Emily Blunt's Real Name: Emily Olivia Laura Blunt

Quick answer: Emily Blunt's full name is Emily Olivia Laura Blunt. She was born on February 23, 1983, in London, England, and works under Emily Blunt—the professional form of her birth name.

Real name and early life

Encyclopædia Britannica lists her also known as Emily Olivia Laura Blunt; Library of Congress name authority records the fuller form and birth date (Britannica; LOC). Blunt is the family surname; there is no stage surname. She is the second of four children of barrister Oliver Blunt and former actress Joanna Mackie. As a child she struggled with a stammer and credited acting exercises with helping her overcome it. A student musical at the Edinburgh Fringe brought her an agent; she soon appeared opposite Judi Dench in the West End production of The Royal Family (2001) and played Juliet at the Chichester Festival.

Career highlights

Blunt earned a Golden Globe for supporting work in the television film Gideon’s Daughter (2005) and drew notice in My Summer of Love (2004). Her Hollywood breakthrough as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) led to leads including Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Sicario (2015), The Girl on the Train (2016), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Kitty Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023), which brought her first Academy Award nomination. She starred with husband John Krasinski in A Quiet Place (2018) and its sequel. She holds dual British and American citizenship. Across stage and screen, billing stayed Emily Blunt; the documented full name is Emily Olivia Laura Blunt.

Name notes for searchers

Some secondary databases list the middle name as “Leah” instead of “Laura”; Britannica and Blunt’s own interview usage favor Laura. Prefer encyclopedia and LOC records over fan wikis. Wikipedia is useful only as a pointer after primary citations.