Cate Blanchett
Biography
Catherine Elise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention as Elizabeth I in the drama film Elizabeth (1998), for which she won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and received her first of seven Academy Award nominations. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic former socialite in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett's other Oscar-nominated roles include Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Carol (2015). Her highest-grossing films include The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Cinderella (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018).
Blanchett has performed in over 20 theatre productions. From 2008 to 2013, she and her husband, Andrew Upton, were the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during that period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya and The Maids, garnering several theatre awards and nominations. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 in The Present, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. Blanchett has also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited Series as producer for the FX/Hulu historical drama miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1969-05-14
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Cast
The Good German
2006
5.81
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
6.91
Babel
2006
7.17
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
7.20
Notes on a Scandal
2006
7.09
The Gift
2000
6.47
Heaven
2002
6.44
Bandits
2001
6.30
Veronica Guerin
2003
6.65
The Aviator
2004
7.21
I'm Not There
2007
6.50
The Fundraiser
2023
0.00
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
6.70
Elizabeth
1998
7.17
Robin Hood
2010
6.39
The Shipping News
2001
6.38
An Ideal Husband
1999
6.48
The Missing
2003
6.30
Pushing Tin
1999
5.87
Charlotte Gray
2001
6.14
Little Fish
2005
5.70
The Champions
0.00
The Man Who Cried
2000
6.08
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
6.30
Hanna
2011
6.59
The Turning
2013
5.60
Hot Fuzz
2007
7.56
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
7.68
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
5.61
The New Boy
2023
5.64
Paradise Road
1997
6.40
The Real Robin Hood
2010
5.70
Knight of Cups
2015
5.70
Thank God He Met Lizzie
1997
4.50
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
0.00
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
5.40
The Monuments Men
2014
6.06
Blue Jasmine
2013
6.98
Girl Rising
2013
7.02
Rumours
2024
4.84
Carol
2015
7.50
The School for Good and Evil
2022
7.03
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
7.48
In the Company of Actors
2007
0.00
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025
6.70
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2017
6.33
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018
8.00
Truth
2015
6.53
Black Bag
2025
6.30
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018
8.00
Euphoria
2022
0.00
Evolver
2023
0.00
Police Rescue: The Movie
1994
5.30
Alpha Gang
0.00
Manifesto
2017
6.80
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
7.58
Parklands
1996
3.30
Ocean's Eight
2018
6.96
Song to Song
2017
5.50
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
6.59
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
6.47
Red
2017
4.90
Quest for the Ring
2001
5.60
Refugee
2016
5.50
A Cautionary Tail
2012
5.00
This Is an Adventure
2005
6.50
Spielberg
2017
7.57
This Changes Everything
2019
6.10
Earthflight 3D
2016
10.00
Journey to the South Pacific
2013
6.00
Nightmare Alley
2021
6.96
Bangers
1999
0.00
Stuart X
2019
7.70
Sweet Tooth
2019
6.80
Borderlands
2024
5.60
Don't Look Up
2021
7.06
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
8.03
The Four Temperaments
2020
7.50
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
0.00
TÁR
2022
7.09
Cinderella
2015
6.82
Ride It Out
2020
6.00
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023
8.00
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
2024
0.00
Bozo Over Roses
2025
0.00
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
8.80
Kaborya
1990
4.67
Sweetsick
0.00
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
0.00
Monica
0.00
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
0.00