Tony Awards: Helen Mirren named best actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience Tony Awards: Helen Mirren named best actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience By Amy West June 8, 2015 10:47 BST Oscar-winner Helen Mirren won best leading actress in a play at last night's Tony Awards. She earned her accolade for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in Broadway production, The AudienceJemal Countess/Getty Dame Helen Mirren has won yet another gong for portraying Queen Elizabeth II, being honoured with her first ever Tony Award in a presentation in New York on 7 June. The 69 year old won best leading actress in a play for The Audience, beating stiff competition from fellow Brits Carey Mulligan for her role in Skylight and Ruth Wilson from Constellations, as well as Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss, nominated for her part in Heidi Chronicles. Her performance marks the second time she has received an accolade playing the monarch, after earning herself the Academy Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for 2006 film The Queen.

During her speech, the Prime Suspect star referred to her previous successes as Elizabeth, commenting "Your Majesty, you did it again". Helen Mirren as the monarch in 2006's The QueenPathe Pictures Mirren accepted the award by saying: "This is an unbelievable honour and I am so thrilled," dedicating her win to her husband Taylor Hackford. 'Baby, this is for you and you know why,' she said pointing towards her partner of 18 years. But in true Mirren style, she added jokingly "that's nothing rude, incidentally." Mirren has been nominated for a Tony Award – a ceremony which recognises the best talent on Broadway – twice before. Once in 1995 for A Month In The Country and then again in 2002 when she starred opposite Ian McKellen in Dance Of Death. Written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot), The Audience depicts the private weekly meetings held between Queen Elizabeth II and each of her twelve prime ministers, including Winston Churchill, Tony Blair and David Cameron.

As the play goes behind the walls of Buckingham Palace, theatregoers get a glimpse of the woman behind the crown and her professional relationships, all playing a significant part in shaping the current monarch. Other British wins of the night included Alex Sharp for best actor for his role in the stage adaptation of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time and Marianne Elliott for best direction for the same production. The show also walked away with the award for best play. More celebrity news Helen Mirren may have tea with the Queen - TODAY.com Today.com Helen Mirren may have tea with the Queen 2007-02-26T20:31:05.000Z comment () Helen Mirren, who won the best actress Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen,” may be invited to tea, Buckingham Palace said Monday. The film’s director, Stephen Frears, has already suggested that he, Mirren and screenwriter Peter Morgan would visit the queen at the palace next month. “It is speculation, but we are looking at a number of options,” a palace spokeswoman said Monday.

Mirren won the Oscar on Sunday night in Los Angeles for playing the monarch in “The Queen,” which retells the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash 10 years ago. The Oscar ceremony began at 12:30 a.m. Monday morning in England and was broadcast only on a pay-TV movie channel — making it difficult for most Britons to see it live. But news of Mirren’s win was inescapable Monday, dominating newspaper front pages and television newscasts. “I’m sure that the queen will be pleased,” the palace spokeswoman said. Mirren, 61, saluted the queen in her acceptance speech for maintaining “her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle” for more than 50 years. “She’s had her feet planted firmly on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and she’s weathered many, many storms. ... If it wasn’t for her, I most certainly wouldn’t be here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the queen,” Mirren said.

Scorsese�finally an Oscar winner - CNN.com Scorsese finally an Oscar winner Story Highlights • "The Departed" wins best picture • Martin Scorsese wins his first Oscar • Helen Mirren wins best actress • "An Inconvenient Truth" wins documentary Oscar By Cybil Wallace CNN Adjust font size: LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- After losing out five times, director Martin Scorsese was awarded his first Oscar on Sunday for his mob informer movie "The Departed." And moments after Scorsese walked offstage, clutching his Oscar, "The Departed" was named best picture. Scorsese, 64, was up against Clint Eastwood, who beat him two years ago and went up against him again this year having directed two critical favorites (though he was nominated for only one, "Letters From Iwo Jima"). ( Gallery: The nominees ) "Could you double-check the envelope?" Scorsese said when accepting his award.

( Watch as Scorsese talks about his Oscar ) Scorsese's first directing nomination was in 1981 for "Raging Bull." His other nominations included "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Goodfellas" and "Gangs of New York." Earlier, former "American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson took the award for best supporting actress for her role as "Effie" in "Dreamgirls" at the 79th Academy Awards. It was her first film acting role. The 25-year-old Hudson tearfully thanked her grandmother, whom she described as her "biggest inspiration." ( Blog updates from the Oscars ) Alan Arkin won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Grandpa in "Little Miss Sunshine." It was the first Oscar win for the 72-year-old veteran actor.

He beat out Eddie Murphy, whom many had considered the frontrunner for his role as James "Thunder" Early in "Dreamgirls." And in one of the least surprising wins of the evening, Helen Mirren took the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the days after the death of Princess Diana in "The Queen." "For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle," Mirren said. The other favorite of the evening, Forest Whitaker, took home the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland." Former vice president Al Gore, the star of the global-warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," saw the film pick up an Oscar. Although Gore wasn't a nominee, he spoke along with the film's director, Davis Guggenheim. "People all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue. It's a moral issue," Gore said while holding the Oscar during his speech. In the press room, Gore was asked how it feels to be a rock star. "(American Idol reject) William Hung was a rock star.

