Before she was Disney’s iconic Mary Poppins or the Baker’s Wife in “Into the Woods,” Emily Blunt was just a little girl struggling with a stutter. Even today the actor still considers herself a stutterer. “Certain words will get stuck, the phone is a bit of a nightmare,” Blunt said on stage at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime event.
Blunt was there to accept the Wells Fargo’s Power of Women Alumni Award for dedicating her time and energy to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources at the American Institute for Stuttering.
Presented by Krista Phillips, the Head of Consumer Cards & Marketing at Wells Fargo, Phillips applauded Blunt’s continuous work with the institute, “She works with children and parents affected by stuttering – a cause that is deeply personal to her,” she said. “Her support has enabled the Institute to expand its reach, offer more resources,...
Blunt was there to accept the Wells Fargo’s Power of Women Alumni Award for dedicating her time and energy to help children overcome stuttering through educational resources at the American Institute for Stuttering.
Presented by Krista Phillips, the Head of Consumer Cards & Marketing at Wells Fargo, Phillips applauded Blunt’s continuous work with the institute, “She works with children and parents affected by stuttering – a cause that is deeply personal to her,” she said. “Her support has enabled the Institute to expand its reach, offer more resources,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
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