Hollywood is full of enviable high-profile romances, but none can compare to the relationship between Emily Blunt and John Krasinski.
Blunt and Krasinski began dating in 2008 after meeting through a mutual pal. During a 2011 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Office alum revealed that it was love at first sight for him.
“It was one of those things where I wasn’t really looking for a relationship and I was thinking I’m going to take my time in L.A.,” he explained at the time. “Then I met her and I was so nervous. I was like, ‘Oh God, I think I’m going to fall in love with her.’ As I shook her hand I went, ‘I like you.’ It’s one of those things where as soon as you meet someone you kind of know.
The Devil Wears Prada actress has also gushed about how her now-husband has impacted her. “Meeting John really changed my life,” she told InStyle in 2013. “When I feel the support that I have from him, I feel invincible. There’s someone behind you on your good days and someone in front of you on your bad days.”
The couple were engaged by August 2009 and tied the knot in Italy the following summer. They welcomed daughter Hazel in 2014 and daughter Violet in 2016.
Scroll down to see Blunt and Krasinski’s romance over the years.
November 2008
The pair met via a mutual friend at a restaurant in 2008. “It’s kind of a sad, lame story,” Blunt recalled on Late Night With Seth Meyers in 2018. “I was in a restaurant, he was in the restaurant. I was sitting with a mutual friend … and my friend Gray goes, ‘Oh my god, that’s my friend John,’ and that was it. He was sitting with our friend Justin Theroux, and he abandoned Justin and came over to us. He just stood there and made me laugh. I kind of [knew right away.]”
August 2009
After less than a year of dating, Krasinski proposed to the London native in Los Angeles. Though the Jack Ryan actor described the proposal as “casual,” it led to many tears from both the happy couple and their friends and family. “I was nervous and the whole nine yards,” Krasinski told Access Hollywood at the 2009 Emmy Awards.
“She did cry after. I cried and we cried and then everyone around us was crying. 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.”
July 2010
The pair tied the knot in a private ceremony held at George Clooney’s estate in Lake Como, Italy. Blunt wore a Marchesa wedding gown.
August 2010
Blunt accompanied The Office star to the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in L.A. “Being able to laugh with another person is such an amazing gift,” Krasinski once told USA Today of his approach to love. “I think it can make things extremely fun, but it’s the only way to get through the bad times.”
January 2012
The actors lovingly posed for photos at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A. “I had always heard, ‘Never date an actress — it’s too competitive, too dramatic. But we’re so lucky to have each other,” Krasinski once told Parade. “For many reasons, Emily is perfect for me.”
January 2013
Only one chair required! Emily Blunt abandoned her seat at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in favor of sitting on her hubby’s lap.
January 2013
Before posing together at the Golden Globes in early 2013, the couple looked deeply in love with one another, gazing into each other’s eyes and grinning.
November 2013
Bump on the beach! The first photos of the pregnant star surfaced while she was on vacation with her shirtless hubby and their actor pal Bradley Cooper. Though she donned a cover up most of the trip, the fearless star was also spotted showing off her bump in a bikini.
February 2014
The couple welcomed their first child, Hazel. “Wanted to let the news out directly,” Krasinksi tweeted. “Emily and I are so incredibly happy to welcome our daughter Hazel into the world today! Happy bday!”
July 2016
Krasinski announced that Blunt gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Violet. “What better way to celebrate the 4th… than to announce our 4th family member!!!!” he tweeted.
August 2016
The actor, who worked out twice a day for five weeks for his role in 13 Hours, candidly opened up about his sex life. “Totally selfishly, [sex] is so much better for me being jacked because you feel so much more confident and you see yourself as this much more sexual person, which is really fun,” he told Elle at the time. “The truth is, [Emily] really is that person who would like my any way. But I don’t think she’s going to kick the eight-pack abs out of bed.”
January 2017
The lovebirds only had eyes for each other on the red carpet at the 2017 SAG Awards in L.A.
April 2018
The couple costarred as a married couple in the horror film A Quiet Place, which Krasinski directed. Us Weekly’s review of the blockbuster called it “terrifying” and “unpredictable,” noting that “there’s no escape until the credits roll.”
January 2019
Krasinski held his wife and trophy close in the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards’ pressroom. Earlier that night, he walked away with the award for Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie for A Quiet Place and he paid tribute to Blunt in his acceptance speech. “I got to make a movie about a love story, and a love letter to my kids, and I got to do it with the love of my life by my side,” he said. “So, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get much better than that!”
February 2020
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar U.K., Blunt opened up about how the couple wound up living together. “I’d just bought a place in London and was going to live there with my sister. I didn’t ever see it as a move to the U.S., but gradually more and more of my stuff just accumulated at his house, and then suddenly I was living in L.A.,” she explained. “I think it’s the best way to do it – just to sneak-attack them, rather than turn up with trunks.”
March 2020
Krasinski joked about how the couple’s marriage was tested while shooting a particular scene for A Quiet Place Part II. “There’s a scene where I put her in a car and — if you saw it in the trailer—she’s driving up the street,” he explained on Live With Kelly & Ryan. “All that is completely, totally real.”
The IF director continued, “I realized as I was explaining to her all the things that are going to happen, like, ‘You’re gonna hit this pedestrian and then these cars are gonna cut you off. And then a bus is gonna come at you at 40 mph.’ That’s all happening to her. And I realized, ‘Oh, my God. I just put my marriage on the line. I might end my marriage in this shot.’”
April 2020
Blunt supported Krasinski by appearing on an episode of his Some Good News YouTube series, where they surprised a young Hamilton fan with a virtual performance from the original cast.
May 2021
During an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Krasinski revealed that Blunt had to cut him off after he became “addicted” to popcorn during the COVID-19 quarantine.“My kids had microwave movie popcorn for something, and they loved it, and then just slowly the time started getting earlier and earlier. And at, like, 9 a.m. at breakfast, I was like, ‘Does anybody want popcorn?’” he said in May 2021. “And Emily was like, ‘You gotta cool it on the popcorn! You got to stop microwaving popcorn at 9 a.m.’”
July 2021
Shortly after celebrating their 11th anniversary, Blunt shared her secret to long-lasting wedded bliss.
“Just love,” the Jane Austen Book Club actress told E! News on July 16, 2021. “You’ve got to keep loving and loving, and just listening.”
October 2021
During an episode of iHeartMedia’s “River Cafe Table 4” podcast, Blunt revealed that she made Ina Garten’s famous “engagement chicken” recipe for her beau before they got engaged.
“I guess I just made something that I knew he would love … a roast chicken, who doesn’t love roast chicken?” the Jungle Cruise actress explained. The recipe apparently has a great success rate of bringing couples down the aisle, as Garten noted in November 2017 how its “magical powers” also fared well for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
December 2022
“I wouldn’t be anywhere in my life without her,” the Office alum told Parade. “On a daily basis, but certainly career-wise, as a dad, she pushes me to be better every single day at everything I do. I look forward to the next day cause I know it’ll be better than the one before.”
February 2023
The Quiet Place costars walked the red carpet together at the 2023 SAG Awards. Krasinski donned a pinstripe suit while the Into the Woods actress stunned in a formfitting dress with floral embroidery.
September 2023
The couple were dressed to impress while supproting pal George Clooney at the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s annual awards show at the New York Public Library in New York City.
November 2024
“It’s that beautiful thing where when you’re married to someone, you’re constantly learning and changing and evolving,” the actor told People in November 2024 about his marriage. “And I’m so lucky to go through all that with her.”
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