I just had a slide show," he said. ( Watch as Gore jokes around after the win ) The documentary also won best song for Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up." International flavor Host Ellen DeGeneres had promised a kinder, gentler show than those of the previous two years, when Jon Stewart and Chris Rock hosted the event. She ribbed the nervous nominees and talked about the emerging theme of the evening: the international tone of the nominated work. "Spain is in the house. Japan is representing. I think I see a few Americans as well, of course I'm talking about the seat fillers," DeGeneres said. "No one can fill a seat like an American." Among the non-American actors nominated for awards were Adriana Barraza from Mexico and Rinko Kikuchi from Japan in "Babel." Cate Blanchett, who's up for her performance in "Notes on a Scandal," is from Australia.

Other Oscar nominees hail from Spain (Penelope Cruz, "Volver"), Benin (Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond") and, of course, Britain (Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children"; Mirren, "The Queen," among others). For all the talk about "Babel' and "Little Miss Sunshine," it was "The Departed" with best picture and the most awards -- four. "Little Miss Sunshine," because of its broad-based popularity, may be one of the few nominees to draw attention to this year's awards show. That's important to Oscar broadcaster ABC. The network was hoping for big ratings for show that ran for three hours and 50 minutes. The locks and the Arkin upset Another concern ABC and the Academy had was the seeming lack of drama in most of the major categories. Whitaker, Mirren, Hudson and Murphy had won most of the major awards leading up to the Oscars, giving their races a preordained feeling. However, as Arkin's win points out, Oscar can be full of surprises. Mirren was seen as the closest thing to a lock this year.

"This is the biggest and best gold star I have ever had in my life," Mirren said while holding her Oscar, purse and an earring that fell off while she was walking to the stage. Earlier she told CNN's Brooke Anderson that she would feel "wonderful" whether or not she wins. "This whole process is fun, it's extraordinary, it's surreal, it's dramatic. It's everything you can wish for, and it's over in a flash," Mirren said from the red carpet. Other winners • "The Lives of Others," a look at the totalitarian powers wielded by East German secret police, won best foreign language film. • "Pan's Labyrinth," an adult fairytale set in fascist Spain, has won three Oscars, for cinematography, art direction and makeup. • The dancing penguins of "Happy Feet" beat out "Cars" for feature-length animation. • The sound-editing Oscar went to the "Letters From Iwo Jima" team of Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman. Murray's father was an Iwo Jima survivor. • William Monahan, the screenwriter for Martin Scorsese's crime epic "The Departed," picked up an Oscar for best adapted screenplay.

( Full list of nominees and winners ) CNN.com's Todd Leopold contributed to this report. Copyright 2007 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report. Tools: Helen Mirren to play the Queen again in theatre production The Audience - Telegraph Theatre News Helen Mirren to play the Queen again in theatre production The Audience British actress Helen Mirren will play Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan’s The Audience at the Gielgud Theatre from February 2013. Image 1 of 2 February 2007: Helen Mirren with her Oscar for best actress for her role in 'The Queen' at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California Photo: REUTERS/Gary Hershorn Image 1 of 2 Helen Mirren won the Best Actor Oscar for her uncanny portrayal in Stephen Frears' 2006 film The Queen. 11:07AM BST 21 Sep 2012 Helen Mirren is to play the role of Her Royal Highness the Queen for a second time – this time on stage, in Peter Morgan's new play The Audience.

British actress Mirren, 67, will portray Queen Elizabeth II in the West End from February 2013, a role she previously played in feature film The Queen in 2006. The Audience – written by Peter Morgan, who received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay to The Queen – will imagine confidential meetings between British Prime Ministers and the Queen held at Buckingham Palace for the last 60 years. Mirren's performance in The Queen won her the award for Best Actress at the 2007 Oscars. She had previously played two other British Queens on the big screen – Elizabeth I in the 2005 film of the same name, and Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, in 1994's The Madness of King George. Talking about The Audience to the Mail, Mirren said: Related Articles Helen Mirren - Helen Mirren - Pictures - CBS News Helen Mirren Next Helen Mirren Actress Helen Mirren arrives on the red carpet for the film, "Eye in the Sky," during the 40th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, Sept. 11, 2015.

Credit: Mark Blinch/Reuters Helen Mirren Helen Mirren, winner of the award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for "The Audience," poses in the press room during the 2015 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2015, in New York. Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images Helen Mirren Helen Mirren accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "The Audience" onstage during the 2015 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2015, in New York. Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images Helen Mirren Helen Mirren holds a "Je Suis Charlie" sign, referring to the recent terror attacks in Paris, as she arrives at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 11, 2015. Credit: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Helen Mirren Helen Mirren, who won a Best Actress Oscar for 2006's "The Queen," thanked her fans as she accepted her star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Jan. 3, 2013.

