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BIOGRAPHY
Catherine Elise Blanchett was born on May
14, 1969, in Melbourne, Australia. With an
Aussie mother and a Texan father, she was
exposed to a range of cultures. When Cate
was merely 10 years old, her father passed
away, leaving her mother to take care of not
only Cate, but also a younger sister and
older brother. Her first taste of acting came
when she joined a drama group at her
Methodist College, playing small roles in
small time plays.
At the University of Melbourne, Blanchett
began studying art history before she
decided to continue her education abroad.
After spending some time in England, she
did some traveling in Egypt, where she was
asked to be an extra in a boxing movie
being shot nearby.
cate blanchett studies acting
After gaining a new perspective during her
travels, Blanchett enrolled and was
accepted to an exclusive dramatic arts
school in Sydney, Australia: the National
Institute of Dramatic Art. She finally found
her niche and excelled, graduating with
much promise. One of her first big breaks
arrived when she appeared with fellow
Aussie Geoffrey Rush in a Sydney theater
production, Oleanna, for which she picked
up the Best Actress Rosemount Award from
the Sydney Theater Critics Circle.
She began to dominate the Australian
theater and television scene (she appeared
on the Australian Broadcasting
Commission's Heartland), and won Best
Supporting Actress awards from the
Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics
Circle of Australia, both for her role in 1997's
Thank God He Met Lizzie. That same year,
interest poured in from the U.S. when she
starred as half of Oscar and Lucinda, along
with Ralph Fiennes.
a golden performance
It took only one year for Blanchett to see her
world change completely. She was cast as
Queen Elizabeth I in 1998's Elizabeth, which
garnered incredible critical praise. Her role
as the British monarch was awarded with
the Best Actress title by The Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, as well as by the
Broadcast Film Critics Association, Chicago
Film Critics, and the Online Film Critics
Society, to name but a few. Her brilliant
work was also recognized by the Screen
Actors Guild and at the Oscars, with Best
Actress nominations (she lost to Gwyneth
Paltrow at both ceremonies, for her work in
another period piece, Shakespeare in
Love). With one amazing undertaking,
Blanchett transformed into a great leading
lady.
Projects began to roll in from all over after
Elizabeth; 1999 saw the release of Pushing
Tin with Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina
Jolie, the romantic comedy An Ideal
Husband, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. The
whirlwind continued in 2000 with The Gift,
costarring Katie Holmes, and The Man Who
Cried, followed by Bandits, Charlotte Gray
and The Shipping News in 2001. Her fan
base grew as people began to witness
Blanchett's chameleon-like qualities.
"ringing" in success
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring was released during the 2001
holiday season, and proved to be a hit
among avid Tolkien fans and nonfans alike.
Blanchett, as the Elf Queen Galadriel,
enchanted all, and she reprized her role in
the next two chapters of the trilogy, The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King. 2002's Heaven with Giovanni
Ribisi, and 2003's Veronica Guerin, Coffee
and Cigarettes, and The Missing continued
to pad her image as a wonderful actress.
cate blanchett wins an oscar
In 2004, Cate portrayed Katharine Hepburn
alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The
Aviator. Her incredible performance was
rewarded with a Best Supporting Actress
award at the 2005 Academy Awards
ceremony.
In every movie on her resume, Blanchett
has contributed something new to the acting
world, and with her refreshing take on the
business, we can't wait to be impressed by
yet another one of her roles. Married to film
editor and screenwriter Andrew Upton since
1997, Blanchett gave birth to her first son,
Dashiell John, in 2001, and her second,
Roman Robert, in 2004. Cate Blanchett next
added Little Fish (2005) to her filmography
along with The Life Aquatic, starring Bill
Murray and Owen Wilson, that same year.
In 2006, Cate was nominated for another
Golden Globe award for Best Supporting
Actress in her role as a teacher who gets
romantically involved with one of her much
younger students in the film Notes on a
Scandal (2006). That same year, she also
played Bob Dylan, of all people, in the film
I'm Not There.
Catherine Elise Blanchett was born on May
14, 1969, in Melbourne, Australia. With an
Aussie mother and a Texan father, she was
exposed to a range of cultures. When Cate
was merely 10 years old, her father passed
away, leaving her mother to take care of not
only Cate, but also a younger sister and
older brother. Her first taste of acting came
when she joined a drama group at her
Methodist College, playing small roles in
small time plays.
At the University of Melbourne, Blanchett
began studying art history before she
decided to continue her education abroad.
After spending some time in England, she
did some traveling in Egypt, where she was
asked to be an extra in a boxing movie
being shot nearby.
cate blanchett studies acting
After gaining a new perspective during her
travels, Blanchett enrolled and was
accepted to an exclusive dramatic arts
school in Sydney, Australia: the National
Institute of Dramatic Art. She finally found
her niche and excelled, graduating with
much promise. One of her first big breaks
arrived when she appeared with fellow
Aussie Geoffrey Rush in a Sydney theater
production, Oleanna, for which she picked
up the Best Actress Rosemount Award from
the Sydney Theater Critics Circle.
She began to dominate the Australian
theater and television scene (she appeared
on the Australian Broadcasting
Commission's Heartland), and won Best
Supporting Actress awards from the
Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics
Circle of Australia, both for her role in 1997's
Thank God He Met Lizzie. That same year,
interest poured in from the U.S. when she
starred as half of Oscar and Lucinda, along
with Ralph Fiennes.
a golden performance
It took only one year for Blanchett to see her
world change completely. She was cast as
Queen Elizabeth I in 1998's Elizabeth, which
garnered incredible critical praise. Her role
as the British monarch was awarded with
the Best Actress title by The Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, as well as by the
Broadcast Film Critics Association, Chicago
Film Critics, and the Online Film Critics
Society, to name but a few. Her brilliant
work was also recognized by the Screen
Actors Guild and at the Oscars, with Best
Actress nominations (she lost to Gwyneth
Paltrow at both ceremonies, for her work in
another period piece, Shakespeare in
Love). With one amazing undertaking,
Blanchett transformed into a great leading
lady.
Projects began to roll in from all over after
Elizabeth; 1999 saw the release of Pushing
Tin with Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina
Jolie, the romantic comedy An Ideal
Husband, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. The
whirlwind continued in 2000 with The Gift,
costarring Katie Holmes, and The Man Who
Cried, followed by Bandits, Charlotte Gray
and The Shipping News in 2001. Her fan
base grew as people began to witness
Blanchett's chameleon-like qualities.
"ringing" in success
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring was released during the 2001
holiday season, and proved to be a hit
among avid Tolkien fans and nonfans alike.
Blanchett, as the Elf Queen Galadriel,
enchanted all, and she reprized her role in
the next two chapters of the trilogy, The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King. 2002's Heaven with Giovanni
Ribisi, and 2003's Veronica Guerin, Coffee
and Cigarettes, and The Missing continued
to pad her image as a wonderful actress.
cate blanchett wins an oscar
In 2004, Cate portrayed Katharine Hepburn
alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The
Aviator. Her incredible performance was
rewarded with a Best Supporting Actress
award at the 2005 Academy Awards
ceremony.
In every movie on her resume, Blanchett
has contributed something new to the acting
world, and with her refreshing take on the
business, we can't wait to be impressed by
yet another one of her roles. Married to film
editor and screenwriter Andrew Upton since
1997, Blanchett gave birth to her first son,
Dashiell John, in 2001, and her second,
Roman Robert, in 2004. Cate Blanchett next
added Little Fish (2005) to her filmography
along with The Life Aquatic, starring Bill
Murray and Owen Wilson, that same year.
In 2006, Cate was nominated for another
Golden Globe award for Best Supporting
Actress in her role as a teacher who gets
romantically involved with one of her much
younger students in the film Notes on a
Scandal (2006). That same year, she also
played Bob Dylan, of all people, in the film
I'm Not There.
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