Acting
Cate Blanchett
EN, FR, DE, FA cinema · 142 credits
Born
14 May 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as Catherine Élise 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
Filmography
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Actor, Producer
The Champions
The Champions
Actor, Producer
Sweetsick
Sweetsick
Actor, Producer
Good Thing
Good Thing
as Martha Stewart, Producer
Peaches
Peaches
Executive Producer
Each Day in a Moment: 2026
2027
Each Day in a Moment: 2026
as Self (uncredited)
Alpha Gang
as Beta One, Producer
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
The Wrong Girls
as Deep Sea Expert (voice)
Father Mother Sister Brother
as Timothea
Black Bag
as Kathryn St. Jean, Associate Producer
Queerbait
Executive Producer
A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers
Executive Producer
11:11
Executive Producer
Rumours
as Hilda Orlmann, Executive Producer
Borderlands
as Lilith
Marion
Executive Producer
The Fundraiser
as Lydia Tár
The New Boy
as Sister Eileen, Producer
Evolver
as Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Shayda
Executive Producer
Knowing the Score
Executive Producer
Fingernails
Producer
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
The School for Good and Evil
as The Storian (voice)
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Euphoria
as Tiger (voice)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Spazzatura (voice)
TÁR
as Lydia Tár, Executive Producer
Nightmare Alley
as Dr. Lilith Ritter
Don't Look Up
as Brie Evantee
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Apples
Executive Producer
The Four Temperaments
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
Ride It Out
as Narrator (voice)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Bernadette
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Valka (voice)
Stuart X
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice)
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Kaa (voice)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Florence Zimmerman
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Manifesto
as Various
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hela
Song to Song
as Amanda
Red
as Mother
Spielberg
as Self
The Dinner
Thanks
Refugee
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Earthflight 3D
as Narrator
Knight of Cups
as Nancy
Carol
as Carol Aird, Executive Producer
Truth
as Mary Mapes
Cinderella
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka (voice)
The Monuments Men
as Claire Simone
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Dore Strauch (voice)
The Turning
as Gail Lang
Blue Jasmine
as Jasmine
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Galadriel
Journey to the South Pacific
as Narrator (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Galadriel
A Cautionary Tail
as Narrator
Hanna
as Marissa
Robin Hood
as Marion Loxley
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Fuller
I'm Not There
as Jude
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Hot Fuzz
as Janine (uncredited)
In the Company of Actors
as Self / Hedda Gabler
The Good German
as Lena Brandt
Babel
as Susan Jones
Notes on a Scandal
as Sheba Hart
Little Fish
as Tracy
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Jane W.
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Jane Winslett-Richardson
The Aviator
as Katharine Hepburn
Stories of Lost Souls
as Julie-Anne
Veronica Guerin
as Veronica Guerin
The Missing
as Maggie Gilkeson
Heaven
as Philippa
Bandits
as Kate Wheeler
The Shipping News
as Petal
Charlotte Gray
as Charlotte Gray
The Gift
as Annie Wilson
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Meredith Logue
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Pushing Tin
as Connie Falzone
Eyes Wide Shut
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Bangers
as Julie-Ann, Producer
Elizabeth
as Elizabeth I
Oscar and Lucinda
as Lucinda Leplastrier
Paradise Road
as Susan Macarthy
Thank God He Met Lizzie
as Lizzie
Parklands
as Rosie
Police Rescue: The Movie
as Vivian
Kaborya
as American (Extra)