Cate Blanchett
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1969-05-14 (55 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)
(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)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Spazzatura (voice)
(2022)
TÁR
as Lydia Tár
(2022)
(2022)
Euphoria
as Tiger (voice)
(2022)
(2022)
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Don't Look Up
as Brie Evantee
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
(2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2020)
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
(2020)
Ride It Out
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
The Four Temperaments
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
(2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Valka (voice)
(2019)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Bernadette
(2019)
This Changes Everything
as Self
(2019)
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Stuart X
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Ocean's Eight
as Lou Miller
(2018)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Kaa (voice)
(2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Florence Zimmerman
(2018)
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
(2018)
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
(2018)
The Carnival is Over
as Actress
(2018)
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
as Herself
(2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hela
(2017)
Song to Song
as Amanda
(2017)
Manifesto
as Various
(2017)
Spielberg
as Self
(2017)
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(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)
Knight of Cups
as Nancy
(2015)
Truth
as Mary Mapes
(2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka (voice)
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Galadriel
(2014)
The Monuments Men
as Claire Simone
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Dore Strauch (voice)
(2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Galadriel
(2013)
Blue Jasmine
as Jasmine
(2013)
The Turning
as Gail Lang
(2013)
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
(2013)
Making a Scene
as Woman
(2013)
Journey to the South Pacific
as narrator
(2013)
(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)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Real Robin Hood
as Self
(2009)
(2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Fuller
(2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Irina Spalko
(2008)
Mon Clown
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Hot Fuzz
as Janine (uncredited)
(2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
(2007)
I'm Not There
as Jude
(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)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
Stories of Lost Souls
as Julie-Anne
(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)
Bandits
as Kate Wheeler
(2001)
The Shipping News
as Petal
(2001)
Charlotte Gray
as Charlotte Gray
(2001)
(2001)
Quest for the Ring
as Self
(2001)
(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
(1999)
Hello Kitty’s Paradise: Learn With Love
as Cathy (voice)
(1998)
Elizabeth
as Elizabeth I
(1997)
Paradise Road
as Susan Macarthy
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Lucinda Leplastrier
(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
Queerbait
Executive Producer
(2025)
Black Bag
Associate 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
(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