Cate Blanchett
Born: 1969-05-14 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2027
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Valka
2026
2025
- Black Bag as Kathryn St. Jean
- Father Mother Sister Brother as Timothea
- Mr. Scorsese as Self
- 11:11 ... (Executive Producer)
- Bozo Over Roses
- Queerbait ... (Executive Producer)
- A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft
- Borderlands as Lilith
- Our Living World as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Rumours as Hilda Orlmann
- Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- Marion ... (Executive Producer)
- VOGUE: Inventing the Runway as Narrator
2023
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Taskmaster as Self - Cameo
- Fingernails ... (Producer)
- Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
- The New Boy as Sister Eileen
- Shayda ... (Executive Producer)
- Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero as Self
- The Fundraiser as Lydia Tár
- Evolver as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Knowing the Score ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- The School for Good and Evil as The Storian (voice)
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Spazzatura (voice)
- TÁR as Lydia Tár
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- Euphoria as Tiger (voice)
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
- Squid Game as The Recruiter
- What If...? as Hela (voice)
- Don't Look Up as Brie Evantee
- Marvel Studios Legends as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Apples ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Staged as Cate
- Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly
- Homemade as Narrator
- Stateless as Pat Masters
- Symphony Of The Invisible as Self (voice)
- The Four Temperaments as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
- Ride It Out as Narrator (voice)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Valka (voice)
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette
- This Changes Everything as Self
- Sweet Tooth as Narrator (voice)
- Stuart X as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
- Ocean's Eight as Lou
- 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
- Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible as Self
2017
- Thor: Ragnarok as Hela
- Spielberg as Self
- Song to Song as Amanda
- The Dinner ... (Thanks)
- Voyage of Time: Life's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- Manifesto as Various
- Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing as Self
- Red as Mother
2016
- Refugee as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Earthflight 3D as Narrator
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Cinderella as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
- Documentary Now! as Alice
- Carol as Carol Aird
- Knight of Cups as Nancy
- Truth as Mary Mapes
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Galadriel
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Valka (voice)
- The Monuments Men as Claire Simone
- The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden as Dore Strauch (voice)
- A Smarter Country as Self
2013
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Galadriel
- Blue Jasmine as Jasmine
- The Turning as Gail Lang
- Girl Rising as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
- Journey to the South Pacific as Narrator (voice)
- Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2012
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Galadriel
- A Cautionary Tail as Narrator
2011
- Hanna as Marissa
2010
- Robin Hood as Marion Loxley
- The Real Robin Hood as Self
- Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Irina Spalko
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Hot Fuzz as Janine (uncredited)
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
- I'm Not There as Jude
- Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- In the Company of Actors as Self / Hedda Gabler
2006
- Babel as Susan Jones
- Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart
- The Good German as Lena Brandt
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Jane W.
- Little Fish as Tracy
- Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
- This Is an Adventure as Self
2004
- The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Jane Winslett-Richardson
- Coffee and Cigarettes as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
- Stories of Lost Souls as Julie-Anne
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2003
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Galadriel
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The Missing as Maggie Gilkeson
- Veronica Guerin as Veronica Guerin
- The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Galadriel
- Live from E! as Self
- Heaven as Philippa
2001
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Galadriel
- Good Day Live as Self
- Bandits as Kate Wheeler
- The Shipping News as Petal
- Charlotte Gray as Charlotte Gray
- Quest for the Ring as Self
- Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
2000
- The Gift as Annie Wilson
- The Man Who Cried as Lola
- Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
1999
- Family Guy as Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
- Eyes Wide Shut as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley as Meredith Logue
- Pushing Tin as Connie Falzone
- An Ideal Husband as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
- The Early Show as Self
- Bangers as Julie-Ann
1997
- The View as Self
- Leute heute as Self
- Elle Style Awards as Self - Winner
- Paradise Road as Susan Macarthy
- Oscar and Lucinda as Lucinda Leplastrier
- Thank God He Met Lizzie as Lizzie
1996
- Parklands as Rosie
1995
- Bordertown as Bianca
1994
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Heartland as Elizabeth Ashton
- Police Rescue: The Movie as Vivian
1993
- GMTV as Self
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1991
- Police Rescue as Mrs Haines
1989
- The Simpsons as Elaine Wolff (voice)
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1976
- AACTA Awards as Self
1973
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee