A gifted performer who developed her talent at a young age, Cate Blanchett grew into an exceptional actress... (Learn more)
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Cate Blanchett’s Milestones
| Appeared as an extra in a film made in Egypt while visiting the country on holiday | |
| Attracted attention for her performance in "Electra" at the National Institute of Dramatic Art | |
| Born and raised in Melbourne | |
| 1992 | Joined Sydney Theatre Company, appeared in "Oleanna," starring opposite Geoffrey Rush |
| 1993 | Made TV debut in a commercial |
| 1994 | Co-starred in the Australian TV program "Heartland" |
| 1994 | TV acting debut in episodes of the Australian series "Police Rescue" |
| 1996 | Made film acting debut in the short "Parklands" |
| 1997 | Co-starred opposite Ralph Fiennes in "Oscar and Lucinda," directed by Gillian Armstrong |
| 1997 | Feature film debut in "Paradise Road" |
| 1997 | Had featured role in the Australian film "Thank God He Met Lizzie"; won Best Supporting Actress Award from Australian Film Institute |
| 1998 | Played title role in Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth," a film biography of Queen Elizabeth I; received Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1999 | Had featured roles in Barry Levinson's "Pushing Tin" and Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" |
| 1999 | Made London stage debut in the Donmar revival of David Hare's "Plenty" |
| 2000 | Cast as a Southern widow with psychic abilities in "The Gift" |
| 2000 | Co-starred as a Russian chorus girl in "The Man Who Cried"; screened at Venice; released in USA in 2001 |
| 2001 | Cast as Petal Bear, the wife of Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) in "The Shipping News" |
| 2001 | Played the title character in Gillian Armstrong's "Charlotte Gray" |
| 2001 | Portrayed the elf queen Galadriel in the Peter Jackson-directed "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings" |
| 2002 | Portrayed slain Irish journalist Veronica Guerin in "Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama |
| 2002 | Reprised Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers" |
| 2002 | Starred in "Heaven," Tom Tykwer's English-language directorial debut |
| 2003 | Again portrayed Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" |
| 2003 | Starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the suspense thriller "The Missing," directed by Ron Howard |
| 2004 | Cast in Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes" a series of short stories that all have coffee and cigarettes in common; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female |
| 2004 | Portrayed legendary screen icon Katharine Hepburn opposite Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Brad Pitt to play a tragedy-stricken American couple vacationing in Morocco in Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel" |
| 2006 | Portrayed an art teacher who is arrested for having an affair with a 15-year-old student in "Notes on a Scandal"; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 2006 | With husband Andrew Upton, named as joint artistic directors of Australia's Sydney Theatre Company (STC). |
| 2007 | Portrayed Bob Dylan at one distinct stage of his life, in Todd Haynes' film "I'm Not There"; received SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2007 | Reprised her award winning role in the sequal, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; earned Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama |
| 2008 | Cast as the villian in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"; directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford |
| 2008 | Nominated for the 2008 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Action Star |
| 2008 | Re-teamed with Brad Pitt to play lovers in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" |
| 2008 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (December) |
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