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"The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping
and I`d think, "How can you do that?"
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Catherine Élise Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 at the suburban of Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Australia, to June and Robert Blanchett.
FAMILY: Her mother, June Blanchett, is an Australian native while her father, Robert "Bob" Blanchett, was from Texas, USA. --- June was a former schoolteacher and a property developer. Her father, was a United States Navy Petty Officer who ended up meeting June after he was stationed in Melbourne when his ship broke down. Robert Blanchett stayed in Australia and put himself thru night school, and later on found a career as an advertising executive. At the age of 40, he died of a heart attack. Cate was only 10 years old when she lost her dad. --- June and Robert Blanchett has 3 kids. Their eldest son, is named Robert Blanchett Jr. (also nicknamed Bob), followed by Cate, and their youngest daughter, Genevive Amelie Blanchett.
Her mother is currently a businesswoman, Bob Blanchett Jr. is currently working in the I.T. industry as an Information Systems Engineer, and her younger sister, Genevieve is a succesful theatrical costume and set designer.
 EARLY LIFE: Cate Blanchett grew up in suburban Ivanhoe near the Yarra River. She went to Ivanhoe East Primary School and completed her secondary education at Methodist Ladies College (MLC), which is is an independent, day and boarding school for girls, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. MLC is where she explored her passion for films and putting on performances for her friends. She had studied Economics and Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne before traveling overseas.
At the age of 18, while she was on a holiday in Egypt, a fellow guest at a cheap hotel in Cairo asked if she wanted to be an extra in a movie, and the next day she found herself in a crowd scene cheering for an American boxer losing to an Egyptian in the film Kaboria, starring the late Egyptian actor Ahmed Zaki.
Blanchett got her first real taste for acting after appearing in Kris Hemensley’s “European Features.” On a whim, she went back to Australia and auditioned to get in the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), which is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television. After getting accepted, she then moved to Sydney, and had studied there from 1990 until 1992. After graduating, she launched herself into theatre arts.
ACTING CAREER: Although Blanchett left drama school with a solid reputation as "gifted" in the field of acting, she was by no means the hot go-to actress. In 1993, she generated waves with her win for Best Newcomer at Sydney’s equivalent for the Tony Award with her graceful turn in “Kafka Dances.” That same year, she went on to earn accolades, as well as another award win – this time for Best Actress – for her turn as a female college student who brings charges of sexual harassment against her professor (Geoffrey Rush) in David Mamet's electric play "Oleanna" (1993).
She later added the Shakespearean roles of Ophelia and Miranda to her credits, before playing Nina in Anton Chekhov’s "The Seagull" in Australia in 1997.
Blanchett made her London stage debut in 1999 with a revival of David Hare's "Plenty,” playing protagonist Susan Traherne, whose life post-World War II is trapped in a permanent state of ineffectual dissent against the ensuing peace. Reviews on the play were scathing against both the play and Blanchett’s performance. Even years later, Blanchett refused to read another review of her work.
Blanchett shortly made her film debut in the short "Parklands" (1996), but soon landed her first feature role as one of the females interned in a Japanese camp in Bruce Beresford's WWII-era drama "Paradise Road" (1997). She further garnered attention – and the 1997 Australian Film Institute Best Supporting Actress Award – as one leg of a romantic triangle (completed by Richard Roxburgh and Frances O'Connor) in the darkly comic "Thank God He Met Lizzie" (1997).
Her rising star status was confirmed when she landed the leading role of the Tudor monarch in the biopic "Elizabeth.” Holding her own in a cast that included Geoffrey Rush, Richard Attenborough, Joseph Fiennes and Christopher Eccleston, Blanchett delivered a brilliant turn as the young woman who grows into the stature of her office. By turns an emotional girl and a driven women, her Elizabeth was a multi-dimensional creation that earned numerous accolades including an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. After carrying a major film, it perhaps came as a bit of a surprise that her follow-up roles were predominantly supporting ones – such as with Blanchett exhibiting her comic side, replete with a New Jersey accent as the wife of air traffic controller John Cusack in "Pushing Tin" (1999).
