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Cate Blanchett
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Age
47
Birthday
May. 14th, 1969
Born in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height
5' 8 1/2"
Cate Blanchett graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Tim Daly (I)'s "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. She then co-starred in the ABC Television's prime time drama "Heartland" (1994), again winning critical acclaim. In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Other theatre credits include Helen in the Sydney Theatre Company's "Sweet Phoebe", Miranda in "The Tempest" and Rose in "The Blind Giant is Dancing", both for the Belvoir Street Theatre Company. In other television roles, Blanchett starred as Bianca in ABC's "Bordertown" (1995), as Janie Morris in "G.P." (1989) and in ABC's popular series Police Rescue (1994). She made her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997), and, in 1998, she played the title character in Elizabeth (1998), winning numerous awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy.
TRIVIA:
- Did not return to work until six months after giving birth to her son Ignatius in order to take to the stage for a Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire", where she portrayed Blanche DuBois.
- Appeared next to 'Hugo Weaving' (qv) in 9 different projects: _"Bordertown" (1995)_ (qv), _"Drama School" (2000)_ (qv), _Little Fish (2005)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) (VG)_ (qv), _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)_ (qv), _The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) (V)_ (qv), _Quest for the Ring (2001) (TV)_ (qv).
- Attended Methodist Ladies College (MLC) in Melbourne, Australia and was the School Drama Captain.
- She and her _The Shipping News (2001)_ (qv) and _Notes on a Scandal (2006)_ (qv) co-star 'Judi Dench' (qv) both received Oscar-nominations for playing Queen Elizabeth I in 1999. Dench won for her supporting role in _Shakespeare in Love (1998)_ (qv) while Blanchett was nominated for _Elizabeth (1998)_ (qv).
- Good friends with actress 'Nicole Kidman' (qv).
- Her father, (Robert Blanchett) a Texan ad executive, died of a heart attack when she was ten years old.
- (2007) Was officially in the BAFTA longlist (Equivalently, the semi-finals) for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her role in _Notes on a Scandal (2006)_ (qv) (unlike the Oscars, where she was competing for Supporting Role), which consisted of 15 finalists for each category (except Animated Film). However, she was eliminated in the next round, which the five official nominees were selected.
- In _Bandits (2001)_ (qv), she works with 'Troy Garity' (qv). In _The Aviator (2004)_ (qv), she plays 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv), who appeared with Garity's mother, 'Jane Fonda' (qv) and grandfather, 'Henry Fonda' (qv), in _On Golden Pond (1981)_ (qv).
