Cate Blanchett
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1969-05-14 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cate Blanchett
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).
Known For
Acting
Alpha Gang
as Alpha One
(2025)
Black Bag
as Kathryn St. Jean
(2025)
Father Mother Sister Brother
as Timothea
(2025)
(2024)
Borderlands
as Lilith
(2024)
Rumours
as Hilda Orlmann
(2024)
(2024)
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
as Narrator
(2023)
The New Boy
as Sister Eileen
(2023)
(2023)
The Fundraiser
as Lydia Tár
(2023)
Evolver
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022)
The School for Good and Evil
as The Storian (voice)
(2022)
TÁR
as Lydia Tár
(2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Spazzatura (voice)
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Euphoria
as Tiger (voice)
(2022)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
(2021)
Don't Look Up
as Brie Evantee
(2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2020)
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
(2020)
The Four Temperaments
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
(2020)
Ride It Out
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Valka (voice)
(2019)
This Changes Everything
as Self
(2019)
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Bernadette
(2019)
Stuart X
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Ocean's Eight
as Lou
(2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Florence Zimmerman
(2018)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Kaa (voice)
(2018)
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
(2018)
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
(2018)
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
as Herself
(2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hela
(2017)
Song to Song
as Amanda
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
Manifesto
as Various
(2017)
Red
as Mother
(2017)
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
as Herself
(2016)
Refugee
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Earthflight 3D
as Narrator
(2015)
Cinderella
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
(2015)
Carol
as Carol Aird
(2015)
Truth
as Mary Mapes
(2015)
Knight of Cups
as Nancy
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Galadriel
(2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka (voice)
(2014)
The Monuments Men
as Claire Simone
(2014)
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Dore Strauch (voice)
(2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Galadriel
(2013)
The Turning
as Gail Lang
(2013)
Blue Jasmine
as Jasmine
(2013)
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
(2013)
Journey to the South Pacific
as narrator
(2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Galadriel
(2012)
A Cautionary Tail
as Narrator
(2011)
Hanna
as Marissa
(2010)
Robin Hood
as Marion Loxley
(2010)
The Real Robin Hood
as Self
(2010)
(2009)
(2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Fuller
(2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Irina Spalko
(2007)
Hot Fuzz
as Janine (uncredited)
(2007)
I'm Not There
as Jude
(2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
(2007)
(2007)
In the Company of Actors
as Self / Hedda Gabler
(2006)
Babel
as Susan Jones
(2006)
Notes on a Scandal
as Sheba Hart
(2006)
The Good German
as Lena Brandt
(2005)
Little Fish
as Tracy
(2005)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Jane W.
(2005)
(2005)
This Is an Adventure
as Self
(2004)
The Aviator
as Katharine Hepburn
(2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Jane Winslett-Richardson
(2004)
Stories of Lost Souls
as Julie-Anne
(2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Galadriel
(2003)
The Missing
as Maggie Gilkeson
(2003)
Veronica Guerin
as Veronica Guerin
(2003)
(2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Galadriel
(2002)
Heaven
as Philippa
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Bandits
as Kate Wheeler
(2001)
Charlotte Gray
as Charlotte Gray
(2001)
The Shipping News
as Petal
(2001)
(2001)
Quest for the Ring
as Self
(2000)
The Gift
as Annie Wilson
(2000)
The Man Who Cried
as Lola
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
Eyes Wide Shut
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
(1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Meredith Logue
(1999)
Pushing Tin
as Connie Falzone
(1999)
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
(1999)
Bangers
as Julie-Ann
(1998)
Elizabeth
as Elizabeth I
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Lucinda Leplastrier
(1997)
Paradise Road
as Susan Macarthy
(1997)
Thank God He Met Lizzie
as Lizzie
(1996)
Parklands
as Rosie
(1994)
Police Rescue: The Movie
as Vivian
(1990)
Kaborya
as Extra (uncredited)
Crew
Queen Bitch and the High Horse
Producer
The Champions
Producer
Peaches
Executive Producer
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Producer
Alpha Gang
Producer
Sweetsick
Executive Producer
(2025)
Black Bag
Associate Producer
(2025)
Queerbait
Executive Producer
(2025)
A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Executive Producer
(2025)
11:11
Executive Producer
(2024)
Rumours
Executive Producer
(2024)
Marion
Executive Producer
(2023)
Shayda
Executive Producer
(2023)
The New Boy
Producer
(2023)
Knowing the Score
Executive Producer
(2023)
Fingernails
Producer
(2023)
Evolver
Executive Producer
(2022)
TÁR
Executive Producer
(2022)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Executive Producer
(2021)
Apples
Executive Producer
(2017)
The Dinner
Thanks
(2015)
Carol
Executive Producer
(1999)
Bangers
Producer