Cate Blanchett
Acting
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).
Born: May 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Filmography
as Timothea
as Self
as Kathryn St. Jean
as Narrator
as Catherine Ravenscroft
as Lilith
as Hilda Orlmann
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Sister Eileen
as Lydia Tár
as Self - Cameo
as Tiger (voice)
as Spazzatura (voice)
as The Storian (voice)
as Lydia Tár
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Brie Evantee
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
as The Recruiter
as Hela (voice)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
as Self (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Cate
as Phyllis Schlafly
as Pat Masters
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Bernadette
as Self
as Valka (voice)
as Kaa (voice)
as Florence Zimmerman
as Self
as Herself
as Lou
as Self
as Hela
as Various
as Amanda
as Herself
as Narrator (voice)
as Mother
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Carol Aird
as Mary Mapes
as Nancy
as Self - Guest
as Alice
as Izabella Barta
as Self
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
as Galadriel
as Valka (voice)
as Dore Strauch (voice)
as Claire Simone
as Galadriel
as narrator
as Gail Lang
as Jasmine
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
as Galadriel
as Narrator
as Marissa
as Marion Loxley
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Daisy Fuller
as Irina Spalko
as Jude
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
as Self / Hedda Gabler
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Janine (uncredited)
as Sheba Hart
as Lena Brandt
as Susan Jones
as Self - Guest
as Tracy
as Self
as Self / Jane W.
as Katharine Hepburn
as Jane Winslett-Richardson
as Julie-Anne
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
as Galadriel
as Maggie Gilkeson
as Self
as Veronica Guerin
as Self
as Galadriel
as Philippa
as Self
as Charlotte Gray
as Petal
as Self
as Kate Wheeler
as Lola
as Annie Wilson
as Meredith Logue
as Self
as Julie-Ann
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
as Connie Falzone
as Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
as Penelope (voice)
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
as Elizabeth I
as Self
as Lucinda Leplastrier
as Lizzie
as Self
as Susan Macarthy
as Rosie
as Bianca
as Self
as Elizabeth Ashton
as Vivian
as Self
as Mrs Haines
as Extra (uncredited)
as Elaine Wolff (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Nominee