Emily Blunt:She's the toast of tonight's Golden Globes. But in this startling confession the British star reveals how she thought her life was over at 16 By ELIZABETH SANDERSON Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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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See Felicity Blunt’s Wedding Gown! 10/02/2012 AT 11:00 AM ET (STYLE WATCH)

Bride Felicity Blunt’s something new was something quite lovely: a custom wedding gown designed by Nanette Lepore.

For her marriage to Stanley Tucci in London on Saturday night (actually the couple’s second round of vows), the literary agent (second from left) wore a simple, sleeveless white dress with lace overlay and a small bow at the waist.

Her flower girls and bridesmaids — including sisters Suzie (left) and Emily and friend Amy Dixon (right) — also wore white Lepore creations, which somewhat mirrored the bridal gown through cut and detail. Lepore (pictured above) is a friend of Tucci’s, and the actor has made appearances at her runway shows before.


Tucci and Blunt celebrated their nuptials over the weekend with a Friday night party at London’s Shoreditch House, a Saturday ceremony at Middle Temple Hall and a reception at L’Anima restaurant.

Celebrity guests in attendance included groomsmen Steve Buscemi and Oliver Platt, plus Emily Blunt’s husband John Krasinski, Meryl Streep, Patricia Clarkson, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth and designer Kenneth Cole.

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Emily Blunt: Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci are the picture of newlywed bliss at Boardwalk Empire premiere By SARAH BULL (DAILY MAIL)

They married less than a month ago, and it seems Felicity Blunt and Stanley Tucci are still very much in the honeymoon stage of their relationship.

The pair looked the picture of newlywed bliss as they cuddled up at the Boardwalk Empire season three premiere event in New York on Wednesday night.

Felicity, 31, looked elegant in her purple dress, which she teamed with a metallic clutch bag and kitten heel sandals, while 51-year-old Tucci looked dapper in his grey suit and black tie.

The couple were first introduced by Felicity's sister, and Tucci's Devil Wears Prada co-star, Emily Blunt.

'Emily loved Stanley on the set of Devil, and just thought they would hit it off, so she set them up.'

Tucci then confirmed at a New York screening of new Meryl Streep film Hope Springs last month that the pair had wed in secret, but were planning a more formal ceremony at a later stage.

Felicity and Tucci's marriage comes more than two years after the actor's first wife Kate lost her battle to cancer in April 2009.



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