Cate Blanchett
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Family Guy
Queen Elizabeth II (voice)
1999
Series
Family Guy
Penelope (voice)
1999
Series
The Simpsons
Elaine Wolff (voice)
1989
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
2007
Series
Squid Game
The Recruiter
2021
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Galadriel
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Galadriel
2001
Series
What If...?
Hela (voice)
2021
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Galadriel
2002
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Film
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Galadriel
2014
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Film
Thor: Ragnarok
Hela
2017
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Galadriel
2012
Film
Eyes Wide Shut
Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited)
1999
Series
Disclaimer
Catherine Ravenscroft
2024
Film
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Galadriel
2013
Film
Cinderella
Stepmother, Lady Tremaine
2015
Film
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Valka (voice)
2014
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Valka (voice)
2019
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
Police Rescue
Mrs Haines
1991
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Series
Marvel Studios Legends
Hela (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Film
Borderlands
Lilith
2024
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Film
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Irina Spalko
2008
Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daisy Fuller
2008
Film
Don't Look Up
Brie Evantee
2021
Film
The Aviator
Katharine Hepburn
2004
Film
Ocean's Eight
Lou
2018
Film
Hot Fuzz
Janine (uncredited)
2007
Film
Black Bag
Kathryn St. Jean
2025
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Robin Hood
Marion Loxley
2010
Film
The Gift
Annie Wilson
2000
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Documentary Now!
Alice
2015
Series
Documentary Now!
Izabella Barta
2015
Film
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Meredith Logue
1999
Series
Live from E!
Self
2002
Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Spazzatura (voice)
2022
Film
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Florence Zimmerman
2018
Series
Staged
Cate
2020
Series
Mrs. America
Phyllis Schlafly
2020
Series
Taskmaster
Self - Cameo
2023
Film
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Kaa (voice)
2018
Series
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
1997
Film
The School for Good and Evil
The Storian (voice)
2022
Film
Babel
Susan Jones
2006
Series
Mr. Scorsese
Self
2025
Film
Nightmare Alley
Dr. Lilith Ritter
2021
Film
Carol
Carol Aird
2015
Film
The Monuments Men
Claire Simone
2014
Film
TÁR
Lydia Tár
2022
Film
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
2007
Film
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jane Winslett-Richardson
2004
Film
Hanna
Marissa
2011
Film
Blue Jasmine
Jasmine
2013
Film
Elizabeth
Elizabeth I
1998
Series
Stateless
Pat Masters
2020
Film
Father Mother Sister Brother
Timothea
2025
Series
Homemade
Narrator
2020
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
The Missing
Maggie Gilkeson
2003
Film
Notes on a Scandal
Sheba Hart
2006
Film
Bandits
Kate Wheeler
2001
Film
Song to Song
Amanda
2017
Film
I'm Not There
Jude
2007
Film
The Good German
Lena Brandt
2006
Film
Knight of Cups
Nancy
2015
Film
Coffee and Cigarettes
Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins")
2004
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
Our Living World
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Series
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self
2023
Film
Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin
2003
Film
Pushing Tin
Connie Falzone
1999
Film
Truth
Mary Mapes
2015
Series
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Film
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
2024
Film
The Wrong Girls
Deep Sea Expert
2026
Series
Bordertown
Bianca
1995
Film
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Bernadette
2019
Film
Heaven
Philippa
2002
Film
The New Boy
Sister Eileen
2023
Film
Oscar and Lucinda
Lucinda Leplastrier
1997
Film
Stuart X
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Shipping News
Petal
2001
Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022
Film
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Valka
2027
Film
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Self
2023
Film
An Ideal Husband
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
1999
Film
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
2006
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
Film
This Changes Everything
Self
2019
Film
Paradise Road
Susan Macarthy
1997
Film
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
Charlotte Gray
Charlotte Gray
2001
Film
The Man Who Cried
Lola
2000
Film
Sweet Tooth
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
Rumours
Hilda Orlmann
2024
Film
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
2026
Film
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Film
This Is an Adventure
Self
2005
Film
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Film
The Turning
Gail Lang
2013
The Origin of the World
Film
Quest for the Ring
Self
2001
Film
National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
unknown
2026
Series
AACTA Awards
Self
1976
Film
Manifesto
Various
2017
Film
Girl Rising
Narrator - Haiti (voice)
2013
Film
Euphoria
Tiger (voice)
2022
Film
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2022
Film
Red
Mother
2017
Film
Little Fish
Tracy
2005
Film
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Narrator
2026
Film
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
2009
Film
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
2001
Film
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
2005
Monica
Film
Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
The Real Robin Hood
Self
2010
Good Thing
Martha Stewart
Film
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Dore Strauch (voice)
2014
Film
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
2006
Film
Journey to the South Pacific
Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
2004
Series
Heartland
Elizabeth Ashton
1994
Film
Stories of Lost Souls
Julie-Anne
2004
Reflections on 'the Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
Film
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
Self (archive)
2002
Film
Thank God He Met Lizzie
Lizzie
1997
Sweetsick
Film
Ocean's Team 3.0
Self
2018
Film
Alpha Gang
Alpha One
Film
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
2010
Film
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Film
Ride It Out
Narrator (voice)
2020
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
A Manual for Cleaning Women
Reimagining The Met Gala
Self
2018
Film
Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Self
2007
Film
Police Rescue: The Movie
Vivian
1994
Film
Evolver
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Film
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
2001
Film
A Cautionary Tail
Narrator
2012
Film
Refugee
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
Symphony Of The Invisible
Self (voice)
2020
Film
A Smarter Country
Self
2014
Film
Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing
Self
2017
Film
In the Company of Actors
Self / Hedda Gabler
2007
Film
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
Self
2018
Film
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Jane W.
2005
Film
Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
Bangers
Julie-Ann
1999
Film
The Four Temperaments
Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
2020
The Champions
Film
Parklands
Rosie
1996
Film
VOGUE: Inventing the Runway
Narrator
2024
Film
Earthflight 3D
Narrator
2016
Film
The Fundraiser
Lydia Tár
2023
Film
Bozo Over Roses
2025