Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt was in a relationship with Canadian singer Michael Buble from 2005 to 2008.

In 2008, she started dating American actor John Krasinski. They got married on 10 July 2010 and have two daughters, Hazel (born 2014) and Violet (born 2016).

Emily Blunt was born on 23 February 1983, in Wandsworth, London, to Oliver Simon Peter Blunt, a barrister, and Joanna, a teacher and one-time actress. She has three siblings, an older sister, Felicity, a younger brother, Sebastian, and a younger sister, Susannah.

Emily had to grapple with stammering from the age of eight that continued for the next seven years. She was inspired by a school teacher to take up acting so that she could prevail over her stuttering.

Emily began her schooling in Ibstock Place School in Roehampton and thereafter attended Hurtwood House, a high school for residential students situated in Dorking, Surrey. She completed a two-year program on performing arts besides excelling in singing, playing cello, and sports.

In August 2000, she got an opportunity to demonstrate her acting skills in the Edinburgh Festival where she caught the attention of Kenneth Mcreddie, an actor and agent. Kenneth played a key role in Emily’s making a mark in the London’s theater district, West End, and BBC.

Kenneth helped Emily Blunt corner plum roles in numerous period plays, dramas and TV productions. Emily launched her professional career as a theater artist in 2001 when she received an offer to act as the granddaughter (Gwen Cavendish) of Fanny Cavendish (Judi Dench) in the play, ‘The Royal Family’.

Emily’s performance in ‘The Royal Family’ was highly appreciated and she was named “Best Newcomer” by the British tabloid ‘The Evening Standard’.

She continued to perform in numerous other West End productions, notable amongst them being ‘Vincent in Brixton’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

She featured on the small screen for the first time in 2003 when she starred as Isolda in ‘Boudica-The Warrior Queen’, a British TV drama film. In that year, her portrayal of Catherine Howard in the drama movie ‘Henry VIII’ was highly eulogized.

Emily’s depiction of the character of Tamsin in ‘My Summer of Love’, a telefilm aired in 2004, also received copious plaudits and encomiums. The plot of ‘My Summer of Love’ hinged around the lesbian liaison between two women hailing from diverse backgrounds that was considered a taboo in pastoral society.

Emily starred as Natasha in the TV film ‘Gideon’s Daughter’ which was adapted on the script written by Stephen Poliakoff who was also the movie’s director. The film was screened at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival and was aired for the first time across British TV screens in 2006.

Emily received the Golden Globe Award under the category of ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her immaculate rendering of Natasha as a distressed single child.

She appeared in the comedic film, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ featuring as senior assistant ‘Emily’ reporting to the editor-in-chief of Runway periodical, Miranda Priestly portrayed by Meryl Streep. Emily’s appearance in this movie, which released in 2006, proved to be momentous as her acting won rave reviews as well as award nominations.

Emily received BAFTA and Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Supporting Actress respectively for her depiction of Emily Charlton in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.

2007 turned out to be a prolific year for Blunt as she starred in four movies, each of a distinct genre; ‘Wind Chill’ (horror film), ‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ (romantic movie) and comedy movies, ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’, and ‘Dan in Real Life’.