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Biography: Cate Blanchett (Susan)
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 Name: Catherine Elise BlanchettDate of Birth: May 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: American
Profession: Actor
Since graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Cate Blanchett has worked extensively in the theater. Her roles have 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), all with Company B.
For the Sydney Theater Company (STC) she appeared in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, David Mamet's Oleanna Michael Gow's Sweet Phoebe (also for the Croyden Wearhouse, London), Andrew Upton's adaptation of Hedda Gabler and Timothy Dalys Kafka. For the Almeida Theatre in 1999, Cate 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.
She has worked in dozens of films to great acclaim. Some of these films in which she played the title role include Charlotte Gray and Oscar and Lucinda for Gillian Armstrong, Veronica Guerin, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination and a nomination by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, and Shekhar Kapur's critically acclaimed Elizabeth, which earned her 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, The Toronto Film Critics Association, and numerous other critics groups. She also received a Best Actress nomination from the Screen Actors Guild and the Academyof Motion Picture, Arts, & Sciences for Elizabeth.
Cate has also appeared in Pushing Tin directed by Mike Newell, An Ideal Husband directed by Oliver Parker, Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley, for which she received a BAFTA nomination for best actress, The Gift, directed by Sam Raimi, Barry Levinson's Bandits for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress, The Shipping News, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes, for which she earned a Best Supporting Female nomination for the Independent Spirit Awards, the Australian film, Little Fish for Rowan Woods, The Missing for Ron Howard, and in Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried, for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review and the Florida Critics Circle.
Cate was also seen as “Galadriel,” Queen of the Elves, in all three installments of Peter Jackson's trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and the final installment, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Cate was most recently seen in two films: the Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator for director Martin Scosese and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou for director Wes Anderson. For her role in The Aviator in which she played actress Katharine Hepburn, Cate received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also honored with the BAFTA Award and a SAG Award for her role in the film. Additionally, she was recognized by several critics' organizations and received a nomination from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Cate has completed production on Notes on a Scandal with Dame Judi Dench; and The Good German, opposite George Clooney, directed by Steven Soderbergh. In March 2006, Cate made her American stage debut in “Hedda Gabler.” The limited five-week engagement was completely sold out. She is currently in production on The Golden Age, the sequel to Elizabeth.
4 Career Milestones
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 "Elizabeth", a film biography of Queen Elizabeth I; directed by Shekhar Kapur and co-starring Geoffrey Rush and Joseph Fiennes; received Best Actress Oscar nomination
1999 Had featured roles in Barry Levinson's "Pushing Tin", "An Ideal Husband", directed by Oliver Parker, and "The Talented Mr. Ripley", helmed by Anthony Minghella
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", co-written by Billy Bob Thornton
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 Co-starred with Thornton and Bruce Willis in "Bandits"
2001 Played the title character, a Scottish woman who agrees to be a spy in Vichy France during WWII, in "Charlotte Gray", directed by Gillian Armstrong
2001 Portrayed the elf queen Galadriel in the Peter Jackson-directed "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings"
2002 Portrayed as slain Irish journalist Veronica Guerin in "Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story"; received 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; reteamed on screen with "The Gift" co-star Giovanni Ribisi; was opening night selection at Berlin Film Festival
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 as a journalist opposite Bill Murray and Owen Wilson in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" directed and written by Wes Anderson
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
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
Joined an ensemble cast that will all play Bob Dylan at various stages of his career in the biopic "I'm Not There"
Starred opposite Brad Pitt in "The Last Man" (lensed 2002), helmed by Darren Aronofsky
Will co-star opposite George Clooney in "The Good German," about an American journalist trying to solve a murder mystery in post-war Berlin; Steven Soderbergh will direct (lensed 2005)
Will play an art teacher who is arrested for having an affair with a 15-year-old student in "Notes on a Scandal" (lensed 2006)
Will team with director Shekar Kapur to star in "The Golden Age" a follow-up to the award winning "Elizabeth"
4 Filmography
I'm Not There: Suppositions on a Film Concerning Dylan (2007)
Babel (2006) Susan
Little Fish (2006) Tracy Heart
Notes on a Scandal (2006) Sheba Hart
The Good German (2006) Lena Brandt
Stories of Lost Souls (2005)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) Herself
The Aviator (2004) Katharine Hepburn
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) Jane Winslett-Richardson
Veronica Guerin (2003) Veronica Guerin
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Galadriel
The Missing (2003) Maggie Gilkeson
Heaven (2002) Philippa
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Galadriel
Bandits (2001) Kate Wheeler
Charlotte Gray (2001) Charlotte Gray
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Galadriel
The Man Who Cried (2001) Lola
The Shipping News (2001) Petal Bear
The Gift (2000) Annie Wilson
Bangers (1999)
Pushing Tin (1999) Connie Falzone
An Ideal Husband (1999) Gertrude
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Meredith Logue
Elizabeth (1998) Elizabeth I
The Thank God He Met Lizzie (1998) Lizzie O'Hara
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) Lucinda Leplastrier
Paradise Road (1997) Susan Macarthy
Burned Bridge (1992) Elizabeth: The Golden Age Queen Elizabeth I
Producer Credits
Stories of Lost Souls (2005) Producer ("Bangers")
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