Emily Blunt Appreciation Thread

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Emily Olivia Leah Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British-American film and stage actress. Blunt made her professional debut in a 2001 London production of the play The Royal Family. Two years later, she appeared on screen for the first time in the 2003 television film Boudica (Warrior Queen) and portrayed ill-fated queen consort Catherine Howard in the miniseries Henry VIII. Her performance in the 2004 drama film My Summer of Love garnered her the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. For her performance in the TV film Gideon's Daughter (2006) she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Devil Wears Prada.

In 2009, Blunt received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. She received more acclaim for portraying Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria (2009), receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. 2009 also saw Blunt appear in the crime caper comedy Wild Target with Bill Nighy and Rupert Grint. She found commercial success for roles in the romantic science-fiction thriller The Adjustment Bureau (2011), the science-fiction action thriller Looper (2012), and the science-fiction military film Edge of Tomorrow (2014).


Filmography

• My Summer of Love (2004)
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
• Irresistible (2006)
• Wind Chill (2007)
• The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
• Dan in Real Life (2007)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• The Great Buck Howard (2008)
• Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
• The Young Victoria (2009)
• The Wolfman (2010)
• Wild Target (2010)
• Gulliver's Travels (2010)
• The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
• Your Sister's Sister (2011)
• The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
• Looper (2012)
• Arthur Newman (2012)
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Into the Woods (2014)
• Sicario (2015)
• The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
• The Girl on the Train (2016)
• A Quiet Place (2018) | Post-production
• Mary Poppins Returns (2018) | Filming