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Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Acting

Born: May 14, 1969Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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).

Known For
Filmography
How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Valka

2027
Father Mother Sister Brother

Father Mother Sister Brother

Timothea

2025
Black Bag

Black Bag

Kathryn St. Jean

2025
Bozo Over Roses

Bozo Over Roses

2025
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway

VOGUE: Inventing the Runway

Narrator

2024
Borderlands

Borderlands

Lilith

2024
Rumours

Rumours

Hilda Orlmann

2024
Can Creativity Save the World?

Can Creativity Save the World?

Self

2024
Evolver

Evolver

Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
The New Boy

The New Boy

Sister Eileen

2023
The Fundraiser

The Fundraiser

Lydia Tár

2023
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Self

2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Self

2022
Euphoria

Euphoria

Tiger (voice)

2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Spazzatura (voice)

2022
The School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil

The Storian (voice)

2022
TÁR

TÁR

Lydia Tár

2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches

Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches

Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

Brie Evantee

2021
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

Dr. Lilith Ritter

2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2021
The Four Temperaments

The Four Temperaments

Red / Blue / Yellow / Green

2020
Symphony Of The Invisible

Symphony Of The Invisible

Self (voice)

2020
Ride It Out

Ride It Out

Narrator (voice)

2020
Stuart X

Stuart X

Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth

Narrator (voice)

2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Bernadette

2019
This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

Self

2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Valka (voice)

2019
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Kaa (voice)

2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Florence Zimmerman

2018
Ocean's Team 3.0

Ocean's Team 3.0

Self

2018

Reimagining The Met Gala

Self

2018
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Self

2018
Ocean's Eight

Ocean's Eight

Lou

2018
Spielberg

Spielberg

Self

2017
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

Hela

2017
Manifesto

Manifesto

Various

2017
Song to Song

Song to Song

Amanda

2017
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing

Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing

Self

2017
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

Narrator (voice)

2017
Red

Red

Mother

2017
Earthflight 3D

Earthflight 3D

Narrator

2016
Refugee

Refugee

Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
Carol

Carol

Carol Aird

2015
Truth

Truth

Mary Mapes

2015
Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

Nancy

2015
Cinderella

Cinderella

Stepmother, Lady Tremaine

2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Galadriel

2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Valka (voice)

2014
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

Dore Strauch (voice)

2014
The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

Claire Simone

2014
A Smarter Country

A Smarter Country

Self

2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Galadriel

2013
Journey to the South Pacific

Journey to the South Pacific

narrator

2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances

Making a Scene | 11 Performances

2013
The Turning

The Turning

Gail Lang

2013
Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

Jasmine

2013
Girl Rising

Girl Rising

Narrator - Haiti (voice)

2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Galadriel

2012
A Cautionary Tail

A Cautionary Tail

Narrator

2012
Hanna

Hanna

Marissa

2011
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

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

Self

2010
Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Marion Loxley

2010
The Real Robin Hood

The Real Robin Hood

Self

2010
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

Self

2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Daisy Fuller

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Irina Spalko

2008
I'm Not There

I'm Not There

Jude

2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Self

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth I, Queen of England

2007
In the Company of Actors

In the Company of Actors

Self / Hedda Gabler

2007
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

Janine (uncredited)

2007
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

Sheba Hart

2006
The Good German

The Good German

Lena Brandt

2006
Babel

Babel

Susan Jones

2006
Little Fish

Little Fish

Tracy

2005
This Is an Adventure

This Is an Adventure

Self

2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Self

2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

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

Self / Jane W.

2005
The Aviator

The Aviator

Katharine Hepburn

2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

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

Self

2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Jane Winslett-Richardson

2004
Stories of Lost Souls

Stories of Lost Souls

Julie-Anne

2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

Self

2004
Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")

2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Galadriel

2003
The Missing

The Missing

Maggie Gilkeson

2003
Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin

2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Galadriel

2002
Heaven

Heaven

Philippa

2002
Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Self

2001
The Shipping News

The Shipping News

Petal

2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Galadriel

2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

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

Self

2001
Quest for the Ring

Quest for the Ring

Self

2001
Bandits

Bandits

Kate Wheeler

2001
The Gift

The Gift

Annie Wilson

2000
The Man Who Cried

The Man Who Cried

Lola

2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

Self

2000

Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'

Self

2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Meredith Logue

1999
Bangers

Bangers

Julie-Ann

1999
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)

1999
Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

Connie Falzone

1999
An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

Lady Gertrude Chiltern

1999
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth I

1998
Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

Lucinda Leplastrier

1997
Thank God He Met Lizzie

Thank God He Met Lizzie

Lizzie

1997
Paradise Road

Paradise Road

Susan Macarthy

1997
Parklands

Parklands

Rosie

1996
Police Rescue: The Movie

Police Rescue: The Movie

Vivian

1994
Kaborya

Kaborya

Extra (uncredited)

1990