Move Over, Jim and Pam! Emily Blunt and John Krasinski Are the Definition of Couple Goals
These two may be the cutest couple in Hollywood.
In real life, few office romances are as adorable as that of Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly on The Office. While those two Dunder-Mifflin employees might be one of TV fans' all-time-favorite twosomes, they're no match for John Krasinski and his actual wife, Emily Blunt.
The Jungle Cruise actress has said that meeting her husband "really changed" her life. "When I feel the support that I have from him, I feel invincible," she told InStyle in 2013. "There’s someone behind you on your good days, and someone in front of you on your bad days."
From how they met to how many kids they share to how it felt working together on A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place II, get to know enviable Hollywood couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski!
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Who is Emily Blunt's husband?
Office fans will recognize Blunt's husband as their TV crush Jim Halpert. Krasinski played the paper salesman on the hit NBC series for nine seasons. The actor is also the star of the Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan.
Aside from television, Krasinski has starred in various films, including Something Borrowed, It's Complicated, Leatherheads, License To Wed, 13 Hours, A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place 2; the latter two, of course, were movies he also wrote and directed!
In 2019, Krasinski gushed to E! Newsabout Blunt, "I was a huge fan of hers before I even met her, so I continue to be a huge fan of hers in everything she does." He also once confessed on The Graham Norton Show to watching Blunt's breakthrough performance in The Devil WearsPrada—the megahit 2006 comedy starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway—a whopping 72 times, "give or take."
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How did Emily Blunt and John Krasinski meet?
The Mary Poppins Returns actress has called her initial meet-cute with Krasinski in 2008 "kind of lame"... though we beg to differ. During a 2018 appearance on Late Night, Blunt recalled of their first encounter, "I was in a restaurant. He was in the restaurant. I was sitting with a mutual friend... [He] was actually sitting with our friend Justin Theroux, and then he abandoned Justin and came over to come and talk to us. He did not eat. He just stood there and made me laugh."
At the time, Krasinski had not been looking for a relationship. "It’s one of those things where, as soon as you meet someone, you kind of know," he told Ellen DeGeneres in 2011. "It was one of those things where I wasn't really looking for a relationship, and I was thinking I'd take my time in L.A. and everything and then I met her and I was so nervous. I was like, 'Oh God, I think I'm gonna fall in love with her.' And as I shook her hand I went, 'I like you.'"
When did Emily Blunt and John Krasinski get engaged?
Krasinksi was admittedly nervous when it came to popping the question in 2009. "It was very casual," he told Access Hollywood of the proposal. "I was nervous and the whole nine yards."
The actor also revealed that both he and Blunt shed tears. "She did cry after I cried and we cried and then everyone around us was crying," he said. "Then, I think people weren’t really sure what was going on, but they were crying because we were crying. But it was great. At the end of the day she said yes, which is great. It’s a big part of this whole thing."
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When did Emily Blunt and John Krasinski get married?
The Hollywood stars tied the knot in a private ceremony at Villa D'este in Como, Italy, back in 2010. Krasinski's Leatherheads co-star George Clooney and his then-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis were among the guests at the wedding, per Us Weekly.
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Do Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have kids?
Blunt and Krasinski welcomed their eldest child, daughter Hazel, in 2014, followed by Violet in 2016. The mom of two gave insight into her husband's close bond with their kids. "They may like John even more than me, which is slightly upsetting at times," Blunt told Entertainment Tonight in 2018. "When I ask the little one, like, 'Who's your best friend?' she's like, 'Daddy.'"
Have Emily Blunt and John Krasinski worked together?
The power couple shared the screen together for the first time in 2018's A Quiet Place. The project ended up bringing the pair closer, the British actress admitted to TODAY.
Blunt won a SAG Award for her performance in the film. "Im going to share this completely with my husband, John Krasinski, because the entire experience of doing this with you has completely pierced my heart directly," she said in her acceptance speech. "You are a stunning filmmaker. I'm so lucky to be with you and to have done this film with you. Thank you for giving me the part, you would have been in major trouble if you hadn't, so you didn't really have an option, but thank you."
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What is the secret to Emily Blunt and John Krasinski's marriage?
The pair celebrated 11 years of marriage in 2021. So, what's their secret? "Just love," Blunt told E! News' Daily Pop co-host Victor Cruz. "You've got to keep loving and loving, and just listening."
