Emily Blunt
Birthdate: February 23, 1983 (43 Years Old)
Birthplace: Roehampton, London, England, UK
Emily Blunt (birthname: Emily Olivia Laura Blunt) co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Kristin Scott Thomas under Lasse Hallström’s direction in the rom-com based on Paul Torday’s novel, Salmon Fishing in Yemen (2011), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was released by Lionsgate for a solid box-office return of $35 million. Blunt joined the late American director-writer Lynn Shelton as the star of the comedy-drama released by IFC Films, Your Sister’s Sister (2011), with Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass, and Mike Birbiglia, which grossed an outstanding $3.2 million gross on a $120,000 budget.
Blunt starred opposite Jason Segel in The Five-Year Engagement (2012), which Segel co-wrote with director Nicholas Stoller and Stoller co-produced with Judd Apatow, and earned an underwhelming $54 million for Universal Pictures. Blunt shifted to sci-fi for filmmaker Rian Johnson in the dazzling hit, Looper (2012), co-starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and grossing $176.5 million globally after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival; and then Blunt lent her voice to the English dub of Hayao Miyazaki now-classic animated feature, The Wind Rises (2014), with the voice cast of Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Martin Short, Werner Herzog, William H. Macy, Mandy Patinkin, Stanley Tucci, and Elijah Wood.
Emily Blunt returned to sci-fi opposite co-star Tom Cruise in the Doug Liman-directed Edge of Tomorrow (2014), based on Hiroshima Sakurazaka’s novel, All You Need is Kill, and featuring Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleason, and grossed $370.5 million worldwide for Warner Bros. Blunt (as The Baker’s Wife) joined the ensemble of Disney’s well-received ($213-million-grossing) film version of Stephen Sondheim’s fairytale-inspired musical, Into the Woods (2014), directed by Rob Marshall and co-starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, and Johnny Depp.
Blunt co-starred with Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin in the border thriller, Sicario (2015), directed by Denis Villeneuve and featuring Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Victor Garber, and Raoul Trujillo, earning three Oscar nominations and $85 million in global box office. Blunt was Queen Freya opposite Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Jessica Chastain, Sam Claflin, and Liam Neeson in the fantasy-action sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016), directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, but which lost money for Universal Pictures.
Emily Blunt starred in Paramount Pictures’ intense, smash-hit sci-if thriller, A Quiet Place (2018), directed and co-written by John Krasinski (who also appeared on screen), with cast members Millicent Simmons and Noah Jupe, and which won for Blunt a best supporting actor award from the Screen Actors Guild, as well as a knockout box-office return of $341 million after a South by Southwest Film Festival premiere. Blunt was a superb Mary Poppins in director Rob Marshall’s well-received, Oscar-nominated musical-fantasy for Disney, Mary Poppins Returns (2018), which co-starred Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep, and grossed a lofty $350 million global return.
Blunt returned to the romantic comedy mode in writer-director John Patrick Shanley’s Wild Mountain Thyme (2020), his big-screen adaptation of his play, Outside Mullingar, co-starring Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, and Christopher Walken, but which lost money (a poor $1.3 million) for the American, British, and Irish producers and distributor Bleecker Street and Lionsgate. Blunt continued her terrifying adventure as Evelyn and reunited with the cast from the original movie (along with new cast members Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou) for writer-director John Krasinski’s effective sequel, A Quiet Place II (2020), grossing a strong $297.4 million worldwide.
Emily Blunt joined co-star Dwayne Johnson for Disney’s disappointing Jungle Cruise (2021), with Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti under Jaume Collet-Serra’s direction, but lost a huge sum for the studio with a $221 million gross against a huge $200 million budget. Blunt played opposite Cillian Murphy as Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oscar-winner, Oppenheimer (2023), with a sprawling cast including Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Benny Safdie, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, and Tom Conti, and delivering a whopping $970.5 million global gross.
