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Emily Blunt Net Worth And Everything About Her

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Emily Blunt was labeled as one of the highest-paid actresses by Forbes. How did she achieve such a feat? This article explores the lavish life of Emily Blunt net worth, kids, career, and more.

Early Life of Emily Blunt

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt was born on February 23, 1983. Her birthplace was  London, United Kingdom. She is a prominent Hollywood actress known for her role in The Devil Wears Prada.

Emily Blunt is the second youngest sibling out of the quad. The other three siblings are Felicity, Sebastian, and Susannah  Her father Oliver blunt was a lawyer, and her mother Joanna was a former actress and teacher. Her mother was a well-known actress who had her fair share of screentime.  After getting married, her acting career was put to rest. Her grandfather was Major General Peter Blunt. Her paternal uncle is Crispin Blunt, a conservative member of Parliament for Reigate.

Blunt’s childhood was filled with numerous enjoyable activities in which she excelled, including singing, cello playing, and horseback riding. Because of her stuttering, Blunt never considered following in her mother’s footsteps in acting.

From age seven, Emily has problems with stuttering. A high school teacher urged her to pursue acting as a way to overcome her stuttering. To this day, the Devil wears Prada actress credits her teacher for helping her overcome such an endeavor.

Her schooling was done at Ibstock Palace School in Roehampton. Following that, she attended Hurtwood House, a residential high school in Dorking, Surrey, where she went after that. In addition to singing, playing the cello, and participating in athletics, she completed a two-year performing arts program.

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How did it all start?

Emily Blunt has earned a big name for herself in Hollywood. She was invited to perform at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2000. Over there she caught the eye of Kenneth Mcreddie, who was an agent. Her agent introduced her to the realm of acting. He paved the way for Emily Blunt to get recognized by prominent agencies such as the West End and BBC.

Debut in movies

In November 2001, Blunt made her professional debut as Gwen Cavendish, the granddaughter of Judi Dench, in Peter Hall’s production of The Royal Family.

Peter Hall’s directing and Anthony Ward’s fantastic set combine with all of this to make The Royal Family a terrific night’s entertainment,” critic Tom Keatinge declared. (2001) The Evening Standard named Blunt “Best Newcomer” for her performance.

She’d been deluded into thinking she’d go to university and study languages. (Blunt aspired to work at the United Nations as a simultaneous translator.) Instead, she was sneaked up on by Judi Dench, her co-star, in a makeup chair backstage at the Haymarket theatre.

Subsequently, she managed to score several roles which increased Emily Blunt net worth.

-At the  National Theatre, she played  Eugenie in Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton. (2002)

-Starred as  Juliet in Indhu Rubasingham’s production of Romeo and Juliet at Chichester Festival Theatre. (2002)

-Blunt made her movie debut in the British television drama Boudica in 2003, which was based on the life of the historical Celtic warrior-queen Boudica, who opposed the Romans.

-In the same year, she was praised for her portrayal of Queen Catherine Howard in the two-part British television drama Henry VIII.

-Blunt gained notoriety in 2004 for her role as Tamsin in the independent British film My Summer of Love, a love story set in the English countryside about two young ladies from different social backgrounds.

– In 2004, she starred as Linnet Ridgeway in the Agatha Christie’s Poirot episode “Death on the Nile”.

 -She received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer with Press.

-Blunt played the problematic daughter of Gideon Warner in the British television drama Gideon’s Daughter, based on an original story written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. In 2005, the film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival. In  February 2006, it was broadcasted on British television. Blunt earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Fame and Breakthrough

In 2006, Emily Blunt appeared in The Devil Wears Prada alongside the star-studded cast of Anne Hathaway and Meryl Steep. This added to Emily Blunt net worth.

Her character was Emile, the senior assistant of Runway magazine editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly.  With a box office earning of $326 million, the picture was a global and steaming success. For her work, Blunt received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. She co-presented the award for best costume design with Anne Hathaway at the 79th Academy Awards. They both were dressed as their characters from the film.

The characters’ appearances matched the industry norms because. The movie was about climbing the social ladder and how everybody was hungry for power To be faithful to the character of Emily Charlton, Emily Blunt had to lose weight. In 2009, Blunt told Parade, “I’ve only lost weight for ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ and that was because my character was supposed to be on the verge of anorexia.”

Despite losing weight for the part, Blunt was against the perpetuation of diet culture. In an interview with Parade, she discussed how there is a lot of unnecessary pressure on young girls to lose weight. These standards are unhealthy and are explicitly promoted throughout the industry.

Emily Blunt’s star power continued to grow as she acted in four films in 2007: Wind Chill, The Jane Austen Book Club, Dan in Real Life, and Charlie Wilson’s War, a biographical comedy-drama.

In 2008, she appeared in two films. The first one was Sunshine Cleaning, in which she played Norah Lorkowski, an underachiever who initiates a crime cleanup business with her sister Rose. The film world premiered at the Sundance Film festival where it was lauded, especially for Blunt’s performance.

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In 2020, Forbes declared her the sixth highest-paid actress due to high  Emily Blunt net worth.

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski’s relationship timeline-The au pair locked eyes at a restaurant in 2008. The couple described it as a magical moment.

-Jhon Krasinski revealed later it was not long after they went on a first date. He took Blunt to a shooting range. The date went well to his surprise.

-John asked for Emily’s hand in marriage in  Los Angeles after less than a year of dating. Both the ecstatic couple and their friends shed tears during the proposal.

-On July 10, 2010, Emily Blunt and John got married. The destination was Lake Como. The wedding took place on George Clooney’s estate, and the bride dressed up in a Marchesa gown.

-Emily Blunt  and Jhon revealed they were expecting their first child together in September 2013.

-The inception of their first daughter took place on February 16, 2014.  She was named Hazel Grace by her parents.

-In 2016, the couple announced the arrival of their second child.

– In June 2016, Emily and Jhon welcomed their second child, Violet.

-On March 15, 2017, Jhon took to Instagram to announce that the duo was going to work on a project together. The movie was A Quiet Place.

-A Quiet Place,  was released in theatres on April 6, 2018. The couple starred alongside each other and stole the hearts of many.

-Emily’s work in A Quiet Place earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2019. Her tearful acceptance speech, however, was not without compliments for her husband and co-star.

-After the success of their first project together, the couple announced that they were working on a sequel of The Quiet Place. The date for release was May 28, 2021.

Hazel Krasinski

Hazel, the daughter of John and Emily, was born on February 16, 2014. The couple has maintained privacy since the birth of their first child.

Violet Krasinski

Violet Kransinski was born in June 2016. The arrival of their second child was announced on Twitter in a heartwarming message.

Emily Blunt Net Worth

Emily Blunt net worth 2022 is $80 million.

Affiliations of Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt has affiliations with YSL.

Philanthropic Side

Emily Blunt was appreciative of the work done by the laureate Malala Yousafzai. They leveraged their celebrity status to bring attention to her cause and raise funds for the Malala Fund. It was created by Malala and her father, Ziauddin, created in 2013.

The fund aspires to provide free, safe, and high-quality education to girls all around the world. Blunt and Krasinski have raised money for the foundation thus far by auctioning off two tickets to the New York premiere of their film “A Quiet Place.” The couple plans to visit Colombia or India in the fall to observe firsthand the work of the Malala Fund.

The 14th annual American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) Benefit Gala, was hosted by Emily Blunt. It included a special appearance by Vice President Joe Biden, and John Hendrickson, a lifelong stutterer.

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