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Emily Blunt

Biography

Emily Blunt is a British actress whose work has spanned drama, comedy, musicals and action. Born in London in 1983, she made her professional stage debut in 2001 in The Royal Family and won an Evening Standard Best Newcomer award. After early television work, she made her film debut in My Summer of Love (2004). Her breakthrough came in 2006 with the comedy The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and the television film Gideon's Daughter, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. She went on to lead films including The Young Victoria (2009), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Looper (2012), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Into the Woods (2014), Sicario (2015) and The Girl on the Train (2016). In A Quiet Place (2018) she won an Actor Award, and her role in Oppenheimer (2023) brought an Academy Award nomination. She has also starred in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and the miniseries The English.

43years old

Turns 44 on February 23in 128 days

  • Born Wandsworth
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
  • Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
41
Career span
22 years2004 to 2026

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Blunt was offered the role of Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow, for Iron Man 2, but 20th Century Fox exercised an option from her Devil Wears Prada contract and obligated her to the Jack Black comedy Gulliver's Travels instead.

  2. Getting ready for a role

    For Edge of Tomorrow, Blunt trained for three months with weights, sprints, yoga, aerial wire work and gymnastics, and studied Krav Maga, to play Sergeant Rita Vrataski.

Emily Blunt movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Oppenheimer2023 Biography, Drama, Historyas Kitty Oppenheimer

    IMDb rating 8.21.1M votes

  2. A Quiet Place2018 Drama, Horror, Sci-Fias Evelyn Abbott

    IMDb rating 7.5670K votes

  3. Edge of Tomorrow2014as Rita

    IMDb rating 7.9816K votes

  4. Sicario2015as Kate Macer

    IMDb rating 7.7550K votes

  5. Looper2012as Sara

    IMDb rating 7.4633K votes

  6. A Quiet Place Part II2021as Evelyn Abbott

    IMDb rating 7.2329K votes

  7. The Devil Wears Prada2006as Emily

    IMDb rating 7.0573K votes

  8. The Girl on the Train2016as Rachel

    IMDb rating 6.5214K votes

Most often with

John Krasinski directed two of these films, David Frankel two and Rob Marshall two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Emily Blunt's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$6.0 billion

36 of the 41 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 41 films: 36 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.

  • 36Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 1Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 60% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Oppenheimer2023as Kitty Oppenheimer
    $952M15.9% of the total
  2. 2
    $691M11.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Edge of Tomorrow2014as Rita
    $371M6.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Mary Poppins Returns2018as Mary Poppins
    $349M5.8% of the total
  5. 5
    A Quiet Place2018as Evelyn Abbott
    $341M5.7% of the total
  6. 6
    $327M5.4% of the total
  7. 7
    A Quiet Place Part II2021as Evelyn Abbott
    $297M5.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Disclosure Day2026as Margaret Fairchild
    $241M4.0% of the total
Gulliver's Travels (2010), $237 millionJungle Cruise (2021), $221 millionInto the Woods (2014), $213 millionGnomeo & Juliet (2011), $190 millionThe Fall Guy (2024), $181 millionThe Girl on the Train (2016), $173 millionThe Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), $165 millionThe Wolfman (2010), $141 millionThe Adjustment Bureau (2011), $128 millionCharlie Wilson's War (2007), $119 millionThe Wind Rises (2013), $118 millionSherlock Gnomes (2018), $90.5 millionSicario (2015), $85.0 millionDan in Real Life (2007), $68.5 millionMy Little Pony: The Movie (2017), $61.3 millionThe Five-Year Engagement (2012), $54.2 million

$2.4 billionfrom the other 28 films with a worldwide figure, 40% of the total

Awards

Ten awards and honors from 2007 to 2026, three of them major.

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Emily Blunt's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Golden Globes
2007Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmGideon's DaughterWon
SAG Awards
2024Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
2019Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleWon
Other honors
2026Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored
2024Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActressWon
2015Critics' Choice AwardsWon
2015Satellite AwardsWon
2012Gotham AwardsWon
2012Saturn Award for Best Supporting ActressWon
2007Max Mara Face of the Future AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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