1969-05-14 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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).
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Valka | 2027-06-10 |
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David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth | Self | 2026-05-08 |
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National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona | unknown | 2026-09-23 |
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Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean | Narrator | 2026-05-17 |
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Bozo Over Roses | 2025-01-31 | |
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Father Mother Sister Brother | Timothea | 2025-12-01 |
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Black Bag | Kathryn St. Jean | 2025-03-12 |
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Can Creativity Save the World? | Self | 2024-04-18 |
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Rumours | Hilda Orlmann | 2024-07-01 |
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Borderlands | Lilith | 2024-08-07 |
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VOGUE: Inventing the Runway | Narrator | 2024-11-13 |
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The New Boy | Sister Eileen | 2023-07-06 |
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Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero | Self | 2023-02-01 |
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The Fundraiser | Lydia Tár | 2023-02-23 |
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Evolver | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2023-11-23 |
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Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-08-02 |
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TÁR | Lydia Tár | 2022-10-07 |
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The School for Good and Evil | The Storian (voice) | 2022-10-19 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Spazzatura (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-27 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2022-11-19 |
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Euphoria | Tiger (voice) | 2022-11-29 |
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Nightmare Alley | Dr. Lilith Ritter | 2021-12-02 |
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Don't Look Up | Brie Evantee | 2021-12-08 |
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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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Sinfonía de lo invisible | Self (voice) | 2020-11-17 |
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Ride It Out | Narrator (voice) | 2020-06-30 |
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The Four Temperaments | Red / Blue / Yellow / Green | 2020-12-08 |
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This Changes Everything | Self | 2019-07-22 |
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Bernadette | 2019-08-16 |
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Valka (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
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Sweet Tooth | Narrator (voice) | 2019-08-31 |
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Stuart X | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-10-16 |
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Ocean's Eight | Lou | 2018-06-07 |
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Ocean's Team 3.0 | Self | 2018-09-11 |
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Kaa (voice) | 2018-11-25 |
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Florence Zimmerman | 2018-09-15 |
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Reimagining The Met Gala | Self | 2018-09-11 |
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Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible | Self | 2018-07-05 |
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Spielberg | Self | 2017-10-05 |
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Voyage of Time: Life's Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
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Manifesto | Various | 2017-05-10 |
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Song to Song | Amanda | 2017-03-17 |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Hela | 2017-10-02 |
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Red | Mother | 2017-01-26 |
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Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing | Self | 2017-03-14 |
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Refugee | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2016-04-23 |
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Earthflight 3D | Narrator | 2016-10-07 |
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Knight of Cups | Nancy | 2015-09-10 |
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Cinderella | Stepmother, Lady Tremaine | 2015-03-06 |
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Truth | Mary Mapes | 2015-10-16 |
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Carol | Carol Aird | 2015-11-20 |
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A Smarter Country | Self | 2014-01-01 |
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Valka (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
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The Monuments Men | Claire Simone | 2014-01-24 |
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden | Dore Strauch (voice) | 2014-04-03 |
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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 (voice) | 2013-11-27 |
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Making a Scene | 2013-11-25 | |
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Galadriel | 2013-12-11 |
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The Turning | Gail Lang | 2013-09-25 |
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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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A Cautionary Tail | Narrator | 2012-01-01 |
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Galadriel | 2012-12-12 |
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Hanna | Marissa | 2011-04-07 |
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Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood | Self | 2010-09-20 |
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The Real Robin Hood | Self | 2010-05-11 |
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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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Hot Fuzz | Janine (uncredited) | 2007-02-14 |
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I'm Not There | Jude | 2007-10-01 |
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In the Company of Actors | Self / Hedda Gabler | 2007-06-10 |
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Elizabeth I, Queen of England | 2007-09-09 |
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes | Self | 2007-09-30 |
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Babel | Susan Jones | 2006-10-26 |
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The Good German | Lena Brandt | 2006-12-15 |
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Notes on a Scandal | Sheba Hart | 2006-12-25 |
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This Is an Adventure | Self | 2005-05-10 |
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On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' | Self / Jane W. | 2005-01-15 |
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Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal | Self | 2005-05-09 |
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Little Fish | Tracy | 2005-07-19 |
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Jane Winslett-Richardson | 2004-12-10 |
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The Making of 'The Return of the King' | Self | 2004-04-01 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Julie-Anne | 2004-11-12 |
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The Aviator | Katharine Hepburn | 2004-12-17 |
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A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | 2004-12-14 |
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Coffee and Cigarettes | Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins") | 2004-03-12 |
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The Making of 'The Two Towers' | 2003-04-01 | |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Galadriel | 2003-12-17 |
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The Missing | Maggie Gilkeson | 2003-11-26 |
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Veronica Guerin | Veronica Guerin | 2003-07-11 |
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Heaven | Philippa | 2002-02-06 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Galadriel | 2002-12-18 |
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Bandits | Kate Wheeler | 2001-10-12 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Galadriel | 2001-12-18 |
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The Shipping News | Petal | 2001-12-18 |
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Charlotte Gray | Charlotte Gray | 2001-12-28 |
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Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' | Self | 2001-12-09 |
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Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Self | 2001-12-23 |
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Quest for the Ring | Self | 2001-11-29 |
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Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' | Self | 2000-06-27 |
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The Man Who Cried | Lola | 2000-08-29 |
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The Gift | Annie Wilson | 2000-12-22 |
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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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Bangers | Julie-Ann | 1999-08-05 |
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An Ideal Husband | Lady Gertrude Chiltern | 1999-01-14 |
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Pushing Tin | Connie Falzone | 1999-04-23 |
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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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Alpha Gang | Alpha One | |
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The Champions | ||
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Monica | ||
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A Manual for Cleaning Women | ||
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Good Thing | Martha Stewart |
