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(171)
The Recruiter
2021
Self
2015
2019
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Elaine Wolff (voice)
1989
Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
1999
Penelope (voice)
1999
Self
1997
1988
Self
1981
Self
2002
Self
2015
Self
2001
Self
1992
Self - Guest
2005
Self
2003
Self
2003
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Hela (voice)
2021
Self
2015
Self
2022
Mrs Haines
1991
Valka (voice)
2014
Self
2014
Valka (voice)
2019
Self
1998
Catherine Ravenscroft
2024
Self - Guest
2023
Self
1993
Self
1953
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Galadriel
2001
Phyllis Schlafly
2020
Narrator
2020
Bianca
1995
Self
1952
Cate
2020
Galadriel
2003
Galadriel
2014
Pat Masters
2020
Self
1997
Galadriel
2002
Self
2023
Kathryn St. Jean
2025
Alice
2015
Izabella Barta
2015
Self
1973
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
2015
Galadriel
2012
Hela
2017
Self - Cameo
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Lilith
2024
Self
1999
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1999
Galadriel
2013
Self
1984
Daisy Fuller
2008
Lou Miller
2018
Irina Spalko
2008
The Storian (voice)
2022
Brie Evantee
2021
Marion Loxley
2010
Meredith Logue
1999
Lydia Tár
2022
Janine (uncredited)
2007
Dr. Lilith Ritter
2021
Spazzatura (voice)
2022
Carol Aird
2015
Self
1994
Katharine Hepburn
2004
Kaa (voice)
2018
Susan Jones
2006
Marissa
2011
Claire Simone
2014
Elizabeth I
1998
Jane Winslett-Richardson
2004
Florence Zimmerman
2018
Nancy
2015
Annie Wilson
2000
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
2007
Sheba Hart
2006
Kate Wheeler
2001
Self
2017
Mary Mapes
2015
Self
1976
Hilda Orlmann
2024
Jasmine
2013
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
2004
Bernadette
2019
Maggie Gilkeson
2003
Jude
2007
Amanda
2017
Connie Falzone
1999
Veronica Guerin
2003
Lena Brandt
2006
Tracy
2005
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
1999
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2014
Philippa
2002
Timothea
2025
Elizabeth Ashton
1994
Sister Eileen
2023
Lola
2000
Lucinda Leplastrier
1997
Susan Macarthy
1997
Petal
2001
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Charlotte Gray
2001
Self
2022
Narrator (voice)
2017
Various
2017
Self
2009
Gail Lang
2013
Tiger (voice)
2022
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
2013
Self
2019
Self
2001
Self
2010
2025
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
2020
Self
2005
Lizzie
1997
Self
2018
Vivian
1994
Dore Strauch (voice)
2014
Alpha One
Julie-Anne
2004
Extra (uncredited)
1990
Self
2004
narrator
2013
Self (archive footage)
2008
Herself
2017
Self
2024
Narrator (voice)
2019
Rosie
1996
Herself
2018
Self
2023
Self
2018
Self
2004
Julie-Ann
1999
Self
2005
Woman
2013
Self
2001
2003
Self
2001
Self
2000
Self / Jane W.
2005
Narrator
2012
Self
2000
Self
2013
Self
2007
Mother
2017
Self (voice)
2020
Self / Hedda Gabler
2007
Narrator (voice)
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Narrator (voice)
2016
Lydia Tár
2023
Narrator
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Narrator
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Production (22)
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2020
Executive Producer
2020
Associate Producer
2025
Executive Producer
2022
Executive Producer
2015
Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2021
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
2023
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
1999
Producer
Executive Producer
2023
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2024
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2022
