Cate Blanchett
Acting • Born 1969-05-14
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).
Filmography
175 credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Galadriel
The Good German
Movie • 2006
Lena Brandt
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie • 2008
Irina Spalko
Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie • 2004
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie • 2004
Jane Winslett-Richardson
Babel
Movie • 2006
Susan Jones
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie • 1999
Meredith Logue
Notes on a Scandal
Movie • 2006
Sheba Hart
The Gift
Movie • 2000
Annie Wilson
Heaven
Movie • 2002
Philippa
Bandits
Movie • 2001
Kate Wheeler
Veronica Guerin
Movie • 2003
Veronica Guerin
The Aviator
Movie • 2004
Katharine Hepburn
I'm Not There
Movie • 2007
Jude
The Fundraiser
Movie • 2023
Lydia Tár
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie • 2007
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Elizabeth
Movie • 1998
Elizabeth I
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie • 2008
Daisy Fuller
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Movie
Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Marion Loxley
The Shipping News
Movie • 2001
Petal
An Ideal Husband
Movie • 1999
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
The Missing
Movie • 2003
Maggie Gilkeson
Pushing Tin
Movie • 1999
Connie Falzone
Charlotte Gray
Movie • 2001
Charlotte Gray
Little Fish
Movie • 2005
Tracy
The Champions
Movie
The Man Who Cried
Movie • 2000
Lola
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie • 1997
Lucinda Leplastrier
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie • 2012
Galadriel
Hanna
Movie • 2011
Marissa
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
Janine (uncredited)
The Turning
Movie • 2013
Gail Lang
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie • 2014
Valka (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie • 2004
Julie-Anne
The New Boy
Movie • 2023
Sister Eileen
Paradise Road
Movie • 1997
Susan Macarthy
The Real Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Self
Knight of Cups
Movie • 2015
Nancy
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Movie • 1997
Lizzie
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie • 2024
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Movie • 2014
Galadriel
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie • 2000
Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Movie • 2000
Self
The Monuments Men
Movie • 2014
Claire Simone
Blue Jasmine
Movie • 2013
Jasmine
Girl Rising
Movie • 2013
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie • 2005
Self
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Movie • 2014
Dore Strauch (voice)
Rumours
Movie • 2024
Hilda Orlmann
Carol
Movie • 2015
Carol Aird
The School for Good and Evil
Movie • 2022
The Storian (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eyes Wide Shut
Movie • 1999
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
In the Company of Actors
Movie • 2007
Self / Hedda Gabler
Father Mother Sister Brother
Movie • 2025
Timothea
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Reimagining The Met Gala
Movie • 2018
Self
Truth
Movie • 2015
Mary Mapes
Black Bag
Movie • 2025
Kathryn St. Jean
Ocean's Team 3.0
Movie • 2018
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self
Euphoria
Movie • 2022
Tiger (voice)
Evolver
Movie • 2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Movie • 2022
Self
Police Rescue: The Movie
Movie • 1994
Vivian
Alpha Gang
Movie
Alpha One
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Movie • 2013
Galadriel
Manifesto
Movie • 2017
Various
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie • 2017
Hela
Parklands
Movie • 1996
Rosie
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Ocean's Eight
Movie • 2018
Lou
Song to Song
Movie • 2017
Amanda
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Movie • 2019
Bernadette
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Movie • 2018
Kaa (voice)
Red
Movie • 2017
Mother
Quest for the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Movie • 2017
Self
Refugee
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Movie • 2001
Self
A Cautionary Tail
Movie • 2012
Narrator
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Movie • 2018
Florence Zimmerman
This Is an Adventure
Movie • 2005
Self
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Movie • 2018
Self
This Changes Everything
Movie • 2019
Self
Earthflight 3D
Movie • 2016
Narrator
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Movie • 2019
Valka (voice)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie • 2005
Self / Jane W.
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Movie • 2009
Self
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Self
Journey to the South Pacific
Movie • 2013
narrator
Nightmare Alley
Movie • 2021
Dr. Lilith Ritter
Bangers
Movie • 1999
Julie-Ann
Stuart X
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sweet Tooth
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Borderlands
Movie • 2024
Lilith
Don't Look Up
Movie • 2021
Brie Evantee
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Movie • 2022
Spazzatura (voice)
The Four Temperaments
Movie • 2020
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
Symphony Of The Invisible
Movie • 2020
Self (voice)
TÁR
Movie • 2022
Lydia Tár
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Cinderella
Movie • 2015
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
Ride It Out
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Movie • 2023
Self
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Movie • 2007
Self
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
Movie • 2024
Narrator
Bozo Over Roses
Movie • 2025
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Kaborya
Movie • 1990
Extra (uncredited)
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Self
Sweetsick
Movie
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie • 2013
Monica
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie • 2027
Valka
A Smarter Country
Movie • 2014
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Staged
TV • 2020
Cate
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Heartland
TV • 1994
Elizabeth Ashton
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV • 2023
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Disclaimer
TV • 2024
Catherine Ravenscroft
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Mrs Haines
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Alice
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
What If...?
TV • 2021
Hela (voice)
Mrs. America
TV • 2020
Phyllis Schlafly
Documentary Now!
TV • 2015
Izabella Barta
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Stateless
TV • 2020
Pat Masters
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
AACTA Awards
TV • 1976
Self
Our Living World
TV • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Bordertown
TV • 1995
Bianca
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Penelope (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Elaine Wolff (voice)
Homemade
TV • 2020
Narrator
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Taskmaster
TV • 2023
Self - Cameo
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Squid Game
TV • 2021
The Recruiter
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Mr. Scorsese
TV • 2025
Self
Elle Style Awards
TV • 1997
Self - Winner