Cate Blanchett
Acting
Born: May 14, 1969 (age 57) · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Highest Rated
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Squid Game
2021
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
The Simpsons
1989
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
Don't Look Up
2021
Photos (19)
Movies (83)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Galadriel
Thor: Ragnarok
Hela
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Galadriel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Galadriel
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Valka (voice)
Eyes Wide Shut
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Cinderella
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Galadriel
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Fuller
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Valka (voice)
Ocean's Eight
Lou
Don't Look Up
Brie Evantee
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Irina Spalko
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Meredith Logue
Robin Hood
Marion Loxley
Hot Fuzz
Janine (uncredited)
The Aviator
Katharine Hepburn
Borderlands
Lilith
Black Bag
Kathryn St. Jean
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Kaa (voice)
Nightmare Alley
Dr. Lilith Ritter
Babel
Susan Jones
The School for Good and Evil
The Storian (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Spazzatura (voice)
Carol
Carol Aird
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
The Gift
Annie Wilson
Notes on a Scandal
Sheba Hart
Hanna
Marissa
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Florence Zimmerman
The Monuments Men
Claire Simone
Father Mother Sister Brother
Timothea
TÁR
Lydia Tár
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Bernadette
Elizabeth
Elizabeth I
The Missing
Maggie Gilkeson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jane Winslett-Richardson
Bandits
Kate Wheeler
Blue Jasmine
Jasmine
Song to Song
Amanda
Coffee and Cigarettes
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
The Good German
Lena Brandt
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin
I'm Not There
Jude
The Wrong Girls
Deep Sea Expert (voice)
Knight of Cups
Nancy
Rumours
Hilda Orlmann
Truth
Mary Mapes
Pushing Tin
Connie Falzone
Heaven
Philippa
The Shipping News
Petal
The New Boy
Sister Eileen
The Man Who Cried
Lola
An Ideal Husband
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Paradise Road
Susan Macarthy
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray
Sweet Tooth
Narrator (voice)
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Narrator (voice)
Oscar and Lucinda
Lucinda Leplastrier
Red
Mother
Girl Rising
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
The Turning
Gail Lang
Manifesto
Various
Little Fish
Tracy
Euphoria
Tiger (voice)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Narrator
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Dore Strauch (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
Julie-Anne
Ride It Out
Narrator (voice)
A Cautionary Tail
Narrator
Police Rescue: The Movie
Vivian
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Lizzie
The Fundraiser
Lydia Tár
Journey to the South Pacific
Narrator (voice)
Bozo Over Roses
2025
Bangers
Julie-Ann
The Four Temperaments
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
Narrator
Earthflight 3D
Narrator
Parklands
Rosie
TV Shows (17)
The Simpsons
Elaine Wolff (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Queen Elizabeth II (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Penelope (voice) · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2 eps
Squid Game
The Recruiter · 1 eps
What If...?
Hela (voice) · 2 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps
Disclaimer
Catherine Ravenscroft · 7 eps
Police Rescue
Mrs Haines · 1 eps
Documentary Now!
Alice · 1 eps
Documentary Now!
Izabella Barta · 1 eps
Mrs. America
Phyllis Schlafly · 9 eps
Staged
Cate · 1 eps
Stateless
Pat Masters · 6 eps
Homemade
Narrator · 1 eps
Bordertown
Bianca · 3 eps
Heartland
Elizabeth Ashton · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (67)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 5 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 3 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
Taskmaster Australia
Self - Cameo · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Mr. Scorsese
Self · 1 eps
Live from E!
Self · 2 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · 3 eps
The Early Show
Self · 2 eps
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner · 2 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Spielberg
Self
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actress (archive footage)
This Changes Everything
Self
AACTA Awards
Self · 1 eps
Our Living World
Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
Stuart X
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
The Real Robin Hood
Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Jane W.
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
Quest for the Ring
Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self (archive)
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
Evolver
Self - Narrator (voice)
This Is an Adventure
Self
Refugee
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
Symphony Of The Invisible
Self (voice)
In the Company of Actors
Self / Hedda Gabler
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Smarter Country
Self
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Self
Upcoming (6)
Writing (1)
Producing (19)
Disclaimer
Executive Producer
Black Bag
Associate Producer
Mrs. America
Executive Producer
Carol
Executive Producer
Stateless
Executive Producer
TÁR
Executive Producer
Fingernails
Producer
Rumours
Executive Producer
The New Boy
Producer
Queerbait
Executive Producer
Apples
Executive Producer
Shayda
Executive Producer
11:11
Executive Producer
Evolver
Executive Producer
Knowing the Score
Executive Producer
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Executive Producer
Marion
Executive Producer
Bangers
Producer
A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Executive Producer
