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Cate Blanchett
Actor, Writer, Producer
Born May 14, 1969 (53 years)
Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 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).
Filmography
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Loving Highsmith · as Carol Aird |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley · as Dr. Lilith Ritter |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up · as Brie Evantee |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Hela (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Mrs. America (TV Series) · as Phyllis Schlafly |
| 2020 | Stateless (TV Series) · as Pat Masters |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Cate |
| 2020 | Homemade (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · as Valka (voice) |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette · as Bernadette Fox |
| 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 |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Hela |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Amanda |
| 2015 | Cinderella · as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine |
| 2015 | Carol · as Carol Aird |
| 2015 | Truth · as Mary Mapes |
| 2015 | Manifesto · as Various |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Izabella Barta |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups · as Nancy |
| 2015 | Voyage of Time: Life's Journey · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Valka (voice) |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Galadriel |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men · as Claire Simone |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Galadriel |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine · as Jasmine |
| 2013 | Girl Rising · as Narrator - Haiti (voice) |
| 2013 | The Turning · as Gail Lang |
| 2013 | The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden · as Dore Strauch |
| 2013 | Journey to the South Pacific · as narrator |
| 2013 | Making a Scene · as Woman |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Galadriel |
| 2011 | Hanna · as Marissa Wiegler |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Marion Loxley |
| 2010 | Rake (TV Series) · as Clarice Greene |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · as Irina Spalko |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · as Daisy Fuller |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Gran Mamare |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as Jude |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz · as Janine (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age · as Elizabeth I |
| 2006 | The Good German · as Lena Brandt |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal · as Sheba Hart |
| 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 | Coffee and Cigarettes · as Cate/Shelly |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin · as Veronica Guerin |
| 2003 | The Missing · as Maggie Gilkeson |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Galadriel |
| 2002 | Heaven · as Philippa |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Galadriel |
| 2001 | Bandits · as Kate Wheeler |
| 2001 | The Shipping News · as Petal |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray · as Charlotte Gray |
| 2000 | The Gift · as Annie Wilson |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried · as Lola |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut · as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Meredith Logue |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin · as Connie Falzone |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Lady Gertrude Chiltern |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Penelope (voice) |
| 1998 | Elizabeth · as Elizabeth I |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda · as Lucinda Leplastrier |
| 1997 | Paradise Road · as Susan Macarthy |
| 1997 | The Wedding Party · as Lizzie |
| 1996 | Parklands · as Rosie |
| 1995 | Bordertown (1995) (TV Series) · as Bianca |
| 1994 | Police Rescue · as Vivian |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Elaine Wolff (voice) |
| 1989 | Police Rescue (TV Series) · as Mrs Haines |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Explorer (TV Series) · as Galadriel |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |