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Blanchett film debut was as an Australian nurse captured by the Japanese in the prisoner of war production of Paradise Road directed by Bruce Beresford, that co-starred Glenn Close and Frances McDormand.

Blanchett is perhaps best known for her role as Elizabeth I, Queen of England in the 1998 movie Elizabeth. This role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, losing to Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love. Blanchett later won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for playing Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. This made Blanchett the first person ever to garner an Academy Award for playing a previous Oscar-winning actor/actress.

Already an acclaimed actress, Blanchett received a host of new fans when she appeared in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies. She played the role of the High Elf Queen Galadriel in all three films.

Her husband is playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton, whom she met in 1996 while she was performing in a production of The Seagull. The two were married on December 29, 1997. Their first child, son Dashiell John, was born on December 3, 2001; their second child, son Roman Robert, was born on April 23, 2004.

Public Name: Cate Blanchett
Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
Birth Date: May 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia

Filmography

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008 
• Indiana Jones 4 (2008)
• The Golden Age, 2007 
• I'm Not There, 2007 
• Notes on a Scandal, 2006
• The Good German, 2006
• Babel, 2006
• Little Fish, 2005
• Stories of Lost Souls, 2005
• The Aviator, 2004
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004
• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003
• The Missing, 2003
• Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003
• Veronica Guerin, 2003
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002
• Heaven, 2002
• The Shipping News, 2001
• Charlotte Gray, 2001
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
• Bandits, 2001
• The Gift, 2000
• The Man Who Cried, 2000
• The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999
• Pushing Tin, 1999
• An Ideal Husband, 1999
• Bangers, 1999
• Elizabeth, 1998
• Oscar and Lucinda, 1997
• Thank God He Met Lizzie, 1997
• Paradise Road, 1997
• Parklands, 1996
• "Bordertown", 1995 (mini) TV Series
• Police Rescue, 1994
• "Heartland", 1994 (mini) TV Series
• "Police Rescue", 1993 TV Episode
• "G.P.", 1989 TV Series

Awards

• British Academy Film Award Best Supporting Actress "The Aviator" 2005
• Oscar Best Supporting Actress "The Aviator" 2005
• Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role "The Aviator" 2005
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actress "The Shipping News", "Bandits" and "The Man Who Cried" 2001
• National Board of Review Award Best Supporting Actress "The Man Who Cried", "The Shipping News" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings" 2001
• BAFTA Award Best Actress "Elizabeth" 1999
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actress "Elizabeth" 1998
• Chicago Film Critics Award Best Actress "Elizabeth" 1998
• Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Elizabeth" 1998
• Golden Satellite Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Elizabeth" 1998
• Online Film Critics Society Award Best Actress "Elizabeth" 1998
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award Best Actress "Elizabeth" 1998
• Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actress "Thank God He Met Lizzie" 1997
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best Supporting Actress "Thank God He Met Lizzie" 1997
• Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Rosemount Award for Best Actress "Oleanna" 1993
• Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Best Newcomer "Kafka Dances" 1992