Emily Blunt is a Hollywood film actress who came into limelight after her role in the comedy film The Devil Wears Prada. The charming British woman managed to charm not only film critics and viewers but also such masters as Judy Dench and Meryl Streep. Not many people know that Blunt got involved in acting as a child, and suffered from an unpleasant ailment – stuttering. Now she is in demand at the dream factory, and in her homeland, she is rightfully called the British screen queen.
Early Life
The gorgeous actress, who was destined to conquer her native Britain, and then the whole world, was born on February 23, 1983, in central London, in Wandsworth. The girl’s full name is Emily Olivia Leah Blunt, she is the second child of four children of Oliver and Joanna. Oliver Blunt is a British highest caste QC and Joanna is a former actress and English teacher. The older sister’s name is Felicity, she became a literary agent in the future. Later, two more children were born – Suzanne and Sebastian. As adults, the younger sister went to veterinary medicine, and her brother, like Emily, mastered the acting profession. Her uncle Crispin Blunt was elected to the British Parliament. Grandpa Peter Blunt is a retired major general.
Parents tried to give their children all the best. The guys studied at prestigious schools. Emily was fond of music and loved to ride horses, but at the age of 10, she suddenly began to stutter. Visits to speech therapists did not give any result, meditation, relaxation, and treatment with psychoanalysts – everything was useless. The doctors gave up: the formerly funny and sociable girl became a closed shy child.
To somehow help her daughter, the mother began to learn with her small scenes from the plays in which she once played. It was the theatrical art that turned out to be that miracle cure for the disease and determined the girl’s choice. Subsequently, the actress will say so about it.
Gossip and Rumors of Emily Blunt
- Emily will be seen with the handsome hulk Dwayne Johnson in the movie Ball and Chain which has been acquired by Netflix.
- Emily after becoming a mother to two children is now very selective in her roles. She said she won’t be doing any violent or cold roles from now on.
Famous For
- Her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Looper (2012), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Into the Woods (2014), Sicario (2015), The Girl on the Train (2016), A Quiet Place (2018), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
- She has decided not to accept taking selfies with strangers who approach her on the street, without any explanation, just to boast of having a photo with her.
Net worth
Having worked very hard since becoming an actress, Emily Blunt has had very good returns on her earnings. In addition to her performance, she has made a lot of money thanks to her numerous endorsements, including Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium Perfume (2011). She has also covered many magazines.
Regardless, Emily Blunt is said to have a net worth of $ 80 million. Combining what she has together with her husband, the two of them would be worth more than that. In 2016 they bought a house in Brooklyn for $ 6 million and in 2017 they put the house on the market for $ 8 million.
As for 2021, her net worth is estimated to be 80 million dollars.
Body Features
This hot actress originating from Roehampton, London, England has a slim body and a long face type. Emily Blunt makes commercials for YSL but actually wears La Mer & SK-II. Her exact height is 5 feet 7½ inches and weighs only 52 kg. Her body measurement is 34-23-35 inches with blue eyes and blonde hair.
Career
She took acting lessons at a private institution known for its drama program, the Hurtwood House. In August 2000, she was chosen to perform in a theater festival in Edinburgh. Spotted by an agent, she signed her first contract and landed a role opposite Judi Dench in 2001 in the play The Royal Family. The following year, she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet during the Chichester Festival.
In 2003, Emily Blunt made her film debut in Boudica The Warrior Queen, which turned out to be a flop. Persevering, the young actress does not abandon the historical characters, she appears the same year in the TV movie Henry VIII. Her determination paid off, she landed a role in the comedy-drama My summer of love (2004), which earned her the Evening Standard British Film Awards for the best newcomer with her partner Natalie Press.
In 2006, it was her role as a slightly bitchy assistant in The Devil Wears Prada alongside Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway that revealed her to the general public. She wins the Best Supporting Actress at the London Critics Circle Film Awards. Gradually the actress shows other facets of her game and chooses her roles carefully. She goes from the historical film ( Victoria: The Young Years of a Queen ) to horror film ( The Wolfman ), then from police comedy ( Small English Murders ) to romantic comedy (5 years of reflection ). In 2014, she co-starred in the film Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise. She walked for the first time on the red carpet on the Croisette, in May 2015, for the presentation of Sicario by Denis Villeneuve, in the official competition of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.
She was praised for her performances as an FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015) and an alcoholic in the thriller the girl on the train ( 2016 ), which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA for Best Actress. In 2018, Emily Blunt starred in the critically and popular horror film Without a Sound, directed by husband John Krasinski, and took on the role of Mary Poppins in the musical The Return of Mary Poppins. Her performance in Without a Noise earned her the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her performance in Mary Poppins Returns met with critical acclaim and earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
She appeared as a guest star in her husband’s web series Some Good News in 2020, which began streaming on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will also be starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II, Jungle Cruise, a film adaptation of the eponymous attraction in Adventureland, the romantic drama Wild Mountain Thyme and in the BBC television series The English, a western from Hugo Blick.