Emily Blunt is a talented and versatile actress in British cinema and Hollywood. She manages to convince the viewer with her performance on the screen. The actress starred in such famous films as "The Devil Wears Prada", "Young Victoria", "Reality Changes", "A Quiet Place", "Edge of the Future". The actress's motto is: "Always think positively. Go forward through life and never be disappointed."
Childhood and adolescence Emily Blunt
Emily's desire to become an actress was an unusual decision in her family. The future actress, Emily Olivia Lee Blunt, was born on February 23, 1983. She grew up in London and was the second of four children. Her mother, Janice, is a teacher and her father, Oliver, is a prestigious criminal lawyer. It was assumed that she, like all children, will go to university. Now one sister Emily works as a literary agent, and the other as a veterinarian.
Part of her enthusiasm for becoming an actress was due to her stuttering as a child. After participating in various drama groups, Emily realized that it helped her cope with speech impairment. As the actress herself said in an interview: “I didn't know how to talk when I was a child. I stuttered all the time, so I just had to watch. I was mesmerized by human behavior. People always surprise me. And I love to reincarnate in a person with different characters."
While attending sixth grade at Hurtwood House, Surrey, she took part in a student production that ended up at the Edinburgh Festival. One of the drama teachers at the school was Adrian Rawlins, a professional actor and performer of the role of Harry Potter's father in the films of the same name. He spotted the capable Emily Blunt and recommended her to Agent Roger Charteris.
Career of actress Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt got her first professional experience at the age of 18 during the theatrical production of "The Royal Family" directed by Peter Hall. It was 2001. At one time, the actress hesitated between connecting her life with acting and becoming a simultaneous interpreter at the UN.
At the beginning of her career, the young actress was lucky. At first, Judi Dench became her partner on the stage, and she treated the aspiring actress well: "If someone gives you trouble, come to me right away."
Emily Blunt brought her first fame in the world of the film industry with her role in the 2004 British melodrama "My Summer of Love". For her performance, Blunt was named "Most Promising Rising Star" of the year.
The next mentor of the actress was Meryl Streep, with whom Emily Blunt played in the comedy The Devil Wears Prada. There, the actress got the secondary role of the nasty assistant to the ruthless editor of a fashion magazine. Emily Blunt described herself as "green" in comparison to the experienced and versatile Meryl Streep, who was always ready to support the young actress with advice.
In the same 2006, she starred with Susan Sarandon in the independent drama "Obsession".
Over the next several years, the actress took part in various film projects, including the adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler's bestselling book Life According to Jane Austen, in which Emily Blunt played the infamous French teacher who betrays her husband for a young student.
On the set of the musical "Into the Woods" in the role of the baker's wife, the actress was in a position. There she again managed to work together with Meryl Streep, who embodied the image of a fairy witch. This musical confirmed Emily Blunt's good vocal abilities.
In 2007, the actress received the Golden Globe Film Award for her supporting role, Natasha's daughter, in the drama Gideon's Daughter.
In 2008, the actress got the lead role, portraying the image of the female monarch of Great Britain in the historical drama Young Victoria. The release of the film was positively received by audiences and critics, and the performance of the actress herself was highly praised, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. The film is filled with biographical facts from the life of Queen Victoria: her childhood, relationship with Prince Albert and her rise to power. For the filming of the film, dozens of women's dresses and men's clothing were sewn, representing exact copies of real wardrobe items, for which the film received an Oscar for the best costumes.
Emily Blunt received another nomination for her work in the movie "The Fish of My Dreams." She also starred with Tom Cruise in the fantasy action film Edge of Tomorrow, where she played the role of Sergeant Rita Vrataski. Together with the hero of Tom Cruise, Major William Cage, they try to save the Earth from the attack of an alien race, but everything is complicated by the fact that the major falls into a "time loop". The idea of the film and the acting of the actors are highly appreciated by film critics.
Among the latest best works in cinema: the crime thriller "The Girl on the Train" (2016) and the fantastic thriller "A Quiet Place" (2018), the director and actor in the last motion picture was the actress's real husband, John Krasinski.
Personal life of Emily Blunt
The actress has been in a relationship with Canadian singer Michael Buble for three years. They met in 2005 in Melbourne backstage at the Australian Television Lodge Awards. The couple later moved to Vancouver, but they broke up in 2008.
In November 2008, Emily Blunt began dating American actor John Krasinski. They got engaged in August 2009 and got married on July 10, 2010 in Como, Italy. The couple are happy and have two children.
Daughter Hazel was born in 2014, and two years later, daughter Violet was born. Emily Blunt appears frequently with her husband and children on the red carpet. In 2015, the actress received a second citizenship - American.
