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Cate Blanchett
Actor, Producer, Writer
Born May 14, 1969 (55 years)
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).
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).
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Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Rumours · as Hilda Orlmann |
| 2024 | Disclaimer (TV Series) · as Catherine Ravenscroft |
| 2024 | Borderlands · as Lilith |
| 2023 | Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero · as Cast |
| 2023 | The New Boy · as Sister Eileen |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · as Spazzatura (voice) |
| 2022 | Tár · as Lydia Tár |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as The Storian (voice) |
| 2022 | Ukraine, Life Under Russia's Attack · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley · as Dr. Lilith Ritter |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up · as Brie Evantee |
| 2021 | What If…? (TV Series) · as Hela (voice) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Hela (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Homemade (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Cate |
| 2020 | James and the Giant Peach, with Taika and Friends (TV Series) · as Centipede |
| 2020 | Mrs. America (TV Series) · as Phyllis Schlafly |
| 2020 | Stateless (TV Series) · as Pat Masters |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette · as Bernadette |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · as Valka (voice) |
| 2018 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle · as Kaa (voice) |
| 2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls · as Florence Zimmerman |
| 2018 | Ocean's Eight · as Lou Miller |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Hela |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Amanda |
| 2016 | Voyage of Time: Life's Journey · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Carol · as Carol Aird |
| 2015 | Truth · as Mary Mapes |
| 2015 | Manifesto · as Various |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups · as Nancy |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Izabella Barta |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Galadriel |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Valka (voice) |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men · as Claire Simone |
| 2013 | The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden · as Dore Strauch (voice) |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Galadriel |
| 2013 | Journey to the South Pacific · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Making a Scene · as Woman |
| 2013 | The Turning · as Gail Lang |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine · as Jasmine |
| 2013 | Girl Rising · as Narrator - Haiti (voice) |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Galadriel |
| 2011 | Hanna · as Marissa |
| 2011 | The Last Time I Saw Michael Gregg · as Cast |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Marion Loxley |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · as Daisy Fuller |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Gran Mamare |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · as Irina Spalko |
| 2007 | Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Elizabeth I, Queen Of England |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as Jude |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz · as Janine (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal · as Sheba Hart |
| 2006 | The Good German · as Lena Brandt |
| 2006 | Babel · as Susan Jones |
| 2005 | Little Fish · as Tracy |
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls · as Julie-Anne |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou · as Jane Winslett-Richardson |
| 2004 | The Aviator · as Katharine Hepburn |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Galadriel |
| 2003 | The Missing · as Maggie Gilkeson |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes · as Cate / Shelly (segment "cousins") |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin · as Veronica Guerin |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Galadriel |
| 2002 | Cameras in Middle-Earth · as Galadriel |
| 2002 | Heaven · as Philippa |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray · as Charlotte Gray |
| 2001 | The Shipping News · as Petal |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Galadriel |
| 2001 | Bandits · as Kate Wheeler |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried · as Lola |
| 2000 | The Gift · as Annie Wilson |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Meredith Logue |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut · as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin · as Connie Falzone |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Lady Gertrude Chiltern |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Queen Elizabeth Ii (voice) |
| 1999 | Hello Kitty’s Paradise: Learn With Love · as Cathy (voice) |
| 1998 | Elizabeth · as Elizabeth I |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda · as Lucinda Leplastrier |
| 1997 | The Wedding Party · as Lizzie |
| 1997 | Paradise Road · as Susan Macarthy |
| 1996 | Parklands · as Rosie |
| 1995 | Bordertown (1995) (TV Series) · as Bianca |
| 1994 | Heartland (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Ashton |
| 1994 | Police Rescue · as Vivian |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Elaine Wolff (voice) |
| 1989 | Police Rescue (TV Series) · as Mrs Haines |
| 1989 | G.P. (TV Series) · as Janie Morris |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Explorer (TV Series) · as Galadriel |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Narrator |