Emily Blunt

Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards. ''Forbes'' ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020.

Blunt made her acting debut in a 2001 stage production of ''The Royal Family'' and portrayed Catherine Howard in the television miniseries ''Henry VIII'' (2003). She made her feature film debut in the drama ''My Summer of Love'' (2004). Blunt's breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film ''Gideon's Daughter'' and the comedy-drama film ''The Devil Wears Prada''. The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her profile continued to grow with leading roles in the period film ''The Young Victoria'' (2009), the romantic comedy ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' (2011), the science fiction films ''The Adjustment Bureau'' (2011), ''Looper'' (2012) and ''Edge of Tomorrow'' (2014), and the musical ''Into the Woods'' (2014).

Blunt received critical acclaim for playing an idealistic FBI agent in the crime film ''Sicario'' (2015), an alcoholic in the psychological thriller ''The Girl on the Train'' (2016), and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinski's horror film ''A Quiet Place'' (2018), for which she won a SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in the sequels ''Mary Poppins Returns'' (2018) and ''A Quiet Place Part II'' (2021), the fantasy adventure ''Jungle Cruise'' (2021), and the revisionist Western television miniseries ''The English'' (2022). Her portrayal of Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film ''Oppenheimer'' (2023) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Blunt has been working with the American Institute for Stuttering since 2006 to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources and raise awareness of the realities of the condition. She is on the board of directors of the institute, and hosts a gala for it to raise funds for speech therapy scholarships for children and adults. Provided by Wikipedia