--- description: And she feels a little sad about it title: Emily Blunt Had to Renounce the Queen to Become a U.S. Citizen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emily Blunt Had to Renounce the Queen to Become a U.S. Citizen by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 9, 2015 3:00 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 9, 2015 3:00 PM CUT Emily Blunt, star of the upcoming movie _Sicario_, stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ Tuesday night, where she revealed that she recently became a U.S. citizen. The British actress, who now has dual citizenship, shared lots of fun stories about the swearing-in ceremony. For example: Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves, was also getting sworn in, so McConaughey showed up “looking like he was going on safari.” Blunt also told Kimmel that she was required to renounce Queen Elizabeth II and, of course, take a written citizenship test. “It is the hardest test I’ve ever had to take. I guarantee most Americans would have no idea how to answer any of these questions.” _Read next:_ [_See Every TIME Cover Featuring Queen Elizabeth II_](http://time.com/4020008/queen-elizabeth-ii-time-covers/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4026340/emily-blunt-us-citizenship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4026340/emily-blunt-us-citizenship/"},"headline":"Emily Blunt Had to Renounce the Queen to Become a U.S. Citizen","datePublished":"2015-09-09T15:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:26.515Z","description":"And she feels a little sad about it","url":"https://time.com/4026340/emily-blunt-us-citizenship/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4026340/emily-blunt-us-citizenship/","name":"Emily Blunt Had to Renounce the Queen to Become a U.S. Citizen"}}]}] ```