Later that same year, she was back in period clothes, first as the wife of a titled man being blackmailed in Oliver Parker's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband;” then as Meredith, a character created especially for the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley," a 1950s-era drama about a slick American (Matt Damon) who plots to kill a playboy (Jude Law) in order to assume his identity in Anthony Minghella's adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel.
Blanchett continued to alternate between showy supporting roles and strong leads. She demonstrated her chameleonic abilities essaying a Southern widow with psychic abilities in the gothic thriller "The Gift" (2000), and on the heels of that film, was terrific as a gold-digging Russian chorus girl in "The Man Who Cried" (2001). The former was co-written by her "Pushing Tin" co-star Billy Bob Thornton, who based Blanchett’s character on his own mother. The actress remained busy and consistently employed, reuniting with Thornton in the comedy "Bandits," followed by a turn as Kevin Spacey's ex-wife in "The Shipping News” and the titular role in "Charlotte Gray" (all 2001).
Meanwhile, Blanchett had a small, but significant part as the elf queen Galadriel in the epic "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy: "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), "The Two Towers" (2002) and "The Return of the King" (2003). Additionally, she acted opposite her "The Gift" co-star Giovanni Ribisi in "Heaven" (2002), Tom Tykwer's English-language debut. Blanchett received rave reviews for her turn as the real-life crusading Irish journalist whose life is endangered by criminal elements when she pursues her mob investigation too far in "Veronica Geurin" (2003).
In 2004, she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards for her dual performance as "herself" and a jealous relative in Jim Jarmousch's anthological riff, "Coffee & Cigarettes.” Blanchett – who Leonardo DiCaprio at that time referred to as "the female Daniel Day-Lewis" for her chameleon-like qualities – tackled two wildly different roles in 2004.
First, she played a pregnant female journalist caught in an off-kilter romantic triangle between an undersea explorer (Bill Murray) and his possible son (Owen Wilson) in Wes Anderson's comedy "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.", then she captured the coltish, often haughty charisma and unforgettable New England cadences of Hollywood superstar Katharine Hepburn – one of Howard Hughes' (DiCaprio) more serious paramours in director Martin Scorsese's impressive Hughes biopic, "The Aviator."
Blanchett was widely recognized for her performance and earned several awards for Best Supporting Actress, including, at last, the Academy Award. Blanchett's victory gave her the unique distinction of becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for playing an Oscar-winning actress.
Blanchett was little-seen on the big screen for most of 2005, though she did star in the Australian-made thriller “Little Fish,” playing a recovering drug addict trying to get her life back in order when a criminal kingpin (Sam Neill) forces her to confront her greatest fear. She next starred in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s complex “Babel” (2006), a dense and heartbreaking look at confusion, fear and the depths of love. Set on different continents – Asia, Africa and North America – “Babel” told three separate stories brought together by a single random act of violence. Blanchett played an American tourist traveling with her husband (Brad Pitt) in Morocco when a stray bullet from a rifle crashes through their bus window, seriously wounding her and touching off a series of events – including the couple’s Mexican housekeeper (Adriana Barraza) trying to cross the border, a neglected Japanese girl (Rinko Kikuchi) scouring Japan for love in all the wrong places, and two Moroccan boys (Said Tarchani and Boubker Ait El Caid) dealing with their culpability in the shooting – that underscore the fear and confusion brought about by the failure to communicate.
