Blunt really is turning into a great actress who has made quite a mark in Hollywood so far in her short career. She has a great chemistry with Rupert Friend, who is also building a good career for himself, as he takes on the role of Albert.
Sunshine Cleaning was another release for the actress this year, a movie which teamed her with Amy Adams.
Despite a limited release the movie was met well by the critics and Blunt went on to be nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
And 2010 look s set to her star rise even more with The Wolfman and Gulliver's Travels both on the horizon.
Penelope Cruz
2009 couldn't have gone any better for Penelope Cruz as she got her hands on the Best Supporting Actress Oscar earlier this year for her role in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Two young Americans spend a summer in Spain and meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Cruz).
Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and harrowing.
She was a formidable force during the awards season picking up awards at the Baftas, National Board of Review and Independent Spirit Awards as well as being nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.
And more awards success could be on the way for the actress with her performances in Broken Embraces and Nine are causing a stir.
Broken Embraces reunited her with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, they brought us Volver in 2006 which earnt Cruz a Best Actress Oscar nomination. The film has been the toast of the festival circuit and she has an outside chance of being in that Best Actress category once again.
But Nine looks her bet at awards glory in the New Year with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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