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 a Screen Actors Guild Award in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards Forbes ranked her as one of the highestpaid actresses in the world in 2020 Blunt made her acting debut in a 2001 stage production of The Royal Family She went on to appear in the television film Boudica 2003 and portrayed Queen Catherine Howard in the miniseries Henry VIII 2003 She made her feature film debut in the drama My Summer of Love 2004 Blunts breakthrough came in 2006 with her starring roles in the television film Gideons Daughter and the comedydrama film The Devil Wears Prada The former won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Blunts 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 films Into the Woods 2014 and Mary Poppins Returns 2018 She received critical acclaim for playing a principled FBI agent in the crime film Sicario 2015 an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train 2016 which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and a survivalist mother in her husband John Krasinskis horror film A Quiet Place 2018 for which she won the SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress She has since starred in the sequel A Quiet Place Part II 2020 Jungle Cruise 2021 the western miniseries The English 2022 Oppenheimer 2023 and Pain Hustlers 2023