She next starred in “The Good German” (2006), playing the former lover of a U.S. Army war correspondent (George Clooney) in post-war Berlin who is trying to escape the war’s aftermath – and her own dark past – before being discovered. Blanchett next co-starred in “Notes on a Scandal” (2006), playing an attractive new art teacher at a London high school engaging in an illicit affair with a 15-year-old student (Andrew Simpson) whose secret is guarded by the school’s obsessively voyeuristic history teacher (Judi Dench), a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture. Though she lost out to newcomer Jennifer Hudson, Blanchett was given a shot at redemption by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2007, Blanchett returned to familiar territory with “The Golden Age,” Shekhar Kapur’s sequel to “Elizabeth” that focused on the Virgin Queen’s relationship with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Even more impressive, Blanchett – obviously a woman – essayed singer/songwriter legend, Bob Dylan in the unique film chronicling Dylan's life, "I'm Not Here." So impressive was she by morphing into a man – and a quirky man, at that – that she won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, paving the way to an Oscar nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the 80th Academy Awards. Meanwhile, her second go-round as Queen Elizabeth earned Blanchett another Oscar nod that year, this time for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. --- At the same year, Blanchett was also named as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World and also one of the most successful actresses by Forbes magazine.
She was next seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as the villainous Russian Agent Irina Spalko, and will appear in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, both of which are 2008 films.
PRIVATE/PERSONAL LIFE
Blanchett and her husband commenced three-year contracts as artistic co-directors of the Sydney Theatre Company in January 2008. Their contracts include a clause that will allow either of them to take three months out of each year to pursue other activities. Blanchett made her stage directing debut in 2007 when she directed the play Blackbird for the Sydney Theatre Company. The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. (The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is one of Australias most well-known and notable theatre companies operating from the Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House.)
On 26 February 2008, she was named as a member of the panel that will select participants for Kevin Rudd's 2020 Summit of the best and brightest Australians. Controversially, Blanchett was the only woman on the ten-member panel.
Blanchett's husband is playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton, whom she met in 1996 while she was performing in a production of The Seagull. It was not love at first sight, however; "He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant", Blanchett later remarked. "It just shows you how wrong you can be, but once he kissed me that was that." They were married on 29 December 1997, and have three sons, Dashiell John (born 3 December 2001), Roman Robert (born 23 April 2004) and Ignatius Martin (born 13 April 2008).
After making Brighton, England their main family home for much of the early 2000s, she and her husband returned to their native Australia. In November 2006, Blanchett stated that this was due to a desire to decide on a permanent home for her children, and to be closer to her family as well as a sense of belonging to the Australian (theatrical) community. She and her family live in "Bulwarra", an 1877 sandstone mansion in the harbourside Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill. It was purchased for $10.2 million Australian dollars in 2004 and underwent extensive renovations in 2007 in order to be made more "eco-friendly".
In 2006, a portrait of Cate Blanchett and family painted by McLean Edwards was a finalist in the Archibald Prize, which is awarded the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics".
Blanchett is a Patron of the Sydney Film Festival. She works as the face of SK-II, the luxury skin care brand owned by Procter & Gamble. In 2007, Blanchett became the ambassador for the Australian Conservation Foundation's online campaign www.whoonearthcares.com — trying to persuade Australians to express their concerns about climate change. She is also the Patron of the development charity SolarAid. Opening the 2008 9th World Congress of Metropolis in Sydney, Blanchett said: "The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different."
In the beginning of 2009, Blanchett appeared in a series of special edition postage stamps called "Legends of the Screen", featuring Australian actors. She, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, and Nicole Kidman each appear twice in the series: once as themselves and once as their Academy Award-winning character.
