Cate Blanchett

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).

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Birthday: May 14, 1969

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003-12-17

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001-12-18

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002-12-18

The Good German
The Good German

2006-12-15

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-05-21

Coffee and Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes

2004-03-12

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2004-12-10

Babel
Babel

2006-10-26

The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999-12-25

Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal

2006-12-25

The Gift
The Gift

2000-03-16

Heaven
Heaven

2002-02-06

Bandits
Bandits

2001-10-12

Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin

2003-07-11

The Aviator
The Aviator

2004-12-17

I'm Not There
I'm Not There

2007-10-01

The Fundraiser
The Fundraiser

2023-02-23

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007-09-09

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

1998-09-13

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008-12-25

A Manual for Cleaning Women
A Manual for Cleaning Women

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

2010-05-12

The Shipping News
The Shipping News

2001-12-18

An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband

1999-04-15

The Missing
The Missing

2003-11-26

Pushing Tin
Pushing Tin

1999-04-23

Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray

2001-12-28

Little Fish
Little Fish

2005-07-19

The Champions
The Champions

The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Cried

2000-08-29

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

2022-08-02

Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda

1997-12-31

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012-12-12

Hanna
Hanna

2011-04-07

Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz

2007-02-14

The Turning
The Turning

2013-09-25

How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014-06-05

Stories of Lost Souls
Stories of Lost Souls

2004-11-12

The New Boy
The New Boy

2023-07-06

Paradise Road
Paradise Road

1997-02-11

The Real Robin Hood
The Real Robin Hood

2010-05-11

Knight of Cups
Knight of Cups

2015-09-10

Thank God He Met Lizzie
Thank God He Met Lizzie

1997-11-20

Can Creativity Save the World?
Can Creativity Save the World?

2024-04-18

Sparks: Glastonbury 2023
Sparks: Glastonbury 2023

2023-06-23

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014-12-10

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

2000-01-01

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

2000-06-27

The Monuments Men
The Monuments Men

2014-01-24

Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine

2013-08-01

Girl Rising
Girl Rising

2013-03-07

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

2005-05-09

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

2014-04-03

Rumours
Rumours

2024-10-18

Carol
Carol

2015-11-20

The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil

2022-10-19

Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches

2022-06-27

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut

1999-07-16

In the Company of Actors
In the Company of Actors

2007-06-10

Father Mother Sister Brother
Father Mother Sister Brother

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

2017-03-10

Reimagining The Met Gala
Reimagining The Met Gala

2018-09-11

Truth
Truth

2015-10-16

Black Bag
Black Bag

2025-03-12

Ocean's Team 3.0
Ocean's Team 3.0

2018-09-11

Mon Clown
Mon Clown

2008-03-14

Manifesto
Manifesto

2015-07-25

Making a Scene
Making a Scene

2013-11-25

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022-11-19

Euphoria
Euphoria

2022-11-29

Evolver
Evolver

2023-11-23

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022-12-09

Police Rescue: The Movie
Police Rescue: The Movie

1994-03-16

Alpha Gang
Alpha Gang

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013-12-11

Manifesto
Manifesto

2017-05-10

Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok

2017-10-02

Parklands
Parklands

1996-04-03

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

2004-12-14

Ocean's Eight
Ocean's Eight

2018-06-07

Song to Song
Song to Song

2017-03-17

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019-08-16

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

2018-11-25

Hello Kitty’s Paradise: Learn With Love
Hello Kitty’s Paradise: Learn With Love

1999-01-05

Red
Red

2017-01-26

Quest for the Ring
Quest for the Ring

2001-11-29

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing

2017-03-14

Refugee
Refugee

2016-04-23

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

2001-12-09

A Cautionary Tail
A Cautionary Tail

2012-01-01

The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls

2018-09-15

This Is an Adventure
This Is an Adventure

2005-05-10

Spielberg
Spielberg

2017-10-05

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

2018-07-05

This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything

2019-06-28

The Carnival is Over
The Carnival is Over

2018-09-06

Earthflight 3D
Earthflight 3D

2016-10-07

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019-01-03

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

2005-01-15

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009-05-05

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001-12-23

Journey to the South Pacific
Journey to the South Pacific

2013-11-27

Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley

2021-12-02

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

Bangers
Bangers

1999-08-05

Stuart X
Stuart X

2019-10-16

The Making of 'Making a Scene'
The Making of 'Making a Scene'

2013-11-25

Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth

2019-08-31

Borderlands
Borderlands

2024-08-07

Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up

2021-12-08

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022-11-09

The Four Temperaments
The Four Temperaments

2020-12-08

Symphony Of The Invisible
Symphony Of The Invisible

2020-11-17

TÁR
TÁR

2022-09-23

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021-05-07

Cinderella
Cinderella

2015-03-06

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010-05-04

Ride It Out
Ride It Out

2020-06-30

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

2023-02-01

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007-09-30

VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway

2024-11-13

Bozo Over Roses
Bozo Over Roses

2025-01-31

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