# Cate Blanchett on screen and stage

Cate Blanchett is an Australian actor who has worked extensively on screen and on stage. She made her stage debut in 1992 as Electra in the National Institute of Dramatic Art production of the play of the same name, and followed in 1993 with performances in Timothy Daly's Kafka Dances, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Critics Award for Best Newcomer, and the Sydney Theatre Company stage production of Oleanna, winning Best Actress. She is the first actor to win both awards at once. She went on to perform several other roles on stage, notably Susan Traherne in Plenty (1999), Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler (2004), Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (2009), Yelena in Uncle Vanya (2011), and Claire in The Maids (2013).
Blanchett's first leading role on television came with 1994's Heartland, followed by the 1995 miniseries Bordertown. In 1997, she made her feature film debut in a supporting role in the World War II drama Paradise Road. That year, she had her first leading role in Oscar and Lucinda, which earned her an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1998, Blanchett received worldwide attention for playing Queen Elizabeth I of England in the acclaimed drama film Elizabeth, for which she won Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, the BAFTA Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Elizabeth and her next film, the 1999 thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley, performed well at the box office although her other 1999 releases, the widely praised An Ideal Husband and the largely panned Pushing Tin, were commercially unsuccessful.
Blanchett found success portraying Galadriel in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other honors, for portraying Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 drama The Aviator, making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. In 2005, she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the Australian film Little Fish. Blanchett's performance in the 2006 thriller Notes on a Scandal garnered her another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2007, she received both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for her roles in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and I'm Not There, becoming one of the few actors to achieve this.
In 2008, Blanchett appeared in Steven Spielberg's action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and David Fincher's fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. She reprised her role as Galadriel in The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014). For her lead performance in Woody Allen's 2013 drama Blue Jasmine, Blanchett won the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award, the SAG Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She voiced Valka in the 2014 animated fantasy How to Train Your Dragon 2 and its 2019 sequel How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. In 2015, she received praise for playing Lady Tremaine in Disney's live action film Cinderella, Mary Mapes in Truth, and Carol Aird in Todd Haynes's romantic drama Carol. Cinderella was a box office success and Blanchett earned her seventh Oscar nomination for Carol. Blanchett made her Broadway debut in 2017 with The Present, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play. She also played primary villain Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. The following year, Blanchett starred in Ocean's 8, the all-women spin-off of the Ocean's trilogy, and Eli Roth's The House with a Clock in Its Walls. In 2020, she created and starred in the ABC television miniseries Stateless and portrayed Phyllis Schlafly in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, garnering two Emmy Award nominations for the latter. In 2022, Blanchett received her eighth Oscar nomination for her starring role in Tár.

## Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released. |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Kaboria | American Cheerleader | Egyptian film; extra |
| 1996 | Parklands | Rosie | Short film |
| 1997 | Paradise Road | Susan Macarthy | |
| 1997 | Thank God He Met Lizzie | Lizzie | |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Lucinda Leplastrier | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Elizabeth I | |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Lady Gertrude Chiltern | |
| 1999 | Bangers | Julie-Anne | Short film; also producer |
| 1999 | Pushing Tin | Connie Falzone | |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Mysterious Woman (voice) | Uncredited |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Meredith Logue | |
| 2000 | The Gift | Annabelle "Annie" Wilson | |
| 2000 | The Man Who Cried | Lola | |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Petal Quoyle | |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Charlotte Gray | |
| 2001 | Bandits | Kate Wheeler | |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Galadriel | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Galadriel | |
| 2002 | Heaven | Philippa | |
| 2003 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Herself / Shelly | Blanchett played dual roles. |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin | Veronica Guerin | |
| 2003 | The Missing | Magdalena "Maggie" Gilkeson | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Galadriel | |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Jane Winslett-Richardson | |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Katharine Hepburn | |
| 2005 | Little Fish | Tracy Heart | |
| 2006 | Babel | Susan Jones | |
| 2006 | The Good German | Lena Brandt | |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Sheba Hart | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Janine | Uncredited cameo |
| 2007 | In the Company of Actors | Herself | Documentary |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Elizabeth I | |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Jude Quinn (Bob Dylan) | |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Irina Spalko | |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Daisy Fuller | |
| 2008 | Ponyo | Gran Mamare (voice) | English dub |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Lady Marian | |
| 2011 | Hanna | Marissa Wiegler | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Galadriel | |
| 2012 | A Cautionary Tail | Narrator (voice) | Short film |
| 2013 | Girl Rising | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| 2013 | Journey to the South Pacific | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis | |
| 2013 | The Turning | Gail Lang | |
| 2013 | The Galapagos Affair | Dore Strauch (voice) | Documentary |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Galadriel | |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Claire Simone | |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Valka (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Galadriel | |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Nancy | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Lady Tremaine | |
| 2015 | Carol | Carol Aird | Also executive producer |
| 2015 | Truth | Mary Mapes | |
| 2015 | Manifesto | Various | Blanchett played 13 roles. |
| 2016 | Voyage of Time | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
| 2017 | Red | Mother | Short film |
| 2017 | Song to Song | Amanda | |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Hela | |
| 2018 | Ocean's 8 | Lou | |
| 2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Florence Zimmerman | |
| 2018 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Kaa (voice) | |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Valka (voice) | |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Bernadette Fox | |
| 2019 | Sweet Tooth | Narrator (voice) | Short film |
| 2021 | Don't Look Up | Brie Evantee | |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Dr. Lilith Ritter | |
| 2022 | Tár | Lydia Tár | Also executive producer |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Spazzatura the Monkey (voice) | |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | The Storian (voice) | |
| 2023 | The New Boy | Sister Eileen | Also producer |
| 2023 | Euphoria | Tiger (voice) | |
| 2024 | Rumours | Hilda Ortmann | |
| 2024 | Borderlands | Lilith | |
| 2025 | Black Bag | Kathryn St. Jean | |
| 2025 | Father, Mother, Sister, Brother † | TBA | Post-production |

