Cate Blanchett

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Cate Blanchett

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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).

Films Featuring Cate Blanchett

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

20038.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

20018.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

20028.4

The Good German

20065.8

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

20086.0

Coffee and Cigarettes

20046.9

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

20047.1

Babel

20067.2

The Talented Mr. Ripley

19997.2

Notes on a Scandal

20067.1

The Gift

20006.5

Heaven

20026.5

Bandits

20016.3

Veronica Guerin

20036.7

The Aviator

20047.2

I'm Not There

20076.5

The Fundraiser

202310.0

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

20076.7

Elizabeth

19987.2

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

20087.6

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Robin Hood

20106.4

The Shipping News

20016.4

An Ideal Husband

19996.5

The Missing

20036.3

Pushing Tin

19995.9

Charlotte Gray

20016.1

Little Fish

20055.8

The Champions

The Man Who Cried

20006.1

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

2022

Oscar and Lucinda

19976.4

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

20127.4

Hanna

20116.6

Hot Fuzz

20077.6

The Turning

20135.7

How to Train Your Dragon 2

20147.7

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

The New Boy

20236.1

Paradise Road

19976.4

The Real Robin Hood

20105.7

Knight of Cups

20155.7

Thank God He Met Lizzie

19974.8

Can Creativity Save the World?

2024

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

20147.3

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

20007.0

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

20006.2

The Monuments Men

20146.1

Blue Jasmine

20137.0

Girl Rising

20137.0

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

20056.4

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

20146.5

Rumours

20244.9

Carol

20157.5

The School for Good and Evil

20227.0

Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches

2022

Eyes Wide Shut

19997.5

In the Company of Actors

2007

Father Mother Sister Brother

20256.4

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

20176.3

Reimagining The Met Gala

Reimagining The Met Gala

20188.0

Truth

20156.5

Black Bag

20256.4

Ocean's Team 3.0

20188.0

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20228.2

Euphoria

2022

Evolver

2023

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

20227.5

Police Rescue: The Movie

19946.8

Alpha Gang

2026

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

20137.6

Manifesto

20176.8

Thor: Ragnarok

20177.6

Parklands

19964.5

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

20046.5

Ocean's Eight

20186.9

Song to Song

20175.5

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

20196.6

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

20186.5

Red

20174.9

Quest for the Ring

20015.7

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing

2017

Refugee

20165.5

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

20018.0

A Cautionary Tail

20125.8

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

20186.3

This Is an Adventure

20056.8

Spielberg

20177.5

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

20187.4

This Changes Everything

20196.2

Earthflight 3D

201610.0

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

20197.8

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

20056.2

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

20097.0

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

20016.6

Journey to the South Pacific

20136.0

Nightmare Alley

20216.9

Bangers

19997.5

Stuart X

20197.7

Sweet Tooth

20196.6

Borderlands

20245.5

Don't Look Up

20217.1

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

20228.0

The Four Temperaments

20207.5

Symphony Of The Invisible

2020

TÁR

20227.1

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

20217.8

Cinderella

20156.8

Ride It Out

20206.3

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

20238.0

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

200710.0

VOGUE: Inventing the Runway

2024

Bozo Over Roses

2025

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

20068.8

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

20068.8

Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

20106.0

Sweetsick

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

2013

Monica

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2027

A Smarter Country

2014

Good Thing

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

20267.0

National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona

2026

The Origin of the World

The Origin of the World

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

2026

The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

2002

The Wrong Girls

20264.8