Cate BLANCHETT [Melbourne. 1969. May 14 (Actress)]

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14 May 1969
Melbourne, Australia
Cate Blanchett was born to an American father and an Australian mother. When her parents met, her mom was a teacher in Melbourne. Her father was a Texan in the United States Navy, who died when Cate was ten years old. Cate is a middle child, sandwiched between an older brother and a younger sister. She studied Economics and Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne, but she was having some trouble with it, so when she was eighteen she decided to get away from it all and do a bit of traveling.
Oddly enough, she found herself in Egypt, working as an extra on a boxing film. Bitten hard by the acting bug, she returned to Australia and enrolled in Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 1992. All her commitment and hard work paid off when she was cast as Australian nurse Susan Macarthy in her first feature, "Paradise Road", with Glenn Close.
Cate has been married to screenwriter Andrew Upton since June 1997. They have one child, Dashiell John [born December 2001].
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Since graduating from Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Blanchett has worked extensively in the theater: with Company B, a loose ensemble of actors including Geoffrey Rush, Gillian Jones and Richard Roxburgh based at Belvoir St. under the direction of Neil Armfield. Her roles included Miranda ("The Tempest"), Ophelia ("Hamlet" —for which she was nominated for a Green Room Award), Nina ("The Seagull") and Rose ("The Blind Giant is Dancing").

For the Sydney Theater Company (STC) she appeared in Caryl Churchill’s "Top Girls," David Mamet’s "Oleanna" (awarded The Sydney Theater Critics award for Best Actress), Michael Gow’s "Sweet Phoebe" (also for the Croyden Wearhouse, London) and Timothy Dalys "Kafka Dances" (also for The Griffin Theatre Company) for which she received the Critics Circle award for best newcomer.

For the Almeida Theatre in 1999, Blanchett played Susan Traheren in David Hare’s "Plenty" on London’s West End.

Her television credits include lead roles in "Bordertown" and "Heartland," both for the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Her film roles include Susan Macarthy in Bruce Beresford’s Paradise Road, Lizzie in Thank God He Met Lizzie, an anti-romantic comedy directed by Cherie Nowlan for which she was awarded both the Australian Film Institute (AFI) and the Sydney Film Critics awards for Best Supporting Actress, and Lucinda in Oscar and Lucinda opposite Ralph Fiennes and directed by Gillian Armstrong, a role that earned her an AFI nomination for Best Actress.

In 1998, Cate portrayed Queen Elizabeth I in the critically acclaimed Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well as Best Actress Awards from The Chicago Film Critics Association, The London Film Critics Association, On-line Film Critics, Variety Critics and UK Empire Award. She also received a Best Actress nomination from the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts, & Sciences.

In 1999, Blanchett appeared in Pushing Tin with John Cusack, a black-comedy about air traffic controllers directed by Mike Newell, An Ideal Husband directed by Oliver Parker and The Talented Mr. Ripley directed by Anthony Mingella for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She most recently starred in The Gift, directed by Sam Raimi.

Blanchett will be seen in Sally Potter’s The Man Who Cried which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Additionally, other upcoming films include Heaven, opposite Giovanni Ribisi and directed by Tom Tykwer as well as Bandits with Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thorton, directed by Barry Levinson.
Cate is currently in production playing the title role Charlotte Gray, directed by Gillian Armstrong and based on Sebastian Faulks’ best-selling novel. Upon completion, she will go into production on The Shipping News with co-star Kevin Spacey. Lasse Hallstrom will direct the film which is based on the 1994 Pulitzer-Prize winning novel by Annie Proulx.

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Charlotte Gray
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Bandits
The Gift
The Man Who Cried
The Talented Mr. Ripley
An Ideal Husband
Pushing Tin
Elizabeth
Oscar and Lucinda
Paradise Road
Parklands
The Wedding Party [Thank God He Met Lizzie]
Movie Premieres
The gift
Magazines
In Style Magazine - November 2001 [cover]
Film Festivals
Awards Ceremonies
Golden Globes 2002
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