List of Emily Blunt performances

British actress Emily Blunt began her career as a teenager at the West End theatre, appearing alongside Judi Dench in a production of The Royal Family in 2001.[1] Her first screen appearance was in the television film Boudica (2003), and she made her film debut with the lead role of a teenager exploring her homosexuality in Paweł Pawlikowski's drama My Summer of Love (2004).[2][3] For playing the title role of an emotionally troubled young woman in the BBC television film Gideon's Daughter (2006), Blunt won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.[4][5] In the same year, she gained wider recognition for playing a fashion editor's assistant in the American comedy The Devil Wears Prada, earning a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.[1][6]

A face shot of Emily Blunt as she looks away from the camera
Blunt at the French premiere of Edge of Tomorrow in 2014

Following this breakthrough, Blunt played lead roles in several films, including the period drama The Young Victoria (2009), the science fiction romance The Adjustment Bureau (2011), and the romance Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011).[7] In 2014, she starred as a hardened sergeant in the action film Edge of Tomorrow and as the Baker's Wife in the musical fantasy Into the Woods.[1][8] She gained praise for playing a principled FBI agent in the crime film Sicario (2015) and an alcoholic in the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016);[9][10][11] the latter earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[12] In 2018, she starred in the critically acclaimed horror film A Quiet Place, directed by her husband John Krasinski, and in the musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns, in which she played the title character.[13] The former earned her the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.[14] She has since starred in the sequel A Quiet Place Part II, the adventure film Jungle Cruise (both 2021), and the revisionist Western television miniseries The English (2022).[15][16][17] In 2023, she portrayed Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller film Oppenheimer, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and ranks as her highest-grossing release.[18][19][20]

Alongside her screen work, Blunt has provided her voice to several animated films, including Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) and its sequel Sherlock Gnomes (2018), and the English dub for The Wind Rises (2013). She has also narrated the audiobook Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives in 2010, and recorded songs for the soundtrack of her films Into the Woods, My Little Pony: The Movie, and Mary Poppins Returns.

Film

Blunt at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Year[a]TitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2004My Summer of LoveTamsin[21]
2006The Devil Wears PradaEmily Charlton[22]
IrresistibleMara[23]
2007Wind ChillGirl[24]
The Jane Austen Book ClubPrudie[25]
Dan in Real LifeRuthie Draper[26]
Charlie Wilson's WarJane Liddle[27]
2008The Great Buck HowardValerie Brennan[28]
Sunshine CleaningNorah Lorkowski[29]
2009The Young VictoriaQueen Victoria[30]
CuriosityEmmaShort film[31]
2010The WolfmanGwen Conliffe[32]
Wild TargetRose[33]
Gulliver's TravelsPrincess Mary[34]
2011Gnomeo & JulietJulietVoice[35]
The Adjustment BureauElise Sellas[36]
Salmon Fishing in the YemenHarriet Chetwode-Talbot[37]
Your Sister's SisterIris[38]
The MuppetsMiss Piggy's ReceptionistCameo[39][40]
2012The Five-Year EngagementViolet Barnes[41]
LooperSara[42]
Arthur NewmanMichaela / Charlotte Fitzgerald[b][43]
2014The Wind RisesNaoko SatomiVoice; English dub[44]
Edge of TomorrowRita Vrataski[45]
Into the WoodsBaker's Wife[46]
2015SicarioKate Macer[47]
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarQueen Freya[48]
The Girl on the TrainRachel Watson[49]
2017Animal CrackersZoe HuntingtonVoice[50][51]
My Little Pony: The MovieTempest Shadow / Fizzlepop BerrytwistVoice[52]
2018A Quiet PlaceEvelyn Abbott[53]
Sherlock GnomesJulietVoice[54]
Mary Poppins ReturnsMary Poppins[55]
2020Wild Mountain ThymeRosemary Muldoon[56]
A Quiet Place Part IIEvelyn Abbott[57]
2021Jungle CruiseLily Houghton[58]
2023OppenheimerKatherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer[59]
Pain HustlersLiza DrakeAlso executive producer[60]
2024The Fall Guy Jody MorenoPost-production[61]
IF UnicornVoice; post-production[62]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2003BoudicaIsoldaTelevision film; aka Warrior Queen[63]
2003Foyle's WarLucy MarkhamEpisode: "War Games"[64]
2003Henry VIIICatherine Howard[65]
2004Agatha Christie's PoirotLinnet RidgewayEpisode: "Death on the Nile"[66]
2005EmpireCamane[67]
2005The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan DoyleJean LeckieTelevision film[68]
2006Gideon's DaughterNatashaTelevision film[69]
2009The SimpsonsJulietEpisode: "Lisa the Drama Queen"; voice[70]
2015Lip Sync BattleHerselfEpisode: "Emily Blunt vs. Anne Hathaway"[71]
2016
2024
Saturday Night LiveHerselfEpisode: "Emily Blunt/Bruno Mars"
Episode: "Ryan Gosling/Chris Stapleton"
[72][73]
2022The EnglishCornelia LockeAlso executive producer[74]

Stage

YearProductionRoleTheaterRef
2000BlissUnknownEdinburgh Fringe Festival[75]
2001–2002The Royal FamilyGwen CavendishTheatre Royal Haymarket[76]
2002Vincent in BrixtonEugenie LoyerRoyal National Theatre[77]
2002Romeo and JulietJulietChichester Festival Theatre[78]

Radio

YearTitleRoleRef
2004Bumps and BruisesHolly[79]

Audiobook

YearTitleRef
2010Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives[80]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2020Some Good NewsHerselfEpisode 2[81]

Discography

Soundtrack/AlbumYearSongLabelRef
Call Me Irresponsible2007"Me and Mrs. Jones"Reprise Records[82]
Into the Woods2014"A Very Nice Prince"Walt Disney Records[83]
"It Takes Two"
"Any Moment"
"Moments in the Woods"
"Finale/Children Will Listen (Part 1)"
My Little Pony: The Movie2017"Open Up Your Eyes"Hasbro Studios[84]
Mary Poppins Returns2018"Can You Imagine That?"Walt Disney Records[85]
"The Royal Doulton Music Hall"
"Introducing Mary Poppins"
"A Cover Is Not the Book"
"The Place Where Lost Things Go"
"Turning Turtle"
"Trip a Little Light Fantastic"
"Trip a Little Light Fantastic (reprise)"

See also

Notes

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