Cate Blanchett
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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Simpsons
as Elaine Wolff (voice) · 1989
Family Guy
as Queen Elizabeth II (voice) · 1999
Family Guy
as Penelope (voice) · 1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Squid Game
as The Recruiter · 2021
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Hot Ones
as Self · 2015
Good Day Live
as Self · 2001
What If...?
as Hela (voice) · 2021
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Galadriel · 2001
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Galadriel · 2003
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Galadriel · 2014
GMTV
as Self · 1993
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest · 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Galadriel · 2002
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self · 2022
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hela · 2017
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Galadriel · 2012
Eyes Wide Shut
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) · 1999
Today
as Self · 1952
Disclaimer
as Catherine Ravenscroft · 2024
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Marvel Studios Legends
as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2021
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka (voice) · 2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Valka (voice) · 2019
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Galadriel · 2013
Police Rescue
as Mrs Haines · 1991
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Black Bag
as Kathryn St. Jean · 2025
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Daisy Fuller · 2008
Ocean's Eight
as Lou · 2018
Live from E!
as Self · 2002
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Irina Spalko · 2008
Don't Look Up
as Brie Evantee · 2021
Cinderella
as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine · 2015
Taskmaster Australia
as Self - Cameo · 2023
Documentary Now!
as Alice · 2015
Documentary Now!
as Izabella Barta · 2015
Hot Fuzz
as Janine (uncredited) · 2007
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest · 2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Spazzatura (voice) · 2022
Mrs. America
as Phyllis Schlafly · 2020
Borderlands
as Lilith · 2024
The Aviator
as Katharine Hepburn · 2004
The Talented Mr. Ripley
as Meredith Logue · 1999
Robin Hood
as Marion Loxley · 2010
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Kaa (voice) · 2018
Staged
as Cate · 2020
Mr. Scorsese
as Self · 2025
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Nightmare Alley
as Dr. Lilith Ritter · 2021
Our Living World
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
as Florence Zimmerman · 2018
The School for Good and Evil
as The Storian (voice) · 2022
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self · 1973
Homemade
as Narrator · 2020
Babel
as Susan Jones · 2006
Carol
as Carol Aird · 2015
The Monuments Men
as Claire Simone · 2014
Notes on a Scandal
as Sheba Hart · 2006
Stateless
as Pat Masters · 2020
The Gift
as Annie Wilson · 2000
TÁR
as Lydia Tár · 2022
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England · 2007
The Missing
as Maggie Gilkeson · 2003
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Jane Winslett-Richardson · 2004
Blue Jasmine
as Jasmine · 2013
Father Mother Sister Brother
as Timothea · 2025
I'm Not There
as Jude · 2007
The Wrong Girls
as Deep Sea Expert (voice) · 2026
The Emmy Awards
as Self · 1949
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Bernadette · 2019
Hanna
as Marissa · 2011
Elizabeth
as Elizabeth I · 1998
Knight of Cups
as Nancy · 2015
Song to Song
as Amanda · 2017
Bandits
as Kate Wheeler · 2001
Bordertown
as Bianca · 1995
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner · 1997
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins") · 2004
Veronica Guerin
as Veronica Guerin · 2003
An Ideal Husband
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern · 1999
Pushing Tin
as Connie Falzone · 1999
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self · 2023
The Good German
as Lena Brandt · 2006
The Man Who Cried
as Lola · 2000
The Shipping News
as Petal · 2001
Spielberg
as Self · 2017
Truth
as Mary Mapes · 2015
AACTA Awards
as Self · 1976
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Valka · 2027
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self · 2026
The Origin of the World
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
as Self · 2009
Heaven
as Philippa · 2002
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
as Narrator (voice) · 2017
Oscar and Lucinda
as Lucinda Leplastrier · 1997
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self · 2024
Charlotte Gray
as Charlotte Gray · 2001
Paradise Road
as Susan Macarthy · 1997
Rumours
as Hilda Orlmann · 2024
This Changes Everything
as Self · 2019
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
as Electra (Elisabeth) / Clytemnestra (Alma)
The New Boy
as Sister Eileen · 2023
Manifesto
as Various · 2017
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage) · 2021
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self · 2022
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self · 2006
Stories of Lost Souls
as Julie-Anne · 2004
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self · 2001
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2006
Red
as Mother · 2017
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self · 2018
Alpha Gang
as Beta One · 2026
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self · 2022
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
as Self · 2001
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2004
The Turning
as Gail Lang · 2013
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
as Self · 2023
This Is an Adventure
as Self · 2005
Quest for the Ring
as Self · 2001
Stuart X
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2019
Sweet Tooth
as Narrator (voice) · 2019
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Haiti (voice) · 2013
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
as Narrator · 2026
Euphoria
as Tiger (voice) · 2022
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as Self · 2007
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
as Self · 2010
Thank God He Met Lizzie
as Lizzie · 1997
The Real Robin Hood
as Self · 2010
Heartland
as Elizabeth Ashton · 1994
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
as Self (archive) · 2002
In the Company of Actors
as Self / Hedda Gabler · 2007
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
as Dore Strauch (voice) · 2014
Monica
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
as Self · 2017
Little Fish
as Tracy · 2005
A Cautionary Tail
as Narrator · 2012
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self · 2000
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
as Self · 2005
Good Thing
as Martha Stewart
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
as Self · 2008
Police Rescue: The Movie
as Vivian · 1994
Journey to the South Pacific
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
Refugee
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2016
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2022
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Jane W. · 2005
Evolver
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2023
The Fundraiser
as Lydia Tár · 2023
Sweetsick
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
· 2013
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice) · 2020
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self · 2018
Bozo Over Roses
· 2025
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
as Narrator · 2024
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
as Self · 2018
A Smarter Country
as Self · 2014
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self · 2000
Ride It Out
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
The Four Temperaments
as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green · 2020
The Champions
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2022
Bangers
as Julie-Ann · 1999
Earthflight 3D
as Narrator · 2016
Parklands
as Rosie · 1996
Kaborya
as American (Extra) · 1990
Each Day in a Moment: 2026
as Self (uncredited) · 2027