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Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt, Hurtwood’s home grown international film star needs no introduction.

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt, Hurtwood’s home grown international film star needs no introduction. The star of Christopher Nolan’s record-breaking blockbuster ‘Oppenheimer’ is, in the words of The Guardian, the “biggest British female movie star of her generation”. Emily has worked with the greatest names in the business - Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis and her husband John Krasinski to name but a few.

So where did it all begin? Emily joined Hurtwood in 1999 and featured in numerous Hurtwood productions, most notably as the lead in ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’. In the summer holidays of 2000 Emily starred in the Hurtwood production of ‘Bliss’ (written by ex-student Paul Sellar) at the Edinburgh festival. Acting alongside her Hurtwood mentor and professional actor Adrian Rawlins, known affectionately at Hurtwood as ‘H’, she was soon spotted by H’s agent Ken McReddie. There was no need for Drama School for Emily, as six months after she left Hurtwood, she was sharing the stage with Judi Dench, Peter Bowles and Julia McKenzie in ‘The Royal Family’ directed by Trevor Nunn. Then came her breakthrough into film with her role as Tamsin in the 2004 ‘My Summer of Love’ for which she won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. In 2005 Emily won a Golden Globe for her titular role as an emotionally troubled young woman in the British TV drama ‘Gideon’s Daughter’ with Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson. Soon Emily was taking Hollywood by storm as a fashion editor’s assistant alongside Meryl Streep in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ which earnt her a BAFTA nomination. The rest is history and listed below are a selection of her most famous roles:

Oppenheimer (2023)

Disney's Jungle Cruise (2021)

Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

A Quiet Place (2018)

The Girl on the Train (2016)

The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

Sicario (2015)

Into the Woods (2014)

Looper (2012)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) – alongside Hurtwood actor Tom Mison

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

The Young Victoria (2009)

Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

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Amelia Curtis

After leaving Hurtwood in 1988, Amelia studied at Rose Bruford and has gone on to sustain a career of quality work.

Amelia Curtis

After leaving Hurtwood in 1988, Amelia studied at Rose Bruford and has gone on to sustain a career of quality work. Her film credits include; Judge Dredd, Kevin and Perry Go Large, Janice Beard 45, The Train, The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz, Fear Dot Com, Understanding Jane, Circus, and South West Nine.

She has also appeared in just about every TV drama for the last ten years including Holby City, Eastenders, Harley Street, Love Soup, The Royal, Dalziel and Pascoe, Class of '76, Empire, New Tricks, A Thing Called Love, P.O.W., Rosemary & Thyme, Manchild, Casualty, At Home with the Braithwaites, Love or Money, Peak Practice, The Comedy Lab, Understanding Jane, Brothers and Sisters, London Bridge, Pie in the Sky, Cadfael, Lovejoy, In Suspicious Circumstances and Family Style!

Theatre credits include Eskimo Sisters (Southwark Playhouse), Perfect Pitch (Derby Playhouse), The Changeling (NTS), A Pair of Blue Eyes (Birmingham Rep) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Belgrade Coventry).

Most recently she has been playing a teacher in Waterloo Road.