- Name: Cate Blanchett
- Date of Birth: May 14, 1969
- Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
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Cate Blanchett (born Catherine Elise Blanchett on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress.
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"I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. I suppose I find the freedom in anonymity actually enables you to engage in the world, which for me is the cornerstone of an actor's tool" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Entry in Theater and TV: After graduating from National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett started her career in theater. Her first major stage role came in the year 1993, when she was cast opposite Geoffrey Rush in David Mamet’s play ‘Oleanna’. The play was a success and won her the ‘Sydney Theatre Critics' Best Newcomer Award’. Next, she was seen in 1994-95 Company B production of Hamlet. She was also seen in the TV mini-series ‘Heartland’, the mini-series ‘Bordertown’ and also in an episode of ‘Police Rescue’. On Films: Blanchett made her debut in movies in 1994, with ‘Police Rescue: The Movie’. This was followed by ‘Parklands’ (1996). However, it was ‘Paradise Road’ that marked her international film debut, in 1997. The same year, she did her first leading role, in ‘Oscar and Lucinda’, which won her the first nomination for Australian Film Institute Award, as ‘Best Leading Actress’. She was also seen in ‘Thank God He Met Lizzie’ (1997), for which she won Australian Film Institute Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.  In 1998, Blanchett did Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Elizabeth’, which is one of her most successful and renowned films till date. For the role, she was awarded with BAFTA Award as well as Golden Globe Award, apart from receiving an Academy Award nomination. The following year, she was nominated for another BAFTA Award, for her supporting role in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. The film was followed by ‘Bangers’, ‘Pushing Tin’ and ‘An Ideal Husband’. The next year, she was seen in ‘The Gift’ and ‘The Man Who Cried’.In 2001, Blanchett starred in ‘The Shipping News’, ‘Charlotte Gray’, ‘Bandits’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’. It was the last movie that again got her major recognition, for her role as the High Elf Queen Galadriel. In the next two years, she appeared in two ‘The Lord of the Rings’ sequels, completing the trilogy. In 2003, Blanchett starred in ‘Veronica Guerin’, winning a Golden Globe nomination for ‘Best Actress - Drama’. The year 2004 saw her acting in ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ and ‘The Aviator’.
Her role in ‘The Aviator’ got her the first Academy Award, along with a BAFTA Award and an SAG Award, for ‘Best Supporting Actress’. In 2005, she was seen in ‘Little Fish’ and ‘Babel’, with the former getting her AFI Award for Best Lead Actress and the latter winning her SAG Award nomination. Blanchett’s next major film was ‘Notes on a Scandal’, for which she received nominations for Academy Award, SAG Award and Golden Globe Award, for ‘Best Supporting Actress’. Her films in 2007 include ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’ and ‘I'm Not There’. Elizabeth got her nominations for Academy Award, SAG Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award, for ‘Best Supporting Actress’. At the same time, she won Volpi Cup for Best Actress, apart from Golden Globe Award and Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in ‘I'm Not There’. The movie also got her nominations for Academy Award, SAG Award and BAFTA Award. She made her stage direction debut in 2007, with the play ‘Blackbird’. In May 2008, Blanchett was seen in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'. Private Life:  Blanchett is a Patron of the Sydney Film Festival and works as the face of SK-II, the luxury skin care brand of Procter & Gamble. In 2007, Blanchett became the ambassador for the Australian Conservation Foundation's online campaign whoonearthcares.com — trying to persuade Australians to express their concerns about climate change. She is also the Patron of the development charity SolarAid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cate Blanchett on the Red Carpet Nominee for the Peoples Choice Awards 2009 for Favorite Female Action Star
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| Synopsis: "Mr. Fox is surrounded! And he's going to have to come up with a truly fantastic plan to dig himself out of trouble this time." Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. About the Film: The Fantastic Mr. Fox is going to be Wes Anderson's first ever stop animation film and it is based on the popular childrens novel, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl. Originally, the film was supposed to be entitled just like the book, as 'Fantastic Mr. Fox', but after what happened with Revolution Studios, Anderson and the whole project moved to Fox Animation Studios. This will be the fourth film to be released under Fox Animation Studios, and like Anderson, it will be its first ever stop motion animation film. Anderson says its not purely stop motion, it will be combined with other forms of animation as well. The film is set to be released on November 2009. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I think cate is a super professional all her roles she takes thrm to another level i really love her in all the movies she has done..;)
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