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Emily Blunt turns 40: born on February 23, 1983 in London, she became famous above all thanks to the role she played in The devil wears Prada. From then on, the actress took part in many films, ranging from comedy to thriller to action films. Here are his most famous roles
Best movies with Emily Blunt
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The role that Emily Blunt stood out for is definitely the one she played in the film The devil wears Prada (2006): plays Emily Charlton, Miranda Presley’s head secretaryfashion icon and guide of the most famous fashion magazine in the world
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Neither The devil wears Prada Blunt’s character is stressed, overworked and always looking for the perfect look. In the photo, the actress in a scene from the film
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In 2009 she played the role of Queen Victoria in The Young Victoriadrama about the Queen’s turbulent first year of reign and her long-lasting love affair with Prince Albert. The film received 3 nominations and won an award at the Oscars for the best costumes
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In 2012, however, he took part in the drama film The World of Arthur Newman. Wallace Avery (Colin Firth), in a midlife crisis with a teenage son, buys a new passport and a new identity. He moves to Terre Haute, Indiana, to start over under the name of Arthur Newman, a professional golfer. But on his journey he will meet Charlotte (Emily Blunt) who will break into his life decisively and with his own desire to change his own existence
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Also in 2012 Blunt stars in Your sister’s sister, comedy by director Lynn Shelton. The morning of the death of Jack’s brother, her friend Iris (Blunt) invites him to her cabin to comfort him. In her house also lives Hannah, Iris’s sister, who she tries to recover after her engagement is broken. Between one bottle of Tequila and another, the three will share their most hidden secrets
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Emily Blunt also attended action movieas in the case of Edge of tomorrow – Without tomorrow. In the near future, an army of extraterrestrials has invaded the Earth. The greatest minds of mankind strive to find a solution and develop battle exoskeletons, while the British military finds the only hope in victories led by the female soldier Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). At his side, Major William Cage (Tom Cruise)
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Always action is the film Hitman (2015), in which Blunt plays Kate Macer, an FBI agent that tries to establish itself and do its best in the fight against drug cartels, between the US and Mexico
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The following year, Blunt stars in The girl on the train. The actress plays the role of rachel watson an alcoholic woman who recently divorced her husband, Tom Watson, after she found out he was cheating on her. Rachel lives with a friend and she spends most of her days on a train, not to reveal that he lost his job due to her addiction. And she is often busy spying on her ex Tom, his new partner and their newborn daughter
The Girl on the Train, the cast of the film with Emily Blunt
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During her many train journeys, Rachel also spies on Tom’s neighbors: Scott and Megan and discovers that the woman is cheating on her partner. But shortly after Megan disappears and the police mobilize. And, before long, Rachel will find herself at the center of investigations, up to a key turn. It should be noted that the film is the film adaptation of the 2015 novel of the same name written by Paula Hawkins
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In 2018 Emily Blunt plays the role of Mary Poppins in musical fantasy Mary Poppins Returns. The film – directed by Rob Marshall – is set in the 1930s and sees little Michael and Jane Banks now grown up. Mary Poppins returns to their lives, the incredible nanny who hasn’t aged a day
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One of the last works that saw Blunt as the protagonist is Jungle Cruiseof 2021. London, 1916: after stealing a precious arrowhead from a company of geographers, the botany Lily Houghton (Blunt) sets off with his brother MacGregor to the Amazon rainforest to look for an ancient tree with extraordinary healing properties. But the two brothers aren’t the only ones looking for this “treasure”.
Emily Blunt against the ‘strong female lead’ label
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