Cate Blanchett
Acting
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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Cate Blanchett
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Filmography of
Cate Blanchett
Timothea
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Kathryn St. Jean
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Narrator
... 2024
Lilith
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Hilda Orlmann
... 2024
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Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2023
Sister Eileen
... 2023
Lydia Tár
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Tiger (voice)
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Spazzatura (voice)
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The Storian (voice)
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Lydia Tár
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Self - Narrator (voice)
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Self - Narrator (voice)
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Brie Evantee
... 2021
Dr. Lilith Ritter
... 2021
Self - Actress (archive footage)
... 2021
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
... 2020
Self (voice)
... 2020
Narrator (voice)
... 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2019
Narrator (voice)
... 2019
Bernadette
... 2019
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Valka (voice)
... 2019
Kaa (voice)
... 2018
Florence Zimmerman
... 2018
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Self
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Lou
... 2018
Self
... 2017
Hela
... 2017
Various
... 2017
Amanda
... 2017
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Narrator (voice)
... 2017
Mother
... 2017
Narrator
... 2016
Narrator (voice)
... 2016
Carol Aird
... 2015
Mary Mapes
... 2015
Nancy
... 2015
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
... 2015
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Valka (voice)
... 2014
Dore Strauch (voice)
... 2014
Self (archive footage)
... 2014
Claire Simone
... 2014
Galadriel
... 2013
narrator
... 2013
Woman
... 2013
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Gail Lang
... 2013
Jasmine
... 2013
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
... 2013
Galadriel
... 2012
Narrator
... 2012
Marissa
... 2011
Marion Loxley
... 2010
Self
... 2010
... 2009
Daisy Fuller
... 2008
Irina Spalko
... 2008
Self (archive footage)
... 2008
Jude
... 2007
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England
... 2007
Self / Hedda Gabler
... 2007
Janine (uncredited)
... 2007
Sheba Hart
... 2006
Lena Brandt
... 2006
Susan Jones
... 2006
Tracy
... 2005
Self
... 2005
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Self / Jane W.
... 2005
Katharine Hepburn
... 2004
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Jane Winslett-Richardson
... 2004
Julie-Anne
... 2004
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Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
... 2004
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Maggie Gilkeson
... 2003
Veronica Guerin
... 2003
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Galadriel
... 2002
Philippa
... 2002
Charlotte Gray
... 2001
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Petal
... 2001
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Self
... 2001
Kate Wheeler
... 2001
Lola
... 2000
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Annie Wilson
... 2000
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Meredith Logue
... 1999
Julie-Ann
... 1999
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
... 1999
Connie Falzone
... 1999
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
... 1999
Elizabeth I
... 1998
Lucinda Leplastrier
... 1997
Lizzie
... 1997
Susan Macarthy
... 1997
Rosie
... 1996
Vivian
... 1994
Extra (uncredited)
... 1990
Alpha One