Cate Blanchett
Acting
🎂 1969-05-14
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).
Cast credits(168)
The Recruiter
2021
Elaine Wolff (voice)
1989
Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
1999
Penelope (voice)
1999
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2019
Galadriel
2001
Self
2015
Self
2015
Galadriel
2003
Galadriel
2014
Hela (voice)
2021
Self - Nominee
1944
Valka (voice)
2014
Valka (voice)
2019
Galadriel
2002
Self
2014
Self
1997
Self
1997
Galadriel
2012
Hela
2017
Self
2003
Galadriel
2013
Self
1981
Catherine Ravenscroft
2024
1988
Self
2015
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1999
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
2015
Self
1992
Self
2003
Daisy Fuller
2008
Lou
2018
Self - Guest
2005
Kathryn St. Jean
2025
Lilith
2024
Irina Spalko
2008
Self
1998
Self
1953
Self
2022
Self
1984
The Storian (voice)
2022
Brie Evantee
2021
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Katharine Hepburn
2004
Janine (uncredited)
2007
Mrs Haines
1991
Self
2001
Marion Loxley
2010
Self
2002
Kaa (voice)
2018
Alice
2015
Izabella Barta
2015
Spazzatura (voice)
2022
Self
1993
Meredith Logue
1999
Cate
2020
Dr. Lilith Ritter
2021
Elizabeth I
1998
Annie Wilson
2000
Susan Jones
2006
Carol Aird
2015
Florence Zimmerman
2018
Self (archive footage)
2014
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
2007
Timothea
2025
Self - Guest
2023
Phyllis Schlafly
2020
Jane Winslett-Richardson
2004
Vivian
1994
Maggie Gilkeson
2003
Self
2023
Narrator
2020
Claire Simone
2014
Lydia Tár
2022
Marissa
2011
Self
2018
Self
2024
Extra (uncredited)
1990
Self
1973
Self
2019
Self / Jane W.
2005
Nancy
2015
Kate Wheeler
2001
Pat Masters
2020
Tiger (voice)
2022
Jude
2007
Petal
2001
Self
2017
Amanda
2017
Sheba Hart
2006
Jasmine
2013
Connie Falzone
1999
Lola
2000
Self
2018
Self - Cameo
2023
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
2013
Mary Mapes
2015
Self
1976
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
2004
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Self
2005
Self
2022
Bernadette
2019
Self
2001
Charlotte Gray
2001
Lena Brandt
2006
Lucinda Leplastrier
1997
Tracy
2005
Self
2004
Julie-Anne
2004
Self
2004
Susan Macarthy
1997
Hilda Orlmann
2024
Elizabeth Ashton
1994
Self
2001
Self
2007
Philippa
2002
Self
2001
Veronica Guerin
2003
Bianca
1995
2003
Self
2009
Alpha One
Self
1952
Gail Lang
2013
Julie-Ann
1999
Narrator (voice)
2017
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
1999
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Various
2017
Self
2022
Lizzie
1997
Self
2010
Self
2023
Self
2000
Herself
2018
Self
2000
Rosie
1996
Herself
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Mother
2017
Dore Strauch (voice)
2014
Sister Eileen
2023
Lydia Tár
2023
Narrator (voice)
2020
Self
2005
Self
2010
Self
1994
Self
1999
Narrator
2012
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator (voice)
2019
2025
narrator
2013
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
2020
Self (voice)
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Self / Hedda Gabler
2007
Narrator
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Narrator
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Production (22)
Executive Producer
2024
Associate Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2015
Executive Producer
2020
Executive Producer
2022
Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2020
Producer
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
Producer
1999
Executive Producer
2021
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