 There`s this sense that of course you want to be famous. When you`re a performer, of course you want an audience, but it`s very, very different from courting fame.  Cate Blanchett
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| Cate Blanchett's Career Highlights | | |
| | Non-acting careers: | None, Cate Blanchett had worked in the Theatre prior to becoming a film actress. | | Big break: | Elizabeth (1998)
| | Defining characters: | Queen Elizabeth I, Galadriel, Col. Dr. Irina Spalko, Daisy | | Best movies: | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I'm Not There
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Babel
The Aviator
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Elizabeth
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| | Year | Play | Role | | Pre-1992 | The Odyssey of Runyon Jones | Unknown |
| They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? | Director | | 1992 | Electra | Electra | | 1992/1993 | Top Girls | Unknown | | 1993 | Oleanna | Carol | | 1994 | Hamlet | Ophelia | | 1995 | Sweet Phoebe | Helen |
| The Tempest | Miranda |
| The Blind Giant is Dancing | Rose Draper | | 1997 | The Seagull a.k.a. The Seagull in Harry Hills | Nina | | 1999 | Plenty | Susan Traherne |
| The Vagina Monologues | Unknown | | 2004 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | | 2009 | The War of the Roses Cycle | Richard II, Lady Anne |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | | | Endorsements: | SK-II, SolarAid |
Other notable appearances/credits:
Video Special Features
This Is an Adventure (2005) - A video documentary included in the 2 Disc Special Edition DVD for the movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
A Life Without Limits: The Making of 'The Aviator' (2005) - Special Bonus Feature DVD
New Frontiers: Making 'The Missing' (2004) - Special Bonus Feature DVD
Scene 71 Filmmakers Workshop (2003)
Inside 'Bandits' (2002) - Special Bonus Feature DVD
The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) - Bonus Feature DVD Special Edition
Reflections on 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000)
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1999)
The Making of 'Elizabeth' (1998)
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Top Awards: |
 For the movie Im Not There (2007)
Cate Blanchett played the role of Jude Quinn (Bob Dylan)
and received the following awards:
COFCA Award, 2 Golden Globes, Robert Altman, NSFC Award, CFC Award, Independent Spirit Award and the Volpi Cup Award
 
For the Movie Elizabeth (1998)
and Elizabeth: the Golden Age (2007)
Cate Blanchett played the role of Queen Elizabeth I
and had received the following awards:
Sant Jordi Award, BAFTA, BFCA Critics Choice Award, CFCA Award, a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award
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Television Apperances: | | "Access Hollywood" - Episode dated 26 December 2008 | "Movie Rush" (2006) TV series | | "Entertainment Tonight" (17 episodes, 2003-2008) | "The Bigger Picture" (1 episode, 2005) | | "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (5 episodes, 2003-2008) | ... aka Graham Norton's Bigger Picture (UK: new title) | | "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (2 episodes, 2005-2008) | ... aka The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton (USA: long title) | | Achter de schermen bij 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' 2008 | "Enough Rope with Andrew Denton" (1 episode, 2005) | | "Seitenblicke" - Episode dated 20 May 2008 (2008) | "Wetten, dass..?" (1 episode, 2005) | | "Fantástico" - Episode dated 18 May 2008 (2008) | The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) Television - Winner: Best Supporting Actress/Presenter: Best Makeup | | "Grand journal de Canal+, Le" - - Episode dated 17 May 2008 (2008) | The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) Television (presenter: Best Female Lead) | | "Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work" .... Narrator (2 episodes, 2008) | The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2005) Television | | ... aka A Year with the Royal Family (Australia: new syndication title) | 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005) Television - Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Co-presenter: Film Clip from "The Aviator" | | - Inside the Firm (2008) (voice) .... Narrator | "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (1 episode, 2005) | | - The State Visit (2008) (voice) .... Narrator | The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) Television - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | | "Nyhetsmorgon" (2 episodes, 2001-2008) | Starz on the Set: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2005) Television | | - I'm Not There/Nyheter och väder (2008) | Reel Comedy: Life Aquatic (2005) Television | | - Sagan om Ringen äventyrets Början (2001) | "History vs. Hollywood" (1 episode, 2004) | | Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards | "Good Day Live" (1 episode, 2004) | | Golden Globes Announcement Special (2008) Television | The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) Television - Presenter | | The 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards (2008) Television | "Tinseltown TV" (1 episode, 2003) | | The 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards (2007) Television - Presenter | "Inside the Actors Studio" (1 episode, 2003) | | "Miradas 2" (2 episodes, 2007) | "God kveld Norge" (1 episode, 2003) | | "Cartelera" (1 episode, 2007) | "V Graham Norton" (1 episode, 2003) | | "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" (1 episode, 2007) | The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003) Television | | "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (3 episodes, 2004-2007) | "Cartaz Cultural" (2003) TV series | | - Episode dated 8 October 2007, 5 December 2006 and 16 Dember 2004 | "Bravo Profiles" (1 episode, 2002) | | "Corazón de..." (5 episodes, 2006-2007) | "Parkinson" (1 episode, 2002) | | - Episode dated 4 October 2007, 13 Feb 2007, 21 Sept 2006, 18 Jul 2006 and 24 May 2006 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2002) Television/nominee | | In the Company of Actors (2007) / Hedda Gabler | "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1 episode, 2002) | | "Cinema tres" (1 episode, 2007) | "Troldspejlet" (1 episode, 2001) | | ... aka Informatiu cinema (Spain: Catalan title) | ... aka Magic Mirror (International: English title: literal title) | | - Episode dated 31 March 2007 | - Troldspejlet special: Ringenes herre - Eventyret om ringen (2001) (also archive footage) | | The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) Television - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001) Television | | "Nit al dia, La" (1 episode, 2007) | Quest for the Ring (2001) Television / Galadriel | | "20 heures le journal" (1 episode, 2007) | Extreme Close-Up With... Bruce Willis - 'Bandits' | | "Breakfast" (1 episode, 2007) | National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings (2001) Television / Galadriel, Lady of the Galadhrim | | "Film '72" (2 episodes, 2004-2007) | The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2000) Television | | Live from the Red Carpet: The 2007 Golden Globe Awards (2007) Television | The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) Television - Co-Presenter: Live Action Short Film | | "Late Show with David Letterman" (2 episodes, 2004-2006) | "Drama School" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes) | | The 51st British Academy Film Awards (1999) Television | Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening (1999) Television |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) Television - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role | | |
| Cate Blanchett's Relationships | | |
 | Family:
Husband: Andrew Upton
Son: Dashiell John Upton. Born Dec. 6, 2001, Roman Robert Upton. Born April 23, 2004 Ignatius Martin Upton. Born April 13, 2008
Father: Robert Blanchett. American (from Texas); met Blanchett s mother while he was in the US Navy; died 1979
Mother: June Blanchett. Australian (Not included in the picture)
Brother: Robert Blanchett. Older brother
Sister: Genevieve Blanchett. Younger sister
| Romance(s): Andrew Upton
| | Frequent collaborator(s): Peter Jackson, Shekhar Kapur, Wes Anderson | Other affiliations: - SK-II Cosmetics
- Dirty Films Production Company
- Sydney Theatre Company (STC)
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- SolarAid
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| Cate Blanchett's Fun Facts | | |
 | | Fun Facts | - Back in 1998, Cate Blanchett spent three months with her hairline shaved and her brows and lashes bleached for the role of Queen Elizabeth I for the film Elizabeth.
- While growing up in sunny Australia, Cate Blanchett spent hours slathered in oil on her roof.
- Cate Blanchett donned prosthetic ears to play Galadriel, the elf queen, in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. "I did [the role] for my husband; he's obsessed by my ears," she told the AP.
- For her role as Bob Dylan in the biopic I'm Not There, Cate Blanchett told W, "I just strapped those breasts down and went for it."
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| Cate Blanchett's Awards & Honors | | |
Awards Won by Cate Blanchett:
| Year | Award | Category/Recipient(s) | 2005
| Oscar
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Aviator (2004) | 2005
| AFI Award | Best Lead Actress for: Little Fish (2005) | 2005
| News Limited Readers' Choice Award | Best Lead Actress for: Little Fish (2005) | | 1997 | AFI Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) | 2005
| BAFTA Film Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Aviator (2004) | 1999
| BAFTA Film Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Elizabeth (1998) | 2004
| Critics Choice Award
| Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Bernard Hill Ian Holm Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Noble Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Karl Urban Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 1999 | Critics Choice Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2008 | COFCA Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2005 | COFCA Award | Actor of the Year for: Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) Also for The Aviator (2004) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). | | 2007 | CFCA Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 1999 | CFCA Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2008 | Chlotrudis Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2002 | Audience Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Man Who Cried (2000) | | 1999 | Chlotrudis Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2006 | DFWFCA Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 1999 | Empire Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2005 | FCCA Award | Best Actress in a Lead Role for: Little Fish (2005) | | 1998 | FCCA Award | Best Supporting Actor - Female for: Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) | | 2006 | FFCC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2002 | FFCC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Man Who Cried (2000) Also for Bandits (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Shipping News (2001). | | 2002 | Golden Camera | Film - International for: Heaven (2002/I) | | 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 1999 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2006 | Best Ensemble Cast | for: Babel (2006) Shared with: Brad Pitt Gael García Bernal Kôji Yakusho Adriana Barraza Rinko Kikuchi Said Tarchani Boubker Ait El Caid | | 2005 | IF Award | Best Actress for: Little Fish (2005) | | 2008 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Female for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2008 | Robert Altman Award | for: I'm Not There. (2007) Shared with: Todd Haynes (director) Laura Rosenthal (casting director) Christian Bale Richard Gere Heath Ledger Ben Whishaw Marcus Carl Franklin Charlotte Gainsbourg Bruce Greenwood | | 2005 | KCFCC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2007 | Sierra Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2005 | Sierra Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Aviator (2004) Also for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). | | 1998 | Sierra Award | Most Promising Actor for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 1999 | ALFS Award | Actress of the Year for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2003 | NBR Award | Best Acting by an Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Bernard Hill Ian Holm Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Noble Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Karl Urban Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 2001 | NBR Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Man Who Cried (2000) Also for The Shipping News (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). | | 2008 | NSFC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2005 | OFCS Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2003 | OFCS Award | Best Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Shared with: Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 1999 | OFCS Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2007 | Ensemble Performance Award | for: Babel (2006) Shared with: Brad Pitt Adriana Barraza Rinko Kikuchi Gael García Bernal Kôji Yakusho Said Tarchani Boubker Ait El Caid | | 2006 | PFCS Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2003 | PFCS Award | Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Shared with: Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 2002 | PFCS Award | Best Acting Ensemble for: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Ian Holm Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood | | 2008 | Sant Jordi | Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Also for Notes on a Scandal (2006) and The Good German (2006). | | 1999 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2005 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2005 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Aviator (2004) Shared with: Alan Alda Alec Baldwin Kate Beckinsale Leonardo DiCaprio Ian Holm Danny Huston Jude Law John C. Reilly Gwen Stefani | | 2004 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Bernard Hill Ian Holm Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Noble Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Karl Urban Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 1999 | SEFCA Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2007 | TFCA Award | Best Supporting Performance, Female for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2006 | TFCA Award | Best Supporting Performance, Female for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 1998 | TFCA Award | Best Performance, Female for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 2007 | VFCC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | Volpi Cup | Best Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2004 | WAFCA Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Aviator (2004) |
| Cate Blanchetts' Nominations: | | Year | Award | Category/Recipient(s) | | 2009 | Critics Choice Award | Best Acting Ensemble for: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Shared with: Brad Pitt Tilda Swinton Taraji P. Henson Elias Koteas Julia Ormond Jason Flemming | | 2009 | Critics Choice Award | Best Actress for: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | | 2009 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Female Action Star | | 2009 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Shared with: Mahershalalhashbaz Ali Jason Flemyng Jared Harris Taraji P. Henson Elias Koteas Julia Ormond Brad Pitt Phyllis Somerville Tilda Swinton | | 2008 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie Villain for: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | | 2008 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2008 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2008 | International Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | BAFTA Film Award | Best Leading Actress for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | Critics Choice Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2008 | Empire Award | Best Actress for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | Audience Award | Best International Actress for: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | | 2008 | National Movie Award | Best Performance - Female for: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | | 2008 | OFCS Award | Best Supporting Actress for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2007 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | British Independent Film Award | Best Supporting Actor/Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | Critics Choice Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | OFCS Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2007 | Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for: I'm Not There. (2007) | | 2007 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: Babel (2006) Shared with: Adriana Barraza Gael García Bernal Rinko Kikuchi Brad Pitt Kôji Yakusho | | 2007 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2006 | CFCA Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2006 | Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Notes on a Scandal (2006) | | 2005 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2005 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: The Aviator (2004) Shared with: Alan Alda Alec Baldwin Kate Beckinsale Leonardo DiCaprio Ian Holm Danny Huston Jude Law John C. Reilly Gwen Stefani | | 2005 | Critics Choice Award | Best Acting Ensemble for: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Shared with: Bud Cort Willem Dafoe Michael Gambon Jeff Goldblum Anjelica Huston Bill Murray Noah Taylor Owen Wilson | | 2005 | Critics Choice Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2005 | Chlotrudis Award | Best Supporting Actress for: Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) | | 2005 | Empire Award | Best Actress for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2005 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: The Aviator (2004) | | 2005 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Female for: Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) | | 2004 | Saturn Award | Best Actress for: The Missing (2003/I) | | 2004 | Empire Award | Best Actress for: Veronica Guerin (2003) | | 2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Veronica Guerin (2003) | | 2004 | PFCS Award | Best Ensemble Acting for: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Bernard Hill Ian Holm Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Noble Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Karl Urban Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 2003 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Shared with: Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Brad Dourif Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen Miranda Otto John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving David Wenham Elijah Wood | | 2003 | WAFCA Award | Best Actress for: Veronica Guerin (2003) | | 2002 | AFI Film Award | AFI Featured Actor of the Year - Female – Movies for: Bandits (2001) | | 2002 | FFCC Award | Best Supporting Actress for: The Man Who Cried (2000) Also for Bandits (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Shipping News (2001). | | 2002 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for: Bandits (2001) | | 2002 | Sierra Award | Best Actress for: Charlotte Gray (2001) | | 2002 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Charlotte Gray (2001) |
| Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: Bandits (2001) | | 2002 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Shared with: Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Billy Boyd Ian Holm Christopher Lee Ian McKellen Dominic Monaghan Viggo Mortensen John Rhys-Davies Andy Serkis Liv Tyler Hugo Weaving Elijah Wood | | 2001 | Saturn Award | Best Actress for: The Gift (2000) | | 2001 | PFCS Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Gift (2000) | | 2000 | Golden Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical for: An Ideal Husband (1999) | | 2000 | Chlotrudis Award | Best Supporting Actress for: An Ideal Husband (1999) Also for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). | | 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | | 2000 | BAFTA Film Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | | 1999 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 1999 | FCCA Award | Best Actor - Female for: Oscar and Lucinda (1997) | | 1999 | MTV Movie Award | Best Breakthrough Female Performance for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 1999 | Actor | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Elizabeth (1998) | | 1998 | AFI Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Oscar and Lucinda (1997) |
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| Cate Blanchett's Upcoming Projects | | |
- The Dangerous Husband (2009) (in production) -- Unconfirmed, Rumored
- As Bees in Honey Drown (2009) (announced) -- Unconfirmed, Rumored
- North of Cheyenne (2009) (announced) -- Unconfirmed, Rumored
- Robin Hood (2010) (pre-production) -- Unconfirmed, Rumored .... Maid Marian
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (post-production) (voice) Mrs. Fox
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