Age: 51
Birthday: 14th May
Cate Blanchett is an Australian actor, producer, and theatre director. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, she is noted for her versatile roles in blockbusters, independent films, and in her stage work in various theatre productions. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Film 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 for portraying 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, and 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 highest-grossing films include Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), 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). From 2008 to 2013, Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, served as the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during this period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya and The Maids. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 with The Present, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS: 7 - WINS: 2
2016 - Best Leading Actress: CAROL
2013 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: BLUE JASMINE
2008 - Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
2008 - Best Supporting Actress: I'M NOT THERE
2007 - Best Supporting Actress: NOTES ON A SCANDAL
2005 - WIN: Best Supporting Actress: THE AVIATOR
1999 - Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH
BAFTA AWARD NOMRINATIONS: 7 - WINS: 3
2016 - Best Leading Actress: CAROL
2013 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: BLUE JASMINE
2008 - Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
2008 - Best Supporting Actress: I'M NOT THERE
2005 - WIN: Best Supporting Actress: THE AVIATOR
2000 - Best Supporting Actress: THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY
1999 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS: 10 - WINS: 3
2020 - Best Leading Actress: WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE?
2016 - Best Leading Actress: CAROL
2013 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: BLUE JASMINE
2008 - Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
2008 - WIN: Best Supporting Actress: I'M NOT THERE
2007 - Best Supporting Actress: NOTES ON A SCANDAL
2005 - Best Supporting Actress: THE AVIATOR
2004 - Best Leading Actress: VERONICA GUERIN
2002 - Best Leading Actress: BANDITS
1999 - WIN: Best Leading Actress: ELIZABETH
Cate Blanchett's Top 10 Movies on Mix Up Theatre
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
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