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Cate Blanchett
Catherine Elise Blanchett - born 14 May 1969, in Melbourne, Australia - is a multiple-award-winning Australian actress who has pretty much become a British national treasure for her turns as Queen Elizabeth I.
After only a few years in (mostly good) Aussie telly (where she met Geoffrey Rush), 1998 saw Cate's BAFTA-winning, Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated performance in Elizabeth – not a bad way to make your mark. Strong turns in mixed movies followed, and awards & nods kept on flowing, especially with the advent of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy in 2001.
The Academy Award finally landed in 2004, with her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator; and there’s every chance she’ll have Oscar bookends once her reprisal of QEI in Elizabeth: The Golden Age reaches awards season.
Cate makes interesting and varied choices, is frequently the best thing in whatever she’s in, and is part of the Indiana Jones IV cast, due for release on 22 May 2008.
Wise Words: "If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!"
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Cate Blanchett - news / articles
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Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving win theatre awards -
24 April 2012
-Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving were among the big names honoured at the annual Helen Hayes theatre awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Monday night (23Apr12).-The prizegiving, which fetes the best of the city's theatre scene, included wins for Blanche
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Blanchett's theatre going green -
26 June 2010
-Cate Blanchett donned a hard hat to launch an eco-friendly construction project at her Sydney Theatre Company headquarters in Australia on Friday (25Jun10).-
-The actress, who is the artistic director of the company, has thrown her support behind the Greening the Wharf
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Blanchett prepared for end of career -
18 May 2010
-Cate Blanchett prepared for the end of her career shortly after she filmed her Oscar-nominated role in 1998's Elizabeth - because her husband warned she would only have "five years" as a high-profile Hollywood actress.-
-The Australian star shot to prominence when she
Cate Blanchett - what members say
review by from Dyfed
Elizabethan politics and intrigue 30 November 2003
review by from Kent, England
Dark and Engaging 2 February 2004
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
Notes on a Scandal 18 March 2007
Cate Blanchett - filmography
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Hanna
(2011)
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana
Director: Joe Wright
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Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all ..read more »
 
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from 954 members
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Hanna - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana
Director: Joe Wright
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Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all ..read more »
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from 213 members
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Ponyo
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Yuria Nara, Noah Cyrus
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY) returns for his ninth animated feature with PONYO, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess who yearns to be human. The daughter of the king of the ocean, Ponyo is no ordinary goldfish -- she has all the ..read more »
74%
from 10,703 members
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Robin Hood
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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"Robin Hood" chronicles the origins of the honourable thief of stories, and begins long before he takes up arms against the crown. Robin Longstride (Russel Crowe), previously interested only in self-preservation, is in service to King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin ..read more »
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from 1,724 member
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Robin Hood - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew MacFadyen
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe reunite for their fifth big-screen outing, a retelling of the Robin Hood legend featuring the GLADIATOR star in the titular role. A bowman in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion, virtuous rogue Robin Hood rises from an unlikely background to become a ..read more »
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from 288 members
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Ponyo - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Yuria Nara, Noah Cyrus
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY) returns for his ninth animated feature with PONYO, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess who yearns to be human. The daughter of the king of the ocean, Ponyo is no ordinary goldfish -- she has all the ..read more »
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from 4,061 members
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I'm Not There - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Ben Whishaw
Director: Todd Haynes
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Todd Haynes (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) delivers this dazzling, experimental take on the life of popular music's most revered and enigmatic artist: Bob Dylan. In keeping with the impossible-to-pin-down nature of Dylan himself, Haynes chose to cast six different actors to portray several ..read more »
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from 452 members
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I'm Not There
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Ben Whishaw
Director: Todd Haynes
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Todd Haynes (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) delivers this dazzling, experimental take on the life of popular music's most revered and enigmatic artist: Bob Dylan. In keeping with the impossible-to-pin-down nature of Dylan himself, Haynes chose to cast six different actors to portray several ..read more »
55%
from 11,588 members
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Babel
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a ..read more »
63%
from 63,206 members
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Notes On A Scandal
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Tom Georgeson
Director: Richard Eyre
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When Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and solitary teacher at a decaying state-run secondary school in London meets the school's new art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchette) her world is turned upside down. Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always ..read more »
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from 61,091 members
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Little Fish
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson
Director: Rowan Woods
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Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman (Blanchett) trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
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from 5,606 members
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The Aviator
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR is a lavish spectacle of a motion picture that harks back to Hollywood's Golden Era in telling the story of Howard Hughes, one of 20th-century America's most pioneering and influential figures. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the eccentric billionaire, Scorsese's biopic ..read more »
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from 76,909 members
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett
Director: Wes Anderson
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With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife (Huston), a journalist (Blanchett), and a man who may or may not be his son (Wilson).
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from 45,333 members
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The Missing
(2003)
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood
Director: Ron Howard
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The Missing is the story of Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a young woman raising her two daughters in an isolated and lawless wilderness. When her oldest daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) is kidnapped by a psychopathic killer with mystical powers (Eric Schweig), Maggie is forced to re-unite with her ..read more »
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from 21,058 members
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Coffee And Cigarettes
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide - all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim ..read more »
54%
from 13,841 members
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Veronica Guerin
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Gerard McSorley
Director: Joel Schumacher
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The true story of the assassinated Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin. Veronica was the crime reporter for the Sunday Independant investigating the criminal underworld in Ireland when she was gunned down in 1996.
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from 11,407 members
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Heaven
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Written by late Polish director Krysztof Kieslowski and Krysztof Piesiewicz (the team that made the trilogy BLUE, WHITE, and RED) and directed by German master Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN), HEAVEN is the first part of a trilogy. Cate Blanchett is Philippa, a strong-willed English woman who teaches in ..read more »
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from 2,514 members
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The Shipping News
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, MY LIFE AS A DOG) presents this strong, quiet, chillingly deep adaptation of the popular novel by E. Annie Proulx. In a fishing port set in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, newspaper journalist Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), his young daughter Bunny (Alyssa Gainer), and his ..read more »
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from 11,250 members
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Bandits
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Director: Barry Levinson
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Following a spur-of-the-moment escape from an Oregon prison, macho ladies man Joe Blake (Bruce Willis) and sensitive, hypochondriac Terry Collins (Billy Bob Thornton) become the best-known thieves in the country. Deemed "The Sleepover Bandits," Joe and Terry add a twist to conventional bank ..read more »
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from 3,850 members
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Charlotte Gray
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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CHARLOTTE GRAY is directed by Gillian Armstrong (MRS. SOFFEL, OSCAR AND LUCINDA) with her signature recipe for success--a love story set in beautiful scenery played by an all-star cast. Here, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) is a Scottish woman in mid-WWII, living with an adventuresome pair of young ..read more »
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from 5,527 members
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The Gift
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Michael Jeter
Director: Sam Raimi
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Watch now: £2.49
Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a young widow living in Brixton, Georgia, who does psychic readings. She has a power that allows her to see things her neighbours don't see, and she talks about the things that they try to keep quiet. She eventually stirs up trouble by advising Valerie Barksdale (..read more »
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from 5,609 members
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The Man Who Cried
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christina Ricci, John Turturro
Director: Sally Potter
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Set in 1927, this is the story of a young Jewish girl who was sent from Russia to England where she was adopted by a family who re-named her Suzie. When Suzie reaches adulthood she sets off for a new life in Paris where she works with an opera company. Her happiness is short-lived and she is forced ..read more »
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from 4,387 members
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Pushing Tin
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Director: Mike Newell
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Nick Falzone (John Cusack) is a confident, accomplished air traffic controller whose life is turned upside down when drifter Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) joins his tight-knit work team and threatens to drive him insane. Stakes are high and pressure is constant in the world of air traffic ..read more »
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from 4,269 members
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The Talented Mr Ripley
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
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from 14,836 members
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The Talented Mr Ripley - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Based on Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, Minghella's moody follow-up to his Oscar-winning THE ENGLISH PATIENT concerns Tom Ripley, a poor New Yorker, who is sent to Italy by the wealthy Mr. Greenleaf in order to bring back his spoiled son, Dickie. Once in Italy, Tom charms his way into ..read more »
73%
from 249 members
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An Ideal Husband
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett
Director: Oliver Parker
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In a moment of youthful indiscretion, Sir Robert Chiltern provided an Austrian baron with secret Foreign Office information. As payment he received the money that became the basis of his fortune and of his splendid, otherwise unimpeachable government career. Years later, he is blackmailed by a ..read more »
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from 4,229 members
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Elizabeth - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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Shekhar Kapur's visually stunning film tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), from her days as an innocent young woman to her coronation, up to the formation of her reputation as England's stern Virgin Queen. A lush portrait of history, full of pomp, intrigue, and romance and ..read more »
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from 133 members
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Elizabeth
(1998)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston
Director: Shekhar Kapur
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London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
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Cate Blanchett facts
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...that England was saved for the Church of Rome.
As a non-Catholic, Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett, who might have been born for the role) was in danger even before she ascended ...
