Cate Blanchett (Australian Actress) – Husband, Age, Net Worth, Movies

Cate Blanchett is an Academy Award winning Australian actress and theatre director best known for appearing as Elizabeth I of England in the flick ‘Elizabeth’ and as Katharine Hepburn in the movie ‘The Aviator’. Besides her work in films, Blanchett has also enjoyed an extensive career in theatre and is a four-time Helpmann Award winner for the ‘Best Female Actor in a Play’. She first became interested in acting while in college but was confused about pursuing it professionally. She enrolled at the University of Melbourne to study economics but dropped out soon in order to pursue an acting career. She then flew overseas and took acting classes before landing her first acting role. Within years, she established herself successfully not only in her native country, but also on an international level. As of March 2018, she is the only actress to receive the Academy Award nominations for playing the same role in two movies (she played Elizabeth I in both ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’). Also, she is the only Australian artiste to receive two Academy Awards for acting.

Cate Blanchett Biography

Cate Blanchett was born on 14 May 1969 to June and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr. in Victoria, Australia. Her mother worked as a teacher and property developer while her father served in the United States Navy and later became an advertising executive. She has a younger sister who is a theatrical designer and an older brother who is a computer systems engineer. Blanchett studied at Ivanhoe East Primary School and Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School before joining Methodist Ladies’ College. She then attended the University of Melbourne for a year before dropping out. In her late teens and early twenties, Blanchett also worked at a nursing home. Later, she enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated from there in 1992, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

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Career: Cate Blanchett’s first important stage role was in the 1992 play ‘Oleanna’ that was staged by the Sydney Theatre Company. She also performed in a play titled ‘Electra’. After this, she played the role of Ophelia in the play Hamlet which was directed by Neil Armfield. She then appeared in the TV miniseries ‘Heartland’ and ‘Bordertown’. In 1996, the Australian beauty acted in the short drama ‘Parklands’. Soon after this, she made her feature film debut in Bruce Beresford’s flick ‘Paradise Road’ which co-starred Frances McDormand and Glenn Close.

Blanchett’s first leading role was in the 1997 romantic drama film ‘Oscar and Lucinda’ in which she appeared as Lucinda Leplastrier. In 1999, she acted in the acting projects ‘Bangers’, ‘Pushing Tin’ and ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. She was cast as Galadriel in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film series, an Oscar-winning blockbuster trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. During this time, the Australian actress also diversified her portfolio with a variety of roles in the TV programs ‘Charlotte Gray’, ‘The Shipping News’ and ‘Bandits’.