Catherine Elise Blanchett was born on May 14th, 1969, in Melbourne.
One of Cate’s earlier starring roles was opposite Ralph Fiennes.
Cate was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Queen Elizabeth, this time alongside Ralph Fiennes’ brother Joseph.
Cate and co-stars Matt Damon, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Cate and husband Andrew Upton welcomed their first son Dashiell John, in 2001.
Cate with co-star Liv Tyler and director Peter Jackson. Cate confessed that one of the reasons she accepted the role was because she always wanted to do a film wearing pointy ears!
Cate portrayed real-life murdered Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin, to critical acclaim.
In another real-life portrayal, Cate, played Katharine Hepburn in the Howard Hughes biopic, alongside co-stars Kate Beckinsale and Leonardo DiCaprio, and director Martin Scorsese. Cate was nominated for an Oscar…
…and won! This made her the first actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winner.
Cate is renouned for arriving at awards ceremonies in style and being among the best-dressed stars.
Cate maintains her sophisticated red-carpet fashion style during her pregnancies.
Cate won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress as one of several actors portraying aspects of Bob Dylan’s personality in the biopic I’m Not There.
Cate with her two older sons Dashiell and Roman.
Cate and husband, playwright and director Andrew Upton, (right) became Co-Artistic Directors of Sydney Theatre Company at the start of 2008. They’re pictured here with former Artistic Director Robin Nevin and designer Giorgio Armani, who is a new STC patron.
Cate co-chaired the Australia 2020 summit in 2008, accompanied by her less-than-a-week old son, Ignatius Martin.
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