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Cate Blanchett Biography

Cate Blanchett
  • Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
  • Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/14/1969, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor
A luminous Aussie actress able to embody markedly disparate characters, Blanchett made her mark in her homeland as a formidable leading lady on stage at the Sydney Theatre Company. In 1998, with only a handful of films on her résumé, she captivated art-house aficionados as the title character in Elizabeth. Portraying the Virgin Queen's tumultuous ascendancy to the throne, Blanchett was a revelation, capturing the monarch's passion and intelligence, and deservedly earning her first Oscar nod. Wisely shedding her costume-drama image, Blanchett quickly proved she was equally believable as quirky, contemporary-era gals, such as the nasal-voiced spouse of an air-traffic controller (Pushing Tin), a kidnap victim involved in a three-way romance with her captors (Bandits), a troubled Southern psychic (The Gift) and a junkie trying to go straight (Little Fish). Already known for her regal bearing, Blanchett lent her considerable poise to the small but memorably imposing part of Elfin royal Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Then in 2004 she took home an Oscar for channeling Hollywood royalty when she brilliantly played late Academy Award-winning actress Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator. Strangely, despite all of her success and beauty, Blanchett is still primarily viewed as a supporting player, albeit a prolific one. In 2006 alone she appeared in three radically different films: In the critically lauded, multiple-narrative Babel, she played an unhappy American wife who is shot when on holiday, while she was a fierce femme fatale in the neonoir The Good German. But it was her turn in Notes on a Scandal as a married schoolteacher involved with a teen student that earned Blanchett her seemingly annual award citations, including Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nods.
Cate Blanchett Fast Facts:
  • Went into acting after she worked as an extra in a boxing film while on vacation in Egypt.
  • Firstborn son, Dashiell, was named after crime novelist Dashiell Hammett.
  • Fainted while being fitted for a prosthetic belly to play a pregnant journalist in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and learned a few weeks later that she was with child in real life.
  • Brought one of Katharine Hepburn's white-silk evening gloves to the 77th annual Academy Awards ceremony for good luck and ended up going home with a statue for her performance as Hepburn in 2004's The Aviator. This made Blanchett the first performer to snag an Academy Award for playing a previous Oscar-winning actor.

  • She and her husband, Andrew Upton, are slated to serve as the joint artistic directors of Australia's Sydney Theatre Company beginning in January, 2008.

    Cate Blanchett Relationships:
  • Bob Blanchett - Brother
  • Dashiell John Upton - Son
  • Genevieve Blanchett - Sister
  • June Blanchett - Mother
  • Robert Blanchett - Father
  • Roman Robert Upton - Son
  • Ignatius Martin Upton - Son
  • Andrew Upton - Husband

    • Cate Blanchett Awards:
  • 1998 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2004 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 2006 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
  • 2007 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 2007 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1999 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
  • 2004 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 2002 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
  • 2005 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 2007 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee

  • College:
  • Attended Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1992)
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