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Cate Blanchett

Film Producer / Film Director / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Actress / Voice Actress / Television Producer | * 05/14/1969 (54) | Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
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Catherine Elise Blanchett ( BLAN-chit; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Often regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters and the stage. Blanchett has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her career on the Australian stage. Making her feature film debut in 1997, she came to international prominence for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the period drama Elizabeth (1998), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in the biopic 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 the comedy-drama ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward ...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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2008 | 3.8/5 | 2h 46min
Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but s ...

Blue Jasmine

Κ-15

2013 | 3.5/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowshi ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Κ-12

2001 | 4.2/5 | 2h 59min
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman. ...

Carol

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2015 | 3.7/5 | 1h 58min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Cate Blanchett

Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Volpi Cup for Best Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Empire Award for Best Actress 2x Crystal Award Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Screen Actors Guild Awards Independent Spirit Awards Empire Awards Honorary Doctor of The University of Sydney Companion of The Order of Australia Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame International Goya Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama 3x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 5x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Cate Blanchett as Actress(105)

as herself2024 Can Creativity Save the World?
as Lilith2024 Borderlands
2023 The Champions
2023 The New Boy
2023 A Manual for Cleaning Women
2023 Cascade
as herself2022 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Narrator (voice)2022 Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Spazzatura the Monkey (voice)2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as herself2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Lydia Tár2022 TÁR
as The Storian (voice)2022 The School for Good and Evil
as Self - Actress (archive footage)2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Dr. Lilith Ritter2021 Nightmare Alley
as Brie Evantee2021 Don't Look Up
as Narrator (voice)2020 Ride It Out
as Bernadette2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Narrator2019 Stuart X
as Narrator (voice)2019 Sweet Tooth
as herself2019 This Changes Everything
as Valka (voice)2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as herself2018 Reimagining The Met Gala
as Lee2018 Uncanny Valley
as Florence Zimmerman2018 The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Lou Miller2018 Ocean's Eight
as herself2018 Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
as Kaa (voice)2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as herself2018 Ocean's 8: A Heist In Heels
as herself2018 Ocean's Team 3.0
as Hela2017 Thor: Ragnarok
as Various2017 Manifesto
as herself2017 Spielberg
as Amanda2017 Song to Song
as Narrator (voice)2017 Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Mother2017 Red
as Mary Mapes2015 Truth
as Nancy2015 Knight of Cups
as Carol Aird2015 Carol
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine2015 Cinderella
as Galadriel2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Claire Simone2014 The Monuments Men
as Dore Strauch2014 The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as herself2014 Slow Motion
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Valka (voice)2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)2013 Girl Rising
as Jasmine2013 Blue Jasmine
as Galadriel2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Narrator2013 Journey to the South Pacific
as Gail Lang2013 The Turning
as Woman2013 Making a Scene
2012 A Cautionary Tail
as Galadriel2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Marissa Wiegler2011 Hanna
as Self (archive footage)2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as herself2010 The Real Robin Hood
as Marion Loxley2010 Robin Hood
as herself2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self (archive footage)2008 Adventures in Post-Production
as Irina Spalko2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Daisy Fuller2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Self (archive footage)2008 Mon Clown
as Elizabeth I2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Janine (uncredited)2007 Hot Fuzz
as Jude2007 I'm Not There
as Self / Hedda Gabler2007 In the Company of Actors
as Susan Jones2006 Babel
as Sheba Hart2006 Notes on a Scandal
as Lena Brandt2006 The Good German
as herself2005 On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Tracy2005 Little Fish
as herself2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as herself2005 This Is an Adventure
as Katharine Hepburn2004 The Aviator
as Julie-Anne2004 Stories of Lost Souls
as Jane Winslett-Richardson2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Maggie Gilkeson2003 The Missing
as Veronica Guerin2003 Veronica Guerin
as Galadriel2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Cate/Shelly2003 Coffee and Cigarettes
as Philippa2002 Heaven
as Galadriel2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Charlotte Gray2001 Charlotte Gray
as Galadriel2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Petal2001 The Shipping News
as herself2001 Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as herself2001 Quest for the Ring
as herself2001 A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
as Kate Wheeler2001 Bandits
as Lola2000 The Man Who Cried
as herself2000 Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Annie Wilson2000 The Gift
2000 Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern1999 An Ideal Husband
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)1999 Eyes Wide Shut
as Meredith Logue1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Julie-Ann1999 Bangers
as Connie Falzone1999 Pushing Tin
as Elizabeth I1998 Elizabeth
as Lizzie1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie
as Lucinda Leplastrier1997 Oscar and Lucinda
as Susan Macarthy1997 Paradise Road
as Rosie1996 Parklands
as Vivian1994 Police Rescue: The Movie
1990 Crabs

TV Shows/Series with Cate Blanchett as Actress(34)

as Catherine Ravenscroft2024 Disclaimer
as Self - Narrator (voice)2024 Our Living World
as Narrator2020 Homemade
as Pat Masters2020 Stateless
as Phyllis Schlafly2020 Mrs. America
as Cate2020 Staged
as Izabella Barta2015 Documentary Now!
2015 Documentary Now!
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as herself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as herself2015 Hot Ones
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2005 The Reichen Show
as herself2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as herself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as herself2002 E! Live from the Red Carpet
as herself2001 Good Day Live
as herself1999 The Early Show
as Penelope (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Queen Elizabeth II (voice)1999 Family Guy
as herself1997 The View
as Bianca1995 Bordertown
as Elizabeth Ashton1994 Heartland
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as herself1993 GMTV
as herself1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Mrs Haines1991 Police Rescue
as Elaine Wolff (voice)1989 The Simpsons
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as herself1981 Wetten, dass..?
as herself??? Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as herself??? Today

Movies with Cate Blanchett as Crew(12)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Knowing the Score
Production/Producer2023 The Champions
Production/Producer2023 The New Boy
Production/Producer2023 A Manual for Cleaning Women
Production/Executive Producer2023 Shayda
Production/Producer2023 Fingernails
Production/Executive Producer2022 Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Production/Executive Producer2022 TÁR
Production/Executive Producer2021 Apples
Crew/Thanks2017 The Dinner
Production/Executive Producer2015 Carol
Production/Producer1999 Bangers

TV Shows/Series with Cate Blanchett as Crew(5)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Disclaimer
Production/Executive Producer2020 Stateless
Writing/Writer2020 Stateless
Creator/Creator2020 Stateless
Production/Executive Producer2020 Mrs. America

Born: Wednesday, 05/14 1969 (May) in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) (current age: 54 years + 348 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: National Institute of Dramatic Art, University of Melbourne, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Spouses (current/former): Andrew Upton
Other names for Cate Blanchett (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"كيت بلانشيت"
"Кейт Бланшетт"
"凯特·布兰切特"
"เคต บลานเชตต์"
"ケイト・ブランシェット"
"케이트 블란쳇"
"Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett"
"Catherine Élise Blanchett"
"Catherine Elise Blanchett"
"Κέιτ Μπλάνσετ"
"கேத்தரின் எலிஸ் பிளான்செட்"
Cate Blanchett frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Michael Richardson (68x, Actor)
Rachael MacFarlane (63x, Actress)
John Viener (38x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Ralph Garman (32x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (31x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Peter Jackson (29x, Crew)
Steve Callaghan (29x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (27x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:187, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024