1969-05-14 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 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).
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TÁR | Lydia Tár | 2022-10-07 |
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Nightmare Alley | Dr. Lilith Ritter | 2021-12-02 |
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Don't Look Up | Brie Evantee | 2021-12-07 |
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Indiana Jones : à la recherche de l'âge d'or perdu | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2021-05-07 |
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Ride It Out | Narrator (voice) | 2020-06-30 |
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Sinfonía de lo invisible | Herself (voice) | 2020-11-17 |
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The Four Temperaments | 2020-12-08 | |
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Stuart X | Narrator | 2019-10-16 |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Valka (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
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This Changes Everything | Herself | 2019-06-28 |
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Bernadette Fox | 2019-08-16 |
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Sweet Tooth | Narrator (voice) | 2019-08-31 |
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Uncanny Valley | Lee | 2018-09-05 |
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Florence Zimmerman | 2018-09-15 |
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Ocean's Eight | Lou Miller | 2018-06-07 |
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Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible | Herself | 2018-07-05 |
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The Carnival Is Over | 2018-09-06 | |
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Kaa (voice) | 2018-11-25 |
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Jill Billcock: The Art of Film Editing | Herself | 2017-03-14 |
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Voyage of Time: Life's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Red | Mother | 2017-01-26 |
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Song to Song | Amanda | 2017-03-17 |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Hela | 2017-10-24 |
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Earthflight 3D | Narrator | 2016-10-07 |
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Refugee | Narrator (voice) | 2016-04-23 |
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Manifesto | Various | 2015-10-28 |
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Knight of Cups | Nancy | 2015-02-08 |
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Truth | Mary Mapes | 2015-10-16 |
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Cinderella | Stepmother, Lady Tremaine | 2015-03-12 |
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Carol | Carol Aird | 2015-11-20 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden | Dore Strauch | 2014-04-03 |
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The Monuments Men | Claire Simone | 2014-01-24 |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Valka (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
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Slow Motion | Herself | 2014-06-01 |
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Galadriel | 2014-12-10 |
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Journey to the South Pacific | narrator | 2013-11-27 |
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Blue Jasmine | Jasmine | 2013-08-01 |
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Girl Rising | Narrator - Haiti (voice) | 2013-03-07 |
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The Turning | Gail Lang | 2013-09-25 |
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Galadriel | 2013-12-11 |
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The Making of 'Making a Scene' | 2013-11-25 | |
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Making a Scene | Woman | 2013-11-25 |
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Galadriel | 2012-11-26 |
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A Cautionary Tail | 2012-01-01 | |
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Hanna | Marissa Wiegler | 2011-04-07 |
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The Real Robin Hood | Herself | 2010-05-11 |
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | (archival footage) | 2010-05-04 |
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Robin Hood | Marion Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Irina Spalko | 2008-05-21 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Fuller | 2008-12-25 |
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In the Company of Actors | Herself | 2007-06-10 |
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Hot Fuzz | Janine (uncredited) | 2007-02-14 |
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Elizabeth I | 2007-09-09 |
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I'm Not There | Jude | 2007-10-01 |
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The Good German | Lena Brandt | 2006-12-08 |
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Babel | Susan Jones | 2006-09-08 |
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Notes on a Scandal | Sheba Hart | 2006-12-25 |
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This Is an Adventure | Herself | 2005-05-10 |
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Little Fish | Tracy | 2005-07-19 |
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On the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Herself | 2005-01-15 |
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Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Herself | 2005-05-09 |
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The Aviator | Katharine Hepburn | 2004-12-17 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Julie-Anne | 2004-11-12 |
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Jane Winslett-Richardson | 2004-12-10 |
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Coffee and Cigarettes | Cate/Shelly | 2003-09-05 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Galadriel | 2003-12-01 |
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Veronica Guerin | Veronica Guerin | 2003-07-11 |
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The Missing | Maggie Gilkeson | 2003-11-26 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Galadriel | 2002-12-18 |
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Heaven | Philippa | 2002-02-06 |
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The Shipping News | Petal | 2001-12-18 |
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Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
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A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Herself | 2001-12-09 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Galadriel | 2001-12-18 |
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Quest for the Ring | Herself | 2001-11-29 |
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Bandits | Kate Wheeler | 2001-10-12 |
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Charlotte Gray | Charlotte Gray | 2001-12-17 |
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Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | 2000-01-01 | |
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The Gift | Annie Wilson | 2000-03-16 |
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The Man Who Cried | Lola | 2000-08-29 |
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | 2000-06-27 | |
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Pushing Tin | Connie Falzone | 1999-04-23 |
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Bangers | Julie-Ann | 1999-08-05 |
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Eyes Wide Shut | Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) | 1999-07-16 |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley | Meredith Logue | 1999-12-25 |
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An Ideal Husband | Lady Gertrude Chiltern | 1999-04-15 |
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Elizabeth | Elizabeth I | 1998-09-13 |
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Thank God He Met Lizzie | Lizzie | 1997-11-20 |
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Oscar and Lucinda | Lucinda Leplastrier | 1997-12-31 |
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Paradise Road | Susan Macarthy | 1997-02-11 |
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Parklands | Rosie | 1996-04-03 |
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Police Rescue: The Movie | Vivian | 1994-03-16 |
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The New Boy | ||
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Borderlands | Lilith | |
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Cascade | ||
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A Manual for Cleaning Women | ||
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The Champions | ||
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Pinocchio | (voice) |