
Cate Blanchett
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
Credits
- 2025 · Father Mother Sister Brother as Timothea
- 2025 · Black Bag as Kathryn St. Jean
- 2024 · Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft
- 2024 · Borderlands as Lilith
- 2024 · Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · The New Boy as Sister Eileen
- 2022 · 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Spazzatura (voice)
- 2022 · The School for Good and Evil as The Storian (voice)
- 2022 · TÁR as Lydia Tár
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2021 · Don't Look Up as Brie Evantee
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter
- 2021 · Squid Game as The Recruiter
- 2021 · What If...? as Hela (voice)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Staged as Cate
- 2020 · Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette
- 2019 · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Valka (voice)
- 2018 · Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Kaa (voice)
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Lou
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Hela
- 2017 · Song to Song as Amanda
- 2015 · Carol as Carol Aird
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Alice
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as Izabella Barta
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · Cinderella as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Galadriel
- 2014 · How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Valka (voice)
- 2014 · The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden as Dore Strauch (voice)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Galadriel
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Galadriel
- 2011 · Hanna as Marissa
- 2010 · Robin Hood as Marion Loxley
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller
- 2008 · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Irina Spalko
- 2007 · Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · Hot Fuzz as Janine (uncredited)
- 2006 · Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart
- 2006 · Babel as Susan Jones
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Little Fish as Tracy
- 2004 · The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn
- 2004 · The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Jane Winslett-Richardson
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Galadriel
- 2003 · The Missing as Maggie Gilkeson
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Galadriel
- 2002 · Heaven as Philippa
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Galadriel
- 2001 · Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' as Self
- 2001 · Bandits as Kate Wheeler
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2000 · The Gift as Annie Wilson
- 1999 · The Talented Mr. Ripley as Meredith Logue
- 1999 · Eyes Wide Shut as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Penelope (voice)
- 1998 · Elizabeth as Elizabeth I
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 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)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Alpha Gang as Alpha One
- 2025 · Bozo Over Roses as
- 2024 · VOGUE: Inventing the Runway as Narrator
- 2024 · Rumours as Hilda Orlmann
- 2024 · Our Living World as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Evolver as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
- 2023 · The Fundraiser as Lydia Tár
- 2023 · Taskmaster as Self - Cameo
- 2023 · Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero as Self
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- 2022 · Euphoria as Tiger (voice)
- 2022 · Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Four Temperaments as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
- 2020 · Symphony Of The Invisible as Self (voice)
- 2020 · Homemade as Narrator
- 2020 · Ride It Out as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Stateless as Pat Masters
- 2019 · Stuart X as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Sweet Tooth as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · This Changes Everything as Self
- 2018 · The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Florence Zimmerman
- 2018 · Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
- 2018 · Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- 2018 · Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible as Herself
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · Manifesto as Various
- 2017 · Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing as Herself
- 2017 · Voyage of Time: Life's Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Red as Mother
- 2016 · Earthflight 3D as Narrator
- 2016 · Refugee as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Truth as Mary Mapes
- 2015 · Knight of Cups as Nancy
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Extended Edition Scenes as Galadriel
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as Claire Simone
- 2013 · Journey to the South Pacific as narrator
- 2013 · The Turning as Gail Lang
- 2013 · Blue Jasmine as Jasmine
- 2012 · A Cautionary Tail as Narrator
- 2010 · Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood as Self
- 2010 · The Real Robin Hood as Self
- 2009 · The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self
- 2007 · I'm Not There as Jude
- 2007 · Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
- 2007 · In the Company of Actors as Self / Hedda Gabler
- 2006 · The Good German as Lena Brandt
- 2005 · This Is an Adventure as Self
- 2005 · Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
- 2005 · On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Jane W.
- 2004 · A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2004 · Stories of Lost Souls as Julie-Anne
- 2004 · The Making of the Return of the King as Self
- 2004 · Coffee and Cigarettes as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
- 2003 · Veronica Guerin as Veronica Guerin
- 2003 · The Making of The Two Towers as
- 2001 · Charlotte Gray as Charlotte Gray
- 2001 · Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self
- 2001 · The Shipping News as Petal
- 2001 · Quest for the Ring as Self
- 2000 · The Man Who Cried as Lola
- 2000 · Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- 1997 · Thank God He Met Lizzie as Lizzie
- 1994 · Heartland as Elizabeth Ashton
- Future · Sweetsick as
- Future · The Champions as
- 2000 · Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley' as Self
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Bangers as Julie-Ann
- 1999 · Pushing Tin as Connie Falzone
- 1999 · An Ideal Husband as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
- 1997 · Oscar and Lucinda as Lucinda Leplastrier
- 1997 · Paradise Road as Susan Macarthy
- 1996 · Parklands as Rosie
- 1995 · Bordertown as Bianca
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Police Rescue: The Movie as Vivian
- 1990 · Kaborya as Extra (uncredited)
- 1976 · AACTA Awards as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · A Manual for Cleaning Women as