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Cate Blanchett
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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 Gol…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Cate Blanchett's Filmography
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka
No Poster
Each Day in a Moment: 2026
as Self (uncredited)
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
Alpha Gang
as Beta One
The Wrong Girls
as Deep Sea Expert (voice)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
as Narrator
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
Father Mother Sister Brother
as Timothea
Black Bag
as Kathryn St. Jean
Bozo Over Roses
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
as Narrator
Borderlands
as Lilith
Rumours
as Hilda Orlmann
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
Evolver
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The New Boy
as Sister Eileen
The Fundraiser
as Lydia Tár
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self
Euphoria
as Tiger (voice)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Spazzatura (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
as The Storian (voice)
TÁR
as Lydia Tár
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Don't Look Up
as Brie Evantee
Nightmare Alley
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Four Temperaments
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
Ride It Out
as Narrator (voice)
Stuart X
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Bernadette
This Changes Everything
as Self
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Valka (voice)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Kaa (voice)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Florence Zimmerman
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
No Poster
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
as Self
Ocean's Eight
as Lou
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hela
Spielberg
as Self
Manifesto
as Various
Song to Song
as Amanda
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
as Self
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Red
as Mother
Earthflight 3D
as Narrator
Refugee
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Carol
as Carol Aird
Truth
as Mary Mapes
Knight of Cups
as Nancy
Cinderella
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Galadriel
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka (voice)
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Dore Strauch (voice)
The Monuments Men
as Claire Simone
A Smarter Country
as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Galadriel
Journey to the South Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
The Turning
as Gail Lang
Blue Jasmine
as Jasmine
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Galadriel
A Cautionary Tail
as Narrator
Hanna
as Marissa
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
as Self
Robin Hood
as Marion Loxley
The Real Robin Hood
as Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Fuller
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Irina Spalko
I'm Not There
as Jude
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
In the Company of Actors
as Self / Hedda Gabler
Hot Fuzz
as Janine (uncredited)
Notes on a Scandal
as Sheba Hart
The Good German
as Lena Brandt
Babel
as Susan Jones
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Little Fish
as Tracy
This Is an Adventure
as Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Jane W.
The Aviator
as Katharine Hepburn
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Jane Winslett-Richardson
Stories of Lost Souls
as Julie-Anne
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Galadriel
The Missing
as Maggie Gilkeson
Veronica Guerin
as Veronica Guerin
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Galadriel
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self (archive)
Heaven
as Philippa
Charlotte Gray
as Charlotte Gray
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Galadriel
The Shipping News
as Petal
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self
Quest for the Ring
as Self
Bandits
as Kate Wheeler
The Gift
as Annie Wilson
The Man Who Cried
as Lola
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
No Poster
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Meredith Logue
Bangers
as Julie-Ann
Eyes Wide Shut
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Pushing Tin
as Connie Falzone
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Elizabeth
as Elizabeth I
Oscar and Lucinda
as Lucinda Leplastrier
Thank God He Met Lizzie
as Lizzie
Paradise Road
as Susan Macarthy
Parklands
as Rosie
Police Rescue: The Movie
as Vivian
Kaborya
as American (Extra)
No Poster
Sweetsick
No Poster
Monica
No Poster
The Origin of the World
No Poster
Good Thing
as Martha Stewart
A Manual for Cleaning Women
No Poster