It is her moment in the full glare of the limelight. And not only does she know it, but Emily Blunt believes – with much justification – that she deserves it.
Tonight, when she sashays down the red carpet at the 70th Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, she will do so with all the verve and panache of an accomplished actress. For Emily has the confidence of a woman who knows she has finally found her way.
She is hotly tipped to win the award for Best Actress In A Musical Or Comedy for her role in Salmon Fishing In The Yemen – the romantic comedy about a sheik who determines to bring fly-fishing to his Arab homeland.
Emily is vying with some of the hottest names in the business. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Meryl Streep are nominated too.
But if the tipsters are to be believed, it is the British girl America has taken to its heart who will come home clutching the Globe, thus guaranteeing her status as a bona fide Hollywood star.
For Emily – on the brink of 30 and happily married to John Krasinski, star of the US version of The Office – the nomination is confirmation that she has conquered her former fears of failure and emerged triumphant.
It is something that, 13 years ago, she thought might never happen.
Born in Roehampton, South-West London, Emily is the daughter of highly successful barrister Oliver Blunt and Joanna, a teacher and former actress.
Emily lived her early life in the shadow of her older sister Felicity and, as a youngster, developed a stutter. She overcame it in her teens, but still had trouble finding her way.
Hers was an intellectual and high-achieving family and at 16 she was desperate to follow her sister, who is 18 months older, to the sixth form at Westminster School.
But it wasn’t to be. ‘She’s very close to me,’ says Emily, ‘and I wanted to be like her. But I wasn’t offered a place and I remember thinking, “My life is over.” I recall reeling around the kitchen and thinking, “I’m a failure, I didn’t get into that school.” It was so awful and upsetting.’
Disappointed at her failure to emulate Felicity’s academic prowess, Emily began to lose her way.
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