Cate 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).
Born: 14 May 1969
Played In
Movie
Jun 2027
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Valka
Movie
Sep 2026
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
unknown
Movie
May 2026
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Narrator
Movie
May 2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
Movie
Dec 2025
Father Mother Sister Brother
Timothea
TV Show
Oct 2025
Mr. Scorsese
Self
Movie
Mar 2025
Black Bag
Kathryn St. Jean
Movie
Jan 2025
Bozo Over Roses
Movie
Nov 2024
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
Narrator
TV Show
Oct 2024
Disclaimer
Catherine Ravenscroft
Movie
Aug 2024
Borderlands
Lilith
Movie
Jul 2024
Rumours
Hilda Orlmann
Movie
Apr 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
TV Show
Apr 2024
Our Living World
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2023
Evolver
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 2023
The New Boy
Sister Eileen
TV Show
May 2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self
Movie
Feb 2023
The Fundraiser
Lydia Tár
TV Show
Feb 2023
Taskmaster
Self - Cameo
Movie
Feb 2023
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Self
Movie
Dec 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
Movie
Nov 2022
Euphoria
Tiger (voice)
Movie
Nov 2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Movie
Nov 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Spazzatura (voice)
Movie
Oct 2022
The School for Good and Evil
The Storian (voice)
Movie
Oct 2022
TÁR
Lydia Tár
TV Show
Sep 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
Movie
Aug 2022
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 2022
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Dec 2021
Don't Look Up
Brie Evantee
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Dec 2021
Nightmare Alley
Dr. Lilith Ritter
TV Show
Sep 2021
Squid Game
The Recruiter
TV Show
Aug 2021
What If...?
Hela (voice)
Movie
May 2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actress (archive footage)
TV Show
Jan 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 2020
The Four Temperaments
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
Movie
Nov 2020
Symphony Of The Invisible
Self (voice)
Movie
Jun 2020
Ride It Out
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Jun 2020
Homemade
Narrator
TV Show
Jun 2020
Staged
Cate
TV Show
Apr 2020
Mrs. America
Phyllis Schlafly
TV Show
Mar 2020
Stateless
Pat Masters
Movie
Oct 2019
Stuart X
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Movie
Aug 2019
Sweet Tooth
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Aug 2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Bernadette
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Jul 2019
This Changes Everything
Self
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Jan 2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Valka (voice)
Movie
Nov 2018
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Kaa (voice)
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Sep 2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Florence Zimmerman
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Sep 2018
Reimagining The Met Gala
Self
Movie
Sep 2018
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
Movie
Jul 2018
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Self
Movie
Jun 2018
Ocean's Eight
Lou
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Oct 2017
Spielberg
Self
Movie
Oct 2017
Thor: Ragnarok
Hela
Movie
May 2017
Manifesto
Various
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Mar 2017
Song to Song
Amanda
Movie
Mar 2017
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Self
Movie
Mar 2017
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jan 2017
Red
Mother
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Oct 2016
Earthflight 3D
Narrator
Movie
Apr 2016
Refugee
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2015
Carol
Carol Aird
Movie
Oct 2015
Truth
Mary Mapes
Movie
Sep 2015
Knight of Cups
Nancy
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
TV Show
Aug 2015
Documentary Now!
Alice
TV Show
Aug 2015
Documentary Now!
Izabella Barta
TV Show
Aug 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
TV Show
Mar 2015
Hot Ones
Self
Movie
Mar 2015
Cinderella
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
TV Show
Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Movie
Dec 2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Galadriel
Movie
Jun 2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Valka (voice)
Movie
Apr 2014
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Dore Strauch (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Movie
Jan 2014
The Monuments Men
Claire Simone
Movie
Jan 2014
A Smarter Country
Self
Movie
Dec 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Galadriel
Movie
Nov 2013
Journey to the South Pacific
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie
Sep 2013
The Turning
Gail Lang
Movie
Aug 2013
Blue Jasmine
Jasmine
Movie
Mar 2013
Girl Rising
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
Movie
Dec 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Galadriel
Movie
Jan 2012
A Cautionary Tail
Narrator
Movie
Apr 2011
Hanna
Marissa
Movie
Sep 2010
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
Movie
May 2010
Robin Hood
Marion Loxley
Movie
May 2010
The Real Robin Hood
Self
TV Show
Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Movie
May 2009
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
Movie
Dec 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Fuller
Movie
May 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Irina Spalko
Movie
Oct 2007
I'm Not There
Jude
Movie
Sep 2007
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
Movie
Sep 2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Movie
Jun 2007
In the Company of Actors
Self / Hedda Gabler
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2007
Hot Fuzz
Janine (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 2006
Notes on a Scandal
Sheba Hart
Movie
Dec 2006
The Good German
Lena Brandt
Movie
Oct 2006
Babel
Susan Jones
TV Show
Nov 2005
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 2005
Little Fish
Tracy
Movie
May 2005
This Is an Adventure
Self
Movie
May 2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
Movie
Jan 2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Jane W.
Movie
Dec 2004
The Aviator
Katharine Hepburn
Movie
Dec 2004
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
Movie
Dec 2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jane Winslett-Richardson
Movie
Nov 2004
Stories of Lost Souls
Julie-Anne
Movie
Apr 2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
Movie
Mar 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
Movie
Dec 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Galadriel
Movie
Nov 2003
The Missing
Maggie Gilkeson
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2003
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin
Movie
Apr 2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Movie
Dec 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Galadriel
Movie
Nov 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self (archive)
Movie
Feb 2002
Heaven
Philippa
TV Show
Jan 2002
Live from E!
Self
Movie
Dec 2001
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray
Movie
Dec 2001
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
Movie
Dec 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Galadriel
Movie
Dec 2001
The Shipping News
Petal
Movie
Dec 2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
Movie
Nov 2001
Quest for the Ring
Self
Movie
Oct 2001
Bandits
Kate Wheeler
TV Show
Sep 2001
Good Day Live
Self
Movie
Dec 2000
The Gift
Annie Wilson
Movie
Aug 2000
The Man Who Cried
Lola
Movie
Jun 2000
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Movie
Jan 2000
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
Movie
Dec 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Meredith Logue
TV Show
Nov 1999
The Early Show
Self
Movie
Aug 1999
Bangers
Julie-Ann
Movie
Jul 1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 1999
Pushing Tin
Connie Falzone
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
TV Show
Jan 1999
Family Guy
Penelope (voice)
Movie
Jan 1999
An Ideal Husband
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Movie
Sep 1998
Elizabeth
Elizabeth I
TV Show
Jan 1998
Parkinson
Self
Movie
Dec 1997
Oscar and Lucinda
Lucinda Leplastrier
Movie
Nov 1997
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Lizzie
TV Show
Sep 1997
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
TV Show
Jul 1997
Leute heute
Self
Movie
Feb 1997
Paradise Road
Susan Macarthy
Movie
Apr 1996
Parklands
Rosie
TV Show
Oct 1995
Bordertown
Bianca
TV Show
Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
TV Show
Mar 1994
Heartland
Elizabeth Ashton
Movie
Mar 1994
Police Rescue: The Movie
Vivian
TV Show
Jan 1993
GMTV
Self
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
TV Show
Feb 1991
Police Rescue
Mrs Haines
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
Elaine Wolff (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Show
Feb 1984
Goldene Kamera
Self
TV Show
Feb 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self
TV Show
Jan 1976
AACTA Awards
Self
TV Show
Apr 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1952
Today
Self
TV Show
Jan 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Movie
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Movie
The Champions
Movie
Alpha Gang
Alpha One
Movie
Sweetsick
Movie
Monica
Movie
Good Thing
Martha Stewart
Movie
Untitled Brady Corbet Film