Cate Blanchett

Known for ActingBorn 1969-05-14 (age 57)Melbourne, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Fundraiser

Earthflight 3D

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

Our Living World

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Mr. Scorsese

What If...?

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Reimagining The Met Gala

Ocean's Team 3.0

Staged

Squid Game

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

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

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Heartland

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

The Simpsons

Stuart X

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Thor: Ragnarok

Spielberg

Disclaimer

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Four Temperaments

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Carol

Hot Fuzz

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Marvel Studios Legends

Inside the Actors Studio

Mrs. America

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Eyes Wide Shut

Bangers

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Family Guy

The Emmy Awards

TÁR

Don't Look Up

The Graham Norton Show