Credit: JOE KLAMAR Helen Mirren Helen Mirren attends the premiere for "Hitchcock" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Nov. 18, 2012, in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Helen Mirren Actress Helen Mirren speaks onstage at the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award honoring Morgan Freeman on June 9, 2011, in Culver City, Calif. Credit: Kevin Winter Helen Mirren Actress Helen Mirren poses backstage after receiving the Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Mirren was up for a Best Actress Oscar in 2010 for her work in "The Last Station." Credit: AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Helen Mirren British actress Helen Mirren accepts the Oscar for best actress for her work in "The Queen" during the 79th Academy Awards Feb. 25, 2007, in Los Angeles. Credit: AP Photo/Mark J.

Terrill Helen Mirren Mirren, born in Chiswick, was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for r services to the performing arts. She has won an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, and four Emmys. Credit: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images Helen Mirren Helen Mirren speaks onstage during the 2006 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour for PBS held at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif., on July 26, 2006. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Frederick M. Brown Helen Mirren Helen Mirren and her husband, director Taylor Hackford, arrive at the gala premiere of "The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil" at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on June 30, 2006. The couple, who have been together since 1986, were married in 1997 in the Scottish Highlands on Hackford's 53rd birthday.

Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Ethan Miller Helen Mirren Helen Mirren and Dennis Hopper pose at Hopper's birthday dinner at Tao Nightclub during the CineVegas film festival in Las Vegas on June 15, 2006. Mirren was born in England to a Russian father and an English mother; her paternal grandfather, a Russian noble and diplomat, was negotiating an arms deal in England and was stranded there, along with his family, after the Russian Revolution. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Ethan Miller Helen Mirren, who is married to American film director Taylor Hackford, wrote a memoir, " Credit: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images Helen Mirren From left, actor Hugh Dancy, director Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren and director Tom Hooper arrive at the premiere of HBO Films "Elizabeth I" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on April 18, 2006. In the film, Mirren plays the title character, England's 16th century monarch Queen Elizabeth. The flick details the love exploits of the queen.

Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Brad Barket Helen Mirren Matt Damon, Helen Mirren and director Paul Greengrass (director of "The Bourne Supremacy") pose in the press room with the award for best film at the Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards 2005 at Guildhall in London on Mar. 13, 2005. Mirren appeared in her first film, "Age of Consent," in 1969 at the age of 24. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Gareth Cattermole Helen Mirren Helen Mirren and Patrick Stewart attend the 2004 Tony Awards Gala after-party at Rockefeller Plaza Skate Rink in New York on June 6, 2004. In 1965, Mirren joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Cressida in "Troilus and Cressida," and Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth." Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Evan Agostini Helen Mirren Director Robert Altman, Keith Richards and Helen Mirren at the party following the New York premiere of Robert Altman's "Gosford Park" in New York on Dec. 3, 2001.

Credit: GETTY Helen Mirren Helen Mirren attends the after-party for the screening of "Calendar Girls" at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in New York on Dec. 10, 2003. The movie was based on the true story of a few society women in England who decided to do a quasi-nude calendar to raise money for a cancer center. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Mark Mainz Helen Mirren Helen Mirren cradles the Emmy award she won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in "The Passion of Ayn Rand," at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 1999. She has been nominated for eight Emmys and has won two. She won the Oscar in 2007 for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen." Credit: Getty Images Helen Mirren Helen Mirren and her husband, Taylor Hackford, arrive for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Mirren was nominated for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie for her work in "Elizabeth I." Credit: AP Photo/Laura Rauch Helen Mirren British actress Helen Mirren poses with the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for her movie "The Queen" by director Stephen Frears at the 63rd Venice Film Festival Sept. 9, 2006. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Elisabetta Villa Helen Mirren Helen Mirren curtsies on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival opening night premiere of "The Queen" at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Sept. 29, 2006, in New York. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Evan Agostini Helen Mirren Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford, who is a film director, pose for a portrait at the 2006 DGA Honors at the Directors Guild of America Theater Oct. 12, 2006, in New York. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Peter Kramer Tonys: Can Helen Mirren Win Another Award for Playing the Queen?

| Hollywood Reporter 8:49am PT by Scott Feinberg Tonys: Can Helen Mirren Win Another Award for Playing the Queen? The 69-year-old, who won the best actress Oscar eight years ago for 'The Queen,' is now in the running for the best actress in a play Tony for 'The Audience.' The countdown to the coronation is already underway: Dame Helen Mirren, who won the best actress Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 film The Queen, is now the clear frontrunner to win the best actress in a play Tony for her portrayal of the same monarch in this year's acclaimed Broadway production The Audience. Which begs the question: how many people have previously won an Oscar and a Tony for performances as the same character/person? The answer is nine.

In the order of which they completed the double, they are: Jose Ferrer as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac (Tony in 1948, Oscar in 1951) Shirley Booth as Lola Delaney in Come Back, Little Sheba (Tony in 1950, Oscar in 1953) Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam in The King and I (Tony in 1952, Oscar in 1957) Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (Tony in 1960, Oscar in 1963) Rex Harrison as Prof.

Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (Tony in 1957, Oscar in 1965) Paul Scofield as Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons (Tony in 1962, Oscar in 1967) Jack Albertson as John Cleary in The Subject Was Roses (Tony in 1965, Oscar in 1969) Joel