## Television

| Year(s) | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1993 | Police Rescue | Mrs. Haines | Episode: "The Loaded Boy" |
| 1994 | Police Rescue | Vivian | TV movie |
| 1994 | Heartland | Elizabeth Ashton | 12 episodes, also known as Burned Bridge |
| 1994 | G.P. | Janie Morris | Episode: "Natural Selection" |
| 1995 | Bordertown | Bianca | 10 episodes |
| 2012 | Family Guy | Penelope (voice) | Episode: "Mr. and Mrs. Stewie" |
| 2012 | Family Guy | Queen Elizabeth II (voice) | Episode: "Family Guy Viewer Mail 2" |
| 2014 | Rake | Clarice Greene | 3 episodes |
| 2019 2022 | Documentary Now! | Izabella Barta | Episode: "Waiting for the Artist" |
| 2019 2022 | Documentary Now! | Alice | Episode: "Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport" |
| 2020 | Stateless | Pat Masters | 6 episodes; also co-creator and executive producer |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | Phyllis Schlafly | 9 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2020 | The Simpsons | Elaine Wolff (voice) | Episode: "The Way of the Dog" |
| 2020 | Homemade | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Ride It Out" |
| 2021 | Staged | Cate Blanchett | Episode: "The Loo Recluse" |
| 2022 | Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches | Narrator (voice) | Documentary; also executive producer |
| 2023 | What If...? | Hela (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | Disclaimer | Catherine Ravenscroft | Lead role; miniseries; also executive producer |
| 2024 | Taskmaster Australia | Herself (Cameo) | Season 3, Rhys Nicholson's Heavenly Voice |
Dandadan (Seiko ayase ) voice English dub major character

## Theatre

| Year | Production | Role(s) | Playwright | Venue |
| 1992 | Electra | Electra | Sophocles | National Institute of Dramatic Art |
| 1992 | Top Girls | Patient Griselda/Nell/Jeanine | Caryl Churchill | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1993 | Kafka Dances | Bride/Felice | Timothy Daly | Griffin Theatre Company / Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1993 | Oleanna | Carol | David Mamet | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 1994 | Hamlet | Ophelia | William Shakespeare | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 1995 | Sweet Phoebe | Helen | Michael Gow | Sydney Theatre Company / Warehouse Theatre |
| 1995 | The Tempest | Miranda | William Shakespeare | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 1995 | The Blind Giant is Dancing | Rose Draper | Stephen Sewell | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 1997 | The Seagull | Nina | Anton Chekov | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 1999 | Plenty | Susan Traherne | David Hare | Almeida Theatre / Albery Theatre |
| 1999 | The Vagina Monologues | Performer | Eve Ensler | The Old Vic, V-Day stage reading. |
| 2004 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | Sydney Theatre Company / BAM |
| 2006−2007 | A Kind of Alaska | — | Harold Pinter | Sydney Theatre Company; director only |
| 2007−2008 | Blackbird | — | David Harrower | Sydney Theatre Company; director only |
| 2008 | Blackbird | — | David Harrower | New Zealand Arts Festival / Ruhrfestspiele |
| 2009 | The War of the Roses | Richard II/Lady Anne | William Shakespeare | Sydney Theatre Company / Sydney Festival |
| 2009 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | Tennessee Williams | Sydney Theatre Company / Kennedy Center / BAM |
| 2011 | Uncle Vanya | Yelena | Anton Chekov | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2011 | Uncle Vanya | Yelena | Anton Chekov | Kennedy Center / Lincoln Center Festival |
| 2011−2012 | Gross und Klein | Lotte | Botho Strauss | Sydney Theatre Company / Barbican Centre / Théâtre de la Ville, Vienna Festival / Ruhrfestspiele. |
| 2013 | The Maids | Claire | Jean Genet | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2014 | The Maids | Claire | Jean Genet | New York City Center's Lincoln Center Festival |
| 2015 | The Present | Anna Petrovna | Anton Chekhov | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2017 | The Present | Anna Petrovna | Anton Chekhov | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
| 2019 | When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other | Woman | Martin Crimp | Dorfman Theatre, Royal National Theatre |
| 2025 | The Seagull | Arkadina | Anton Chekov | Barbican Theatre |

## Music videos

| Year | Title | Performer(s) | Refs. |
| 2016 | "The Spoils" | Massive Attack | |
| 2023 | "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte" | Sparks | |