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Claim
To Fame & Biography
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Known for: Australian
actress playing Queen Elizabeth I in
"Elizabeth" / The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring / The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King
Awards: Won Oscar. { The Aviator }
Another 35 wins & 30 nominations
Born: 14 May 1969, Australia (age 37)
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m) |
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Official Site and Fan Sites
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Official Site -
N/A
Fan Sites
Cate Blanchett~ A comprehensive page
dedicated to the beautiful actress. |
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Movie
Credits for Cate Blanchett
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In Development
Cancer Vixen: A True Story - Actress,
Executive Producer, Producer 2008
Films In Production (5
titles)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -
Daisy 2008 1,077 Pre-production $200M
The Golden Age - Queen Elizabeth I 2007
1,687 Post-production
I'm Not There - Actress 2007 395
Post-production
Notes on a Scandal - Sheba Hart 2006
2,064 Completed
The Good German - Lena Brandt 2006 499
Completed
Past Films & Videos (27
titles)
Babel - Susan 2006
Little Fish - Tracy 2005
Stories of Lost Souls - Julie-Anne
(segment Bangers), Producer (segment
"Bangers") 2005
The Aviator - Katharine Hepburn 2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou -
Jane Winslett-Richardson 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King - Galadriel 2003
The Missing - Maggie Gilkeson 2003
Coffee and Cigarettes - Cate/Shelly
(segment "Cousins") 2003
Veronica Guerin - Veronica Guerin 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers -
Galadriel 2002
Heaven - Philippa 2002
The Shipping News - Petal 2001
Charlotte Gray - Charlotte Gray 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring - Galadriel 2001
Bandits - Kate Wheeler 2001
The Gift - Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson 2000
The Man Who Cried - Lola 2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley - Meredith Logue
1999
Pushing Tin - Connie Falzone 1999
An Ideal Husband - Lady Gertrude
Chiltern 1999
Bangers (short) - Julie-Anne, Producer
1999
Elizabeth - Elizabeth I 1998
Oscar and Lucinda - Lucinda Leplastrier
1997
Thank God He Met Lizzie - Lizzie 1997
Paradise Road - Susan Macarthy 1997
Parklands - Rosie 1996
Police Rescue - Vivian 1994 |
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Representation
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RGM Associates - Talent Agencyycyy
Creative Artists Agency (I) - Talent Agency |
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Fun facts & Trivia
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She was the first person to win the
Critics Circle Theatre award for Best
Newcomer and Lead Actress in the same
year. One of the performances which won
her this award was for her role in David
Mamet's Oleanna, opposite Shine star
Geoffrey Rush.
Has an older brother named Bob who works
in the computer field, and a younger
sister, Genevieve who is a theater
designer.
When she was 18, Cate was on vacation 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 who was losing to
an Egyptian. She dreaded the experience
and walked off from the movie.
Attended Methodist Ladies College (MLC)
in Melbourne, Australia and was the
School Drama Captain.
Her father, a Texan ad executive, died
of a heart attack when she was ten years
old.
After completing work on the Lord of the
Rings trilogy in the role of Galadriel,
she kept and bronzed her elf ear
prosthetics.
Was considered for the role of Clarice
Starling in Hannibal. The part
eventually went to Julianne Moore.
Son, Dashiell John Upton, born December
2001. He was named after the author of
classic crime novel The Maltese Falcon,
Dashiell Hammett.
In an interview she gave to Fox
Television Network, she admitted
blushingly that she had accepted the
role of Galadriel, the Elf Queen, in The
Lord of the Rings trilogy because she
always wanted to appear in a movie
wearing pointed ears.
Enjoys making lists and crossing items
off as she accomplishes them.
Chosen as one of People Magazine's "50
Most Beautiful." [1999]
Children: Dashiell John, born on
December 3, 2001 in London, England;
Roman Robert, born on April 23, 2004
Has been in 5 movies where the title
contains the name of the character she
plays: Veronica Guerin, Charlotte Gray,
Elizabeth, Thank God He Met Lizzie, and
Oscar and Lucinda. [March 2004]
Was originally going to play the role of
Anna in Mike Nichols's latest film
Closer, but due to her second pregnancy
she had to drop out, so it was recast
with Julia Roberts instead.
Second son, Roman Robert, with Andrew
Upton, born 23 April 2004 in London,
England.
Was the original 'Tim-Tam' girl in the
series of commercials promoting the
product.
September 2004: Flew back home to
Melbourne, Australia to launch the
skincare range from SK-II at Australia's
leading department store Myer.
Was set to play Portia in Michael
Radford's adaptation of William
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice,
thus re-uniting with actor Joseph
Fiennes, her co-star from the
blockbuster Elizabeth, but had to drop
out after discovering her pregnancy.
This also would have reunited her with
'Ian McKellen, with whom she appeared in
'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, who
would have played Shylock. He too
ultimately left the project.
By winning the Oscar for her portrayal
of Katharine Hepburn, she became the
first person to give an Oscar-winning
portrayal of a previous Oscar winner. |
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Quotes - Cate Blanchett |
"If you know you are going to fail,
then fail gloriously!"
When asked what colour her hair is:
"Look, it's one of the great
mysteries of the world, I cannot
answer that question. I think I'm
vaguely blonde. To be perfectly
frank, I don't know."
When asked if she has ever appeared
in Neighbours: "Absolutely not. I'm
an actress."
On the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy"
"I had never done anything with blue
screen before, or prosthetics, or
anything like that. "Lord of the
Rings" was like stepping into a
videogame for me. It was another
world completely. But, to be honest,
I basically did it so that I could
have the ears. I thought they would
really work with my bare head."
"If I had my way, if I was lucky
enough, if I could be on the brink
my entire life - that great sense of
expectation and excitement without
the disappointment - that would be
the perfect state."
It's part of my job. You can't play
Veronica Guerin [puts on heavy
Strine] sounding like this. It just
wouldn't wash. But what I find
fascinating about doing an accent -
unless it's a farce - is that it's
not slapped on. [on doing many
accents]
"I loved making it, I had a ball -
cowboys and Indians. This is the
thing, I love doing things which I'd
never envisaged before. And so
getting me on the back of a horse,
with Tommy Lee Jones and shooting
guns and chasing Indians, it's just
not something that I would have
expected myself to be doing." [On
working with Ron Howard in The
Missing.]
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?"
Thank you. I so didn't expected
this. I wore a really tight dress
that's very ungracious walking up
those stairs. Thank you very much, I
sort of don't know where to begin.
Playing Katharine Hepburn, I
absolutely did not expect to be
standing here in front of you all.
But Hepburn aside, I actually would
like to say, as an actor coming from
another country to this country, I
am so astounded and amazed, and
grateful, at the power of the SAG
union and what it does for its
members. And I hope that other
countries, mine own included, you
know, is inspired by that - I think
it's incredible. (SAG acceptance
speech Feb. 5, 2005)
On her disgust of how so many of her
Hollywood peers have succumbed to
using face-paralyzing Botox: "It's
not just women on film, 18-year-old
girls feel pressure to do
preventative injecting. I see
someone's face, someone's body who'd
had children and I think they're the
song lines of your experience, and
why would you want to eradicate
that? I look at people sort of
entombing themselves and all you see
is their little pin holes of
terror... and you think, just live
your life, death is not going to be
any easier just because your face
can't move."
"I'm one of those strange beasts who
really like a corset." |
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