Blunt co-starred with Ryan Gosling as The Fall Guy (2024), the David Leitch-directed big-screen version of the hit 1980s TV series, featuring the supporting cast of Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, and Stephanie Hsu, and which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a release by Universal Pictures. Blunt voiced one of the animal roles in director/writer/producer John Krasinski’s live-action/animated fantasy, IF (2024), with Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Krasinski, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr., and Steve Carell, and released by Paramount Pictures.
Emily Blunt co-starred with Dwayne Johnson in director/writer/producer/editor Benny Safdie’s MMA-themed The Smashing Machine (2025), with Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk, premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival and released by lead producer A24. Blunt reprised her role of Emily and reunited with director David Frankel and co-stars Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Tracie Thoms, and Tibor Feldman for the long-awaited sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), produced by Wendy Finerman and released by 20th Century Studios.
Blunt starred in director/story writer/producer Steven Spielberg’s currently untitled UFO-themed film (2026), co-starring Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, and Noah Robbins, written by David Koepp, and released wide in the summer of 2026 by Universal Pictures. Blunt produced and led the cast of the big-screen adaptation of the Claire Keegan book, Walk the Blue Fields (date to be announced), an Irish production directed by John Crowley and written by Conor McPherson.
Personal life
Emily Blunt was born and raised in London, England, by her parents, Joanna Mackie (a former actor and English teacher) and Oliver Blunt (barrister). Blunt has three siblings, Felicity, Susannah, and Sebastian. Blunt attended Ibstock Place School and then attended the boarding school Hurtwood House, where she studied acting. Blunt has been married to actor-filmmaker John Krasinski since 2010; the couple has two children, Joanna and Oliver. Blunt’s height is 5’7”. ’s estimated net worth is $80 million.
Emily Blunt Movies
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- 2024 |
The Fall Guy
asJody Moreno
A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?
- 2023 |
Oppenheimer
asKitty Oppenheimer
A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.
- 2021 |
Jungle Cruise
asLily Houghton
Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.
- 2021 |
A Quiet Place Part II
asEvelyn Abbott
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.
- 2020 |
Wild Mountain Thyme
asRosemary
A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute.
- 2018 |
Sherlock Gnomes
asJuliet
Garden gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
- 2018 |
Mary Poppins Returns
asMary Poppins
A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
- 2018 |
A Quiet Place
asEvelyn Abbott
A family struggles for survival in a world invaded by blind alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.
- 2017 |
My Little Pony: The Movie
asTempest Shadow
After a dark force conquers Canterlot, the Mane 6 embark on an unforgettable journey beyond Equestria where they meet new friends and exciting challenges on a quest to use the magic of friendship to save their homeland.
- 2016 |
The Girl on the Train
asRachel
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
- 2016 |
The Huntsman: Winter's War
asQueen Freya
Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.
- -- | Sicarioas Kate Macer
- -- | Edge of Tomorrowas Rita
- -- | Into the Woodsas Baker's Wife
- -- | The Five-Year Engagementas Violet Barnes
- -- | Looperas Sara
- -- | as Dawn Staples
- -- | The Devil Wears Pradaas Emily
- -- | as Emily
Facts About Emily Blunt
Stuttering Struggles: Emily Blunt suffered from severe bouts of stuttering growing up, and found that acting and trying out various accents helped her largely overcome the condition.
American: Blunt is a naturalized US citizen, becoming a dual UK and US citizen in 2015.
AKA: Emily Blunt’s nicknames are “Em,” “Boop,” and “Snath.”
Supporter: Blunt has been a fundraiser for The Malala Fund, created by Malala Yousafzai to advocate for girls’ education. Blunt is a member of the board of directors of the American Institute for Stuttering, hosting its annual fundraising gala to fund speech therapy scholarships.
Condition: Emily Blunt’s early life was beset with stuttering, which she eventually overcame by playing chess, though she has noted that the stuttering can re-emerge slightly when she’s feeling under stress.
Singer: Blunt is also a distinguished singer, with a robust alto voice.
