Emily Blunt Then and Now

Then: The Girl Who Couldn’t Speak

Emily Blunt was born Emily Olivia Laura Blunt on February 23, 1983, in London. She grew up as the second of four children, the daughter of barrister Oliver Blunt QC and actress-turned-teacher Joanna Mackie. 🎭

As a child, Blunt suffered from a severe stutter that she has described as debilitating. Between roughly the ages of 7 and 14, speaking felt like a battle — until, around age 12, a teacher encouraged her to try class plays and the different voices of acting unlocked something in her.

The stutter faded, and the stage became her home. She attended Hurtwood House, the Surrey performing-arts school, where an agent spotted her while she was still a student. Her professional debut came in 2001’s The Royal Family, acting opposite Judi Dench before she had even finished her teens.

Screen work followed quickly — Boudica in 2003, the award-winning My Summer of Love in 2004 — but 2006 changed everything. In one remarkable year she won a Golden Globe for Gideon’s Daughter and stole scenes as the icily funny assistant Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada. 👠

Middle: Becoming a Leading Lady

Hollywood immediately saw more than the comedy sidekick. Blunt carried the period drama The Young Victoria (2009), romanced Colin Firth in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), and held her own opposite Bruce Willis in the time-travel thriller Looper (2012).

Then she became an action star on her own terms. Her Sergeant Rita Vrataski in Edge of Tomorrow (2014) — training alongside Tom Cruise — earned her a Critics’ Choice Award, and her tough FBI agent in Sicario (2015) proved she could anchor gritty drama too.

Her most personal project arrived in 2018: A Quiet Place, directed by her husband John Krasinski, in which she played the ferocious mother Evelyn Abbott. The role won her the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. That same year she floated in as Mary Poppins Returns‘ magical nanny. ✨

Through the 2020s she kept zigzagging between genres — A Quiet Place Part II (2020), Jungle Cruise (2021), the acclaimed western The English (2022), and Pain Hustlers (2023). Her biggest awards moment came as Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2024. 🏆

In 2024 she headlined The Fall Guy opposite Ryan Gosling, playing a first-time director wrangling a stuntman through action-movie chaos. The crowd-pleaser put her comedy timing on full display and proved she could carry a summer blockbuster on charm alone. 🎥

Off-screen, she and Krasinski have been married since 2010 and are raising two daughters, one of Hollywood’s most famously grounded families. Forbes ranked her among the world’s highest-paid actresses in 2020.

Now: A Career at Full Power

In 2025 Blunt took her boldest swing yet: playing Dawn Staples, the girlfriend and wife of MMA legend Mark Kerr, in Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine — opposite Dwayne Johnson, her co-star from Jungle Cruise transformed beyond recognition. It was the first time she had ever played a living real person, and she earned a Golden Globe nomination for it.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2025 (winning the Silver Lion for Safdie) and opened in the US on October 3 via A24 — proof that Blunt can do arthouse intimacy just as convincingly as blockbusters. 🎬

2026 turned into a victory lap for a role fans never forgot. In The Devil Wears Prada 2 — released May 1, 2026 — she returned as Emily Charlton, reuniting with Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci from the 2006 original. This time Emily is a high-powered luxury-group executive who has become Miranda Priestly’s most dangerous rival. The sequel grossed around $693 million worldwide and became one of the year’s biggest hits, twenty years after Andy Sachs threw her phone in a fountain. 👠

Just weeks later she headlined Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (June 12, 2026) as TV meteorologist Margaret Fairchild, chasing alien disclosure across America alongside Josh O’Connor — the film topped $240 million and began streaming on Peacock in October 2026. 🛸

She isn’t slowing down. In May 2026 she began filming A Quiet Place Part III in New York — with Krasinski back to write and direct — and the trilogy closer is set for July 30, 2027. A girl who once couldn’t get a sentence out now commands some of the biggest films on earth. 🌟

Quick Answers

How old is Emily Blunt?
Born February 23, 1983, she is 43 years old as of October 2026.

Is Emily Blunt married?
Yes — to actor and filmmaker John Krasinski since July 10, 2010. They have two daughters.

What are Emily Blunt’s newest movies?
In 2026 she starred in The Devil Wears Prada 2 (released May 1) as Emily Charlton and Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (released June 12). Her 2025 film The Smashing Machine played opposite Dwayne Johnson.

Did Emily Blunt win an Oscar?
Not yet — she has one nomination (Best Supporting Actress for Oppenheimer, 2024). She has won a Golden Globe (Gideon’s Daughter) and two SAG Awards.

What is Emily Blunt filming now?
A Quiet Place Part III, which began filming in New York in May 2026. It is scheduled for July 30, 2027.

Did Emily Blunt have a stutter?
Yes. She stuttered severely as a child, roughly from age 7 to 14, and credits a schoolteacher — who encouraged her to perform in class plays — with helping her find her voice through acting.