Emily Blunt
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| Emily Blunt | |||||||
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 Blunt at the British Academy Film Awards, February 2007 |
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| Born | Emily Olivia L. Blunt February 23, 1983 London, England |
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| Years active | 2003 - present | ||||||
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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 |
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| 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 |
[edit] Stage credits
- Bliss (2000, Edinburgh Festival) as Maddy
- The Royal Family (2001, West End) as Gwen
- Romeo and Juliet (2002, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Juliet
- Vincent in Brixton (2002, RNT) as Eugenie Loyer
[edit] Radio credits
- Bumps and Bruises (2004) as Holly
[edit] Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result | For |
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| 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 |
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| Awards | ||
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| 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 | |
