirt that revealed a white brassiere and lace-edged panties.[3] She has also worked on a number of upcoming movies. She is currently filming The Young Victoria, in which she plays the title character, and is rumored to be starring in the English Civil War mini series The Devil's Whore.[4]

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Director
2003 Boudica Isolda Bill Anderson
Henry VIII Catherine Howard Serial Pete Travis
Foyle's War Lucy Markham in episode War Games Giles Foster
2004 Poirot Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle in episode Death on the Nile Andy Wilson
My Summer of Love Tamsin Pawel Pawlikowski
2005 Empire Camane miniseries John Gray, Kim Manners
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle Jean Leckie TV movie Cilla Ware
Gideon's Daughter Natasha TV movie Stephen Poliakoff
2006 Irresistible Mara Ann Turner
The Devil Wears Prada Emily Charlton David Frankel
2007 Wind Chill Girl Gregory Jacobs
The Jane Austen Book Club Prudie Robin Swicord
Dan in Real Life Ruthie Draper Peter Hedges
Charlie Wilson's War Jane Liddle Mike Nichols
2008 Sunshine Cleaning Norah Lorkowski completed Christine Jeffs
The Great Buck Howard completed Sean McGinly
The Young Victoria Queen Victoria post-production Jean-Marc Vallée
2009 The Wolf Man Gwen Conliffe Filming Joe Johnston

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[edit] Radio credits

  • Bumps and Bruises (2004) as Holly

[edit] Awards

Year Award Category Result For
2007 BAFTA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated The Devil Wears Prada
2007 BAFTA Rising Star Nominated
2007 MTV Movie Award Best Comedic Performance Nominated The Devil Wears Prada
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ PR-inside.com News
  2. ^ "Devil Wears Prada Forced Emily Blunt To Emaciate Herself"
  3. ^ YouTube - Emily Blunt In Charlie Wilsons War
  4. ^ "Channel 4 sexes up the Puritans", London Telegraph

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Awards
Golden Globe Award
Preceded by
Sandra Oh
for Grey's Anatomy		 Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2007
for Gideon's Daughter		 Succeeded by
Samantha Morton
for Longford


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NAME Blunt, Emily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blunt, Emily Olivia L.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH