 | | Character name: | Queen Elizabeth I
| | Appears in: | Elizabeth
| | Date(s): | | 1998 | | Award(s): |
- 1999 - Won a BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- 1999 - Won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- 1999 - Won a BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
- 1999 - Won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress
- 1999 - WOn the Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
- 1999 - Won CFCA Award for Best Actress
- 1999 - Won an Empire Award for Best Actress
- 1999 - Won an ALFS Award for the Actress of the Year
- 1999 - Won a Golden Satellite Award for the Best Performance by an Actress in a motion picture.
- 1999 - Won the SEFCA for Best Actress
- 1998 - Won the TFCA Award
- 1998 - Won the Sierra Award for the Most Promising Actor
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The reign of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary I (England) ends as she dies of a cancerous tumor of the uterus, her husband being killed and her son dead, Elizabeth, her protestant half sister, becomes the next successor to the throne, becomes the Queen of England. Elizabeth had previously been jailed for a supposed conspiracy to murder has now been freed for her coronation.
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The character (and the film) is loosely based from the early life of the fifth (and last) monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Queen Elizabeth I of England, also known as the Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess or Gloriana.
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| Queen of England | Personality Type:
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| High hairline, Pale white face, Orange, wavy hair. | Resides in:
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The costuming and shot composition of the coronation scene is based on Elizabeth's coronation portrait.
1998 was the only year that two performers were nominated for Academy Awards for playing the same character in two different films in the same year. Judi Dench was nominated (and won) for Best Supporting Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Cate Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress for portraying Elizabeth I in this film.
Elizabeth enters the Tower of London through The Traitor's Gate from the river Thames.
Cate Blanchett was chosen as Elizabeth after she was seen in a play in Sydney.
Only one of three roles that actress Meryl Streep was turned down for.
When Sussex comes to arrest Elizabeth, he calls her from her home by shouting, "Princess Elizabeth!" In fact, Elizabeth was never addressed as "Princess" after the death of her mother, Anne Boleyn, in her early childhood. She was only formally titled "Lady Elizabeth." Henry VIII stripped both of his daughters of their royal titles as a public display of their illegitimacy.
Elizabeth is shown washing her face with water. In 16th-century England, water was considered dangerously unhealthy and almost never used for washing the body. Elizabeth would have "bathed" by rubbing her face with a dry cloth.
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I do not like wars. They have uncertain outcomes.
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I have no desire to make windows into men's souls.
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Tonight I think I die.
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This is the Lord's doing. And it is marvelous in our eyes.
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Each of you must vote according to your conscience. But remember this. In your hands, upon this moment, lies the future happiness of my people, and the peace of this realm. Let that be upon your conscience also.
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A man will confess to anything...under torture.
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There will be no more talk of marriage.
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The marriage of a Queen, Excellency, is born of politics, not childish passion.
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Aye, but marry who, your grace? Would you give me some suggestion? For some say France and others Spain, and some cannot abide foreigners at all. So I am not sure how best to please you unless I married one of each.
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Observe, Lord Burghley, I am married... to England.
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Kat... I have become a virgin.
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I do not think you should lecture me on that my lord, since you yourself have been twice divorced. And are now upon your third wife.
| | Elizabeth (1998) Movie Clip |
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| | Appears in: | | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | | Date(s): | | 2007 | | Award(s): |
Cate Blanchett was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film, Elizabeth: The Golden Age. She is the first ever female actor to receive another Academy Award nomination for the reprisal of the same role. Blanchett also received nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, and the Critic's Choice Award for Best Actress in a leading role, she was also nominated for a SAG Award and was also nominated for a BAFTA award including Actress in a Leading Role.
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In 1558, Philip II of Spain’s second wife, Mary I of England – “Bloody” Mary – died. They had wed in July 1554, a year after Mary’s accession to the English throne, but the English Parliament had refused to crown him jointly with Mary so he had little power in England. On Mary’s death he had then tried unsuccessfully to persuade her sister and successor, Elizabeth, to marry him, but she would not agree.
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The life of Elizabeth the first, after her succesion to the throne of England.
| | Age/Occupation: | The Queen of England
The Supreme Governor of the English Protestant church | | Personality type: |
| | Signature look: | High hairline, pale face, swept up curly hair and big ruffled collars | | Resides: | England | Character connections:
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In the film, Elizabeth's potential suitors included Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible and Eric XIV of Sweden. Both monarchs were already deceased (Ivan in 1584, Eric in 1577) at the time the film was set (1585). And even if Ivan were still alive, at that period it would have been very unlikely that an Orthodox ruler would marry a Protestant queen. Furthermore, Charles II of Austria would have been 45 at the time the film is set, rather than a mere boy, and was already married with eleven children.
When the priest is replying to a letter from Mary Of Scots he uses a modern quill pen with a ball point tip.
Elizabeth's jewelery was made by Erickson Beamon of Belgravia and her plumed hats were designed by Christian Dior's milliner, Stephen Jones.
Director Shekhar Kapur filmed Elizabeth's personal time (bathing, bedroom) in circular sets to reflect the infinite questioning of her mind, aspiring to a different kind of freedom and exploration. In contrast, he filmed Elizabeth's professional moments (throne room, etc.) in rectangular rooms that enclosed her where you could see straight walls and corners.
When Elizabeth is shown her suitors, Christopher Hatton stands next to a table with a model of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on it. |
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| | Character name: | Jude Quinn
| | Appears in: | Im Not There
| | Date(s): | | 2007 | | Award(s): | - Central Ohio Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress
- Chicago Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globe Awards, Best Supporting Actress
- Independent Spirit Awards, Robert Altman Award and Best Supporting Actress
- Las Vegas Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress
- New York Film Critics Online, Best Supporting Actress
- National Society of Film Critics, Best Supporting Actress
- Nilsson Awards for Film, Best Supporting Actress
- Venice Film Festival, CinemAvvenire Award - Best Film
- Volpi Cup, Best Actress
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Cate Blanchett's character, Jude Quinn is basically the representation of the Life of Bob Dylan during circa 1965 opening to the scene where he was on tour walking to the stage about to perform a concert.
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The Many Lives of Bob Dylan
| | Age/Occupation: | Rockstar | | Personality type: |
| | Signature look: | Curly bushy hair, dark sunglasses, fitted tops | | Resides: |
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- The Two Towers
- Return of The King | | Date(s): | | 2001, 2002, 2003 | | Award(s): | The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Won FFCC Award Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett
Tied with Bandits (2001), The Man Who Cried (2000) and The Shipping News (2001).
2001 NBR Award Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett, Also for The Shipping News (2001) and The Man Who Cried (2000).
2002 Won PFCS Award Best Acting Ensemble
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2003 OFCS Award Best Ensemble
2003 PFCS Award Best Acting Ensemble
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2004 Won Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble
2003 NBR Award Best Acting by an Ensemble
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Lady Galadriel, born of a royal heritage of the Elven race, from Finarfin of Noldor and of Eärwen of the Teleri, was born in Valinor. She is known by many names as The Lady of Lórien, The Lady of the Galadhrim, Lady of Light or The Lady of the Wood.
A Member of the White Council, which included the Istari (Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast), Elron, Cirdan and others. The council met for the first time in th 2463rd Age. From the very beginning, she did not trust Saruman to lead the Council and had preferred Gandalf instead.
She welcomed the Fellowship of the Ring when they went through Lorien, tested each of them by promising what they most desire if they would abandon their quest.
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| | Character name: | Katherine Hepburn
| | Appears in: | The Aviator
| | Date(s): | 2004
| | Award(s): | 2005 Oscar Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Cate Blanchett
2005 BAFTA Film Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Cate Blanchett
2005 COFCA Award, Actor of the Year Cate Blanchett, Also for Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
2005 Won Best Supporting Actress, Cate Blanchett
2005 Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Sierra Award, Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett Also for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
2005 OFCS Award, Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett
2005 SAGA, Actor Award, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett
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 | | Character name: | | Sheba Hart | | Appears in: | | Notes on a Scandal | | Date(s): | | 2006 | | Award(s): | 2006 Won DFWFCA Award, Best Supporting Actress, Cate Blanchett
2006 Won FFCC Award, Best Supporting Actress, Cate Blanchett
2006 Won PFCS Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Cate Blanchett
2008 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
Cate Blanchett, Also for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and The Good German (2006).
2006 Won TFCA Award Best Supporting Performance, Female
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2007 Won VFCC Award Best Supporting Actress
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- 2009 Nominated SAGA Actor Award, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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