Catherine Elise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention as Elizabeth I in the drama film Elizabeth (1998), for which she won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and received her first of seven Academy Award nominations. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic former socialite in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett's other Oscar-nominated roles include Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Carol (2015). Her highest-grossing films include The Lord of the Rings (2001â2003) and The Hobbit (2012â2014) trilogies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Cinderella (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018).
Blanchett has performed in over 20 theatre productions. From 2008 to 2013, she and her husband, Andrew Upton, were the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during that period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya and The Maids, garnering several theatre awards and nominations. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 in The Present, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. Blanchett has also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited Series as producer for the FX/Hulu historical drama miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
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| 1 | Black Bag (2025) | Kathryn St. Jean | 6.8 | |
| 2 | Rumours (2024) | Hilda Orlmann | 6 | |
| 3 | Borderlands (2024) | Lilith | 5 | |
| 4 | The New Boy (2023) | Sister Eileen | - | - |
| 5 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) | Self | 8 | |
| 6 | TĂR (2022) | Lydia TĂĄr | 7.8 | |
| 7 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Spazzatura (voice) | 7.8 | |
| 8 | Nightmare Alley (2021) | Dr. Lilith Ritter | 7 | |
| 9 | Don't Look Up (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Brie Evantee | 6.9 | |
| 10 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 11 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) | Bernadette | 6.2 | |
| 12 | This Changes Everything (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 13 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) | Valka (voice) | 7.7 | |
| 14 | Sweet Tooth (2019) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 15 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) | Florence Zimmerman | 6.5 | |
| 16 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) | Kaa (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 17 | Ocean's Eight (2018) | Lou | 6.7 | |
| 18 | Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Top 100 by FilmGator | Hela | 8.2 | |
| 19 | Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017) | Narrator (voice) | 9 | |
| 20 | Spielberg (2017) | Self | 6.9 | |
| 21 | Manifesto (2017) | Various | 5.5 | |
| 22 | Red (2017) | Mother | - | - |
| 23 | Song to Song (2017) | Amanda | 5.2 | |
| 24 | Refugee (2016) | Narrator (voice) | 3 | |
| 25 | Knight of Cups (2015) | Nancy | 5.8 | |
| 26 | Carol (2015) Oscars 2016 | Carol Aird | 7.7 | |
| 27 | Cinderella (2015) Oscars 2016 | Stepmother, Lady Tremaine | 7 | |
| 28 | Truth (2015) | Mary Mapes | 6.7 | |
| 29 | The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014) | Dore Strauch (voice) | - | - |
| 30 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Oscars 2015 | Galadriel | 7.4 | |
| 31 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Oscars 2015 | Valka (voice) | 7.9 | |
| 32 | The Monuments Men (2014) | Claire Simone | 6.1 | |
| 33 | Journey to the South Pacific (2013) | narrator | 8.5 | |
| 34 | Girl Rising (2013) | Narrator - Haiti (voice) | 7 | |
| 35 | Making a Scene (2013) | Woman | 4 | |
| 36 | The Turning (2013) | Gail Lang | - | - |
| 37 | Blue Jasmine (2013) Oscars 2014 | Jasmine | 7.3 | |
| 38 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Oscars 2014 | Galadriel | 7.8 | |
| 39 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator | Galadriel | 8 | |
| 40 | Hanna (2011) | Marissa | 7.1 | |
| 41 | Robin Hood (2010) | Marion Loxley | 6.5 | |
| 42 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Oscars 2009 | Daisy Fuller | 7.5 | |
| 43 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | Irina Spalko | 6.1 | |
| 44 | Hot Fuzz (2007) Top 100 by FilmGator | Janine (uncredited) | 7.9 | |
| 45 | I'm Not There (2007) Oscars 2008 | Jude | 6.8 | |
| 46 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) Oscars 2008 | Elizabeth I, Queen of England | 7.4 | |
| 47 | Babel (2006) Oscars 2007 | Susan Jones | 7.1 | |
| 48 | Notes on a Scandal (2006) Oscars 2007 | Sheba Hart | 7 | |
| 49 | The Good German (2006) Oscars 2007 | Lena Brandt | 5.8 | |
| 50 | Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005) | Self | - | - |
| 51 | Little Fish (2005) | Tracy | 4.5 | |
| 52 | On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' (2005) | Self / Jane W. | - | - |
| 53 | This Is an Adventure (2005) | Self | - | - |
| 54 | Stories of Lost Souls (2004) | Julie-Anne | - | - |
| 55 | Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) | Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins") | 7.8 | |
| 56 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) | Jane Winslett-Richardson | 7.2 | |
| 57 | The Aviator (2004) Oscars 2005 | Katharine Hepburn | 7 | |
| 58 | Veronica Guerin (2003) | Veronica Guerin | 6 | |
| 59 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Top 100 by FilmGator | Galadriel | 8.9 | |
| 60 | The Missing (2003) | Maggie Gilkeson | 6.9 | |
| 61 | Heaven (2002) | Philippa | 5 | |
| 62 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Oscars 2003 | Galadriel | 8.7 | |
| 63 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Top 100 by FilmGator | Galadriel | 8.7 | |
| 64 | Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001) | Self | - | - |
| 65 | Quest for the Ring (2001) | Self | - | - |
| 66 | Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | Self | 7 | |
| 67 | The Shipping News (2001) | Petal | 7.1 | |
| 68 | Bandits (2001) | Kate Wheeler | 6.8 | |
| 69 | Charlotte Gray (2001) | Charlotte Gray | - | - |
| 70 | The Gift (2000) | Annie Wilson | 7.2 | |
| 71 | Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (2000) | Self | - | - |
| 72 | The Man Who Cried (2000) | Lola | 7 | |
| 73 | Pushing Tin (1999) | Connie Falzone | 7 | |
| 74 | An Ideal Husband (1999) | Lady Gertrude Chiltern | 8 | |
| 75 | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Oscars 2000 | Meredith Logue | 7 | |
| 76 | Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) | 7.2 | |
| 77 | Elizabeth (1998) Oscars 1999 | Elizabeth I | 7.4 | |
| 78 | Oscar and Lucinda (1997) Oscars 1998 | Lucinda Leplastrier | - | - |
| 79 | Paradise Road (1997) | Susan Macarthy | 10 | |
| 80 | Alpha Gang | Alpha One | - | - |
