Cate Blanchett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Thor: Ragnarok
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Squid Game
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Simpsons
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Don't Look Up
Photos
Filmography
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Movie
The Champions
Movie
Sweetsick
Movie
Monica
Movie
Good Thing
Movie · as Martha Stewart
The Origin of the World
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie · as Valka
Each Day in a Moment: 2026
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Alpha Gang
Movie · as Beta One
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
Movie · as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Movie · as Narrator
The Wrong Girls
Movie · as Deep Sea Expert (voice)
Father Mother Sister Brother
Movie · as Timothea
Black Bag
Movie · as Kathryn St. Jean
Bozo Over Roses
Movie
Mr. Scorsese
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie · as Self
Rumours
Movie · as Hilda Orlmann
Borderlands
Movie · as Lilith
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
Movie · as Narrator
Disclaimer
TV · as Catherine Ravenscroft · 7 eps
Our Living World
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
The Fundraiser
Movie · as Lydia Tár
The New Boy
Movie · as Sister Eileen
Evolver
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Movie · as Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Taskmaster Australia
TV · as Self - Cameo · 1 ep
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
Movie · as The Storian (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self
Euphoria
Movie · as Tiger (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Movie · as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie · as Spazzatura (voice)
TÁR
Movie · as Lydia Tár
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nightmare Alley
Movie · as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Don't Look Up
Movie · as Brie Evantee
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps
What If...?
TV · as Hela (voice) · 2 eps
Squid Game
TV · as The Recruiter · 1 ep
The Four Temperaments
Movie · as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
Symphony Of The Invisible
Movie · as Self (voice)
Ride It Out
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Staged
TV · as Cate · 1 ep
Mrs. America
TV · as Phyllis Schlafly · 9 eps
Stateless
TV · as Pat Masters · 6 eps
Homemade
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Movie · as Bernadette
This Changes Everything
Movie · as Self
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Movie · as Valka (voice)
Stuart X
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sweet Tooth
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reimagining The Met Gala
Movie · as Self
Ocean's Team 3.0
Movie · as Self
Ocean's Eight
Movie · as Lou
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Movie · as Kaa (voice)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Movie · as Florence Zimmerman
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Movie · as Self
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Manifesto
Movie · as Various
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie · as Hela
Song to Song
Movie · as Amanda
Red
Movie · as Mother
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Movie · as Self
Spielberg
Movie · as Self
Refugee
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Earthflight 3D
Movie · as Narrator
Knight of Cups
Movie · as Nancy
Carol
Movie · as Carol Aird
Truth
Movie · as Mary Mapes
Cinderella
Movie · as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Documentary Now!
TV · as Alice, Izabella Barta · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie · as Valka (voice)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie · as Galadriel
The Monuments Men
Movie · as Claire Simone
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Movie · as Dore Strauch (voice)
A Smarter Country
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Turning
Movie · as Gail Lang
Blue Jasmine
Movie · as Jasmine
Girl Rising
Movie · as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Movie · as Galadriel
Journey to the South Pacific
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie · as Galadriel
A Cautionary Tail
Movie · as Narrator
Hanna
Movie · as Marissa
Robin Hood
Movie · as Marion Loxley
The Real Robin Hood
Movie · as Self
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Movie · as Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie · as Irina Spalko
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie · as Daisy Fuller
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Movie · as Self
I'm Not There
Movie · as Jude
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie · as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Hot Fuzz
Movie · as Janine (uncredited)
In the Company of Actors
Movie · as Self / Hedda Gabler
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 6 eps
The Good German
Movie · as Lena Brandt
Babel
Movie · as Susan Jones
Notes on a Scandal
Movie · as Sheba Hart
The Making of The Two Towers
Movie · as Self
The Making of The Return of the King
Movie · as Self
Little Fish
Movie · as Tracy
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie · as Self
This Is an Adventure
Movie · as Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie · as Self / Jane W.
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie · as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie · as Jane Winslett-Richardson
The Aviator
Movie · as Katharine Hepburn
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie · as Julie-Anne
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie · as Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie · as Galadriel
Veronica Guerin
Movie · as Veronica Guerin
The Missing
Movie · as Maggie Gilkeson
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie · as Galadriel
Heaven
Movie · as Philippa
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Movie · as Self (archive)
Live from E!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie · as Galadriel
Bandits
Movie · as Kate Wheeler
The Shipping News
Movie · as Petal
Charlotte Gray
Movie · as Charlotte Gray
Quest for the Ring
Movie · as Self
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie · as Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie · as Self
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Gift
Movie · as Annie Wilson
The Man Who Cried
Movie · as Lola
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie · as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie · as Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie · as Meredith Logue
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Pushing Tin
Movie · as Connie Falzone
Eyes Wide Shut
Movie · as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Bangers
Movie · as Julie-Ann
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Family Guy
TV · as Queen Elizabeth II (voice), Penelope (voice) · 1 ep
Elizabeth
Movie · as Elizabeth I
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie · as Lucinda Leplastrier
Paradise Road
Movie · as Susan Macarthy
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Movie · as Lizzie
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Elle Style Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 2 eps
Parklands
Movie · as Rosie
Bordertown
TV · as Bianca · 3 eps
Police Rescue: The Movie
Movie · as Vivian
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heartland
TV · as Elizabeth Ashton · 13 eps
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Police Rescue
TV · as Mrs Haines · 1 ep
Kaborya
Movie · as American (Extra)
The Simpsons
TV · as Elaine Wolff (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 2 eps
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
AACTA Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps