Cate Blanchett Biography (1969-)

Full name, Catherine Elise Blanchett; born May 14, 1969, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; daughter of Robert (an advertising executive) and June (a property developer and teacher) Blanchett; married Andrew Upton (a writer, director, and producer), December 29, 1997; children: Dashiell John, Roman Robert.Addresses: Agent: Hylda Queally, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Robyn Gardiner, RGM Associates, 64-76 Kippax St., Level 2, Suite 202, Surrey Hills, New South Wales 2010, Australia.; Publicist: Lisa Kasteler, Wolf/Kasteler/Van Iden and Associates Public Relations, 335 North Maple Dr., Suite 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: Australian
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, producer
Birth Details: May 14, 1969; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Vivian, Police Rescue (also known as Police Rescue: The Movie), 1994
Rosie, Parklands (short film), Soft Fruit, 1996
Lizzie, Thank God He Met Lizzie (also known as The Wedding Party), Beyond Films, 1997
Lucinda Leplastrier, Oscar and Lucinda, Fox Searchlight Pictures,1997
Susan Macarthy, Paradise Road, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1997
Queen Elizabeth I (title role), Elizabeth (also known as Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen), Gramercy Pictures, 1998
Connie Falzone, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen-und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Julie-Anne, Bangers (short film), 1999
Lady Gertrude Childtern, An Ideal Husband, Miramax, 1999
Meredith Logue, The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical GiftedIntelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Miramax, 1999
Annabelle "Annie" Wilson, The Gift, Paramount Classics, 2000
Lola, The Man Who Cried (also known as The Man Who Cried--Les larmes d'un homme), Universal Focus, 2000
Title role, Charlotte Gray (also known as Die Liebe der Charlotte Gray), Warner Bros., 2001
Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (alsoknown as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: TheFellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture), New Line Cinema, 2001
Kate Wheeler, Bandits, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
Petal Bear, The Shipping News (also known as Noeuds et denouements), Miramax, 2001
Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers and Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Tuerme), New LineCinema, 2002
Philippa, Heaven, Miramax, 2002
Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as Der Herr de Ringe: Die Rueckkehr des Koenigs), New Line Cinema,2003
Maggie Gilkeson, The Missing, Columbia, 2003
Title role, Veronica Guerin, Buena Vista, 2003
Cate/Shelly, "Cousins," Coffee and Cigarettes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2004
Jane Winslett-Richardson, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (alsoknown as The Life Aquatic and Untitled Wes Anderson Project),Buena Vista, 2004
Katharine Hepburn, The Aviator, Miramax, 2004
Tracy Heart, Little Fish, Myriad Pictures, 2005
Lena Brandt, The Good German, Warner Bros., 2006
Sheba Hart, Notes on a Scandal, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2006
Babel, Paramount, 2006
I'm Not There (also known as I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan), Killer Films, 2006
Benjamin Button, Paramount, c. 2007
Appeared as an extra in a film made in Egypt.
Film Producer
Bangers (short film), 1999, later included as a segment of the film Stories of Lost Souls, 2005
Stage Appearances
Carol, Oleanna, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1993
Felice Bauer, Kafka Dances, Sydney Theatre Company, 1993
Top Girls, Sydney Theatre Company, 1993
Helen, Sweet Phoebe, Sydney Theatre Company, then Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1994, then Playbox Theatre, 1995
Miranda, The Tempest, Belvoir Street Theatre Company, Sydney, NewSouth Wales, Australia, 1995
Ophelia, Hamlet, Belvoir Street Theatre Company, 1995
Rose, The Blind Giant Is Dancing, Belvoir Street Theatre Company,1996
Nina, The Seagull, Belvoir Street Theatre Company, 1997
Susan Traherne, Plenty (also known as Strife for Love: Plenty), Albery Theatre, London, 1999

Title role, Hedda Gabler, Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2004, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,New York City, 2006
Television Appearances
Series
Janie Morris, G.P., Australian Broadcasting Corporation, beginningc. 1994
Miniseries
Elizabeth "Beth" Ashton, Heartland (also known as Burned Bridge), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1994
Bianca, Bordertown, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1995
Herself, The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Channel 4 (England), 2003
Specials
Herself, Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening, Nine Network (Australia), 1999
Galadriel and herself, National Geographic: Beyond the Movie--The Lordof the Rings, 2001
Galadriel and herself, Quest for the Ring, Fox, 2001
Herself, A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of "Lord of the Rings,"Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
Herself, Reel Comedy: Bandits, Comedy Central, 2001
Herself, A Life without Limits: The Making of the "Aviator," FX Channel, 2004
Herself, Reel Comedy: The Life Aquatic, Comedy Central, 2004
Awards Presentations
The 71st Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1999
Herself, Hollywood Salute Bruce Willis: An American Cinematheque Tribute, TNT, 2000
Herself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, E! EntertainmentTelevision, 2000
Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000
Herself, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002
Presenter, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003
Presenter, The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2004
Herself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2005
Herself, The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005
Presenter, 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as Screen Actors Guild 11th Annual Awards), TNT, 2005
Presenter, The 77th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2005
Presenter, The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel and Bravo, 2005
Episodic
Mrs. Haines, "The Loaded Boy," Police Rescue, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC, 1993
(In archive footage) Elizabeth I, "El cos," Sexes, TV3 (Televisionde Catalunya, Spain), 2005
Television Guest Appearances
Episodic
Drama School, Seven Network (Australia), c. 2000
Parkinson, BBC, 2002
The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2002
Entertainment Tonight (also known as Entertainment This Week, ET, E.T., ET Weekend, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 2003
God kveld Norge, 2003
Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2003
Tinseltown TV, International Channel, 2003
V Graham Norton, Channel 4 (England), 2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2003, 2005
"The Aviator," History vs. Hollywood (also known as Hollywood through the Lens), History Channel, 2004
The Film Programme (also known as Film '04), BBC, 2004
Good Day Live, Fox, 2004
The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show), CBS, 2004
Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004
"Wetten, dass ... ? aus Berlin," Wetten, dass ... ?, 2005
The Bigger Picture, BBC, 2005
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellen and The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated, 2005
The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2005
Also appeared as herself in "Extreme Close-up with ... Bruce Willis--Bandits," Extreme Close Up with ..., E! Entertainment Television.
RECORDINGS
Videos; as Herself
The Making of "Elizabeth," PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998
Inside "The Talented Mr. Ripley," Paramount, 1999
Reflections on "The Talented Mr. Ripley," 2000
Inside "Bandits," Cloverland Productions, 2001
Herself and Galadriel, The Making of "The Lord of the Rings," 2002
Scene 71 Filmmakers Workshop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2003
New Frontiers: Making "The Missing," Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004
This Is an Adventure, Criterion Collections, 2005
WRITINGS
Nonfiction
Contributor to periodicals, including This Is London.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, fourth edition, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

Boston Globe, November 14, 1998
Box Office, October, 1998
Calgary Sun, March 15, 1999, p. 38
Dallas Morning News, February 7, 1998; February 27, 1999
Detour, February, 1998, p. 118
Elle, May, 1999
Empire, May, 1998, p. 34
Entertainment Weekly, November 13, 1998, p. 53; January 22, 1999,p. 46; March 1, 1999, p. 40; February 4, 2005, p. 47
Guardian (London), November 28, 1998; April 18, 1999
Harper's Bazaar, December 1, 1998, p. 238; October 1, 2001, pp. 222-25; August 1, 2005, pp. 144-51
Independent on Sunday, March 29, 1998, p. 18
Interview, January, 1998, p. 56
Los Angeles, December, 1999
Maclean's, November 16, 1998, p. 88
Movieline, December, 2001, pp. 64-65
Movieline's Hollywood Life, November 1, 2003, pp. 60-67, 124
Newsweek, January 12, 1998, p. 61
New York Daily News, November 10, 1998
New York Times, October 24, 1999; December 12, 2004
People Weekly, October 29, 2001, pp. 77-78
Premiere, March, 1999, pp. 82-85; December 1, 2003, pp. 82, 84
Sunday Telegraph, September 20, 1998, p. 10
Time International, January 26, 1998, p. 60
Toronto Star, November 6, 1998
Urban Cinefile, April, 2001
Vanity Fair, May, 1999
Vogue, July, 2000, pp. 176-81, 218-19

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