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Cate Blanchett

Acting 57 years old Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ★ 3.4
Born: May 14, 1969

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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Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Galadriel 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Galadriel 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Galadriel 2002
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Galadriel 2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Galadriel 2012

Jimmy's Seen (4)

Black Bag
Black Bag Associate Producer 2025
TÁR
TÁR Executive Producer 2022
Don't Look Up
Don't Look Up Brie Evantee 2021
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (179)

How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Valka 2027
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona unknown 2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean Narrator 2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth Self 2026
Father Mother Sister Brother
Father Mother Sister Brother Timothea 2025
Mr. Scorsese
Mr. Scorsese Self 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
Disclaimer
Disclaimer Catherine Ravenscroft 2024
Borderlands
Borderlands Lilith 2024
Rumours
Rumours Hilda Orlmann 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Can Creativity Save the World? Self 2024
Our Living World
Our Living World Self - Narrator (voice) 2024
Evolver
Evolver Self - Narrator (voice) 2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma Self - Guest 2023
The New Boy
The New Boy Sister Eileen 2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled Self 2023
The Fundraiser
The Fundraiser Lydia Tár 2023
Taskmaster
Taskmaster Self - Cameo 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
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self 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
Squid Game
Squid Game The Recruiter 2021
What If...?
What If...? Hela (voice) 2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Self - Actress (archive footage) 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Legends Hela (archive footage) (uncredited) 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
Homemade
Homemade Narrator 2020
Staged
Staged Cate 2020
Mrs. America
Mrs. America Phyllis Schlafly 2020
Stateless
Stateless Pat Masters 2020
Stuart X
Stuart X Self - Narrator (voice) 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show Self 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
Reimagining The Met Gala
Reimagining The Met Gala Self 2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
Ocean's Team 3.0 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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! Alice 2015
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! Izabella Barta 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
Cinderella
Cinderella Stepmother, Lady Tremaine 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 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 (voice) 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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
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
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self - Guest 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
The Reichen Show
The Reichen Show Self - Guest 2005
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
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin Veronica Guerin 2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
The Making of 'The Two Towers' 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Galadriel 2002
Heaven
Heaven Philippa 2002
Live from E!
Live from E! Self 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 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Galadriel 2001
The Shipping News
The Shipping News Petal 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
Good Day Live
Good Day Live Self 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'
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' Self 2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley Meredith Logue 1999
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
Bangers
Bangers Julie-Ann 1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) 1999
Pushing Tin
Pushing Tin Connie Falzone 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy Queen Elizabeth II (voice) 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy Penelope (voice) 1999
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband Lady Gertrude Chiltern 1999
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Elizabeth I 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda Lucinda Leplastrier 1997
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Thank God He Met Lizzie Lizzie 1997
Elle Style Awards
Elle Style Awards Self - Winner 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Leute heute
Leute heute Self 1997
Paradise Road
Paradise Road Susan Macarthy 1997
Parklands
Parklands Rosie 1996
Bordertown
Bordertown Bianca 1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Heartland
Heartland Elizabeth Ashton 1994
Police Rescue: The Movie
Police Rescue: The Movie Vivian 1994
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
Police Rescue
Police Rescue Mrs Haines 1991
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Elaine Wolff (voice) 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Goldene Kamera
Goldene Kamera Self 1984
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
AACTA Awards
AACTA Awards Self 1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self 1973
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Today
Today Self 1952
The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards Self 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
A Manual for Cleaning Women
A Manual for Cleaning Women
The Champions
The Champions
Alpha Gang
Alpha Gang Alpha One
Sweetsick
Sweetsick
Monica
Monica
Good Thing
Good Thing Martha Stewart
Untitled Brady Corbet Film
Untitled Brady Corbet Film

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