Acting · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Born May 14, 1969
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).
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2027
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2026
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2025
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2021
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TVWhat If...?
2021
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2021
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2021
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2020
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2020
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2020
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2020
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2020
as Cate
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2020
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2020
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2019
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2019
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2019
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MovieWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
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2019
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2019
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2018
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2018
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2018
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2018
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2018
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2018
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2017
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2015
as Mary Mapes
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2014
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2014
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2014
as Valka (voice)
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2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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2014
as Claire Simone
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2014
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2013
as Galadriel
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2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMaking a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
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2013
as Gail Lang
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2013
as Jasmine
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2013
as Narrator - Haiti (voice)
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2012
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2010
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2008
as Daisy Fuller
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2008
as Irina Spalko
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2007
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2007
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2007
as Elizabeth I, Queen of England
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2006
as Sheba Hart
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2006
as Lena Brandt
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2006
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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1999
as Meredith Logue
TVThe Early Show
1999
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1999
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MovieEyes Wide Shut
1999
as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
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1999
as Connie Falzone
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
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1999
as Lady Gertrude Chiltern
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1998
as Elizabeth I
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1998
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1997
as Lucinda Leplastrier
MovieThank God He Met Lizzie
1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1996
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1995
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TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
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TVHeartland
1994
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1994
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TVGMTV
1993
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TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
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1991
as Mrs Haines
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Elaine Wolff (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
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1981
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TVAACTA Awards
1976
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TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
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TVThe Oscars
1953
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TVToday
1952
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TVThe Emmy Awards
1949
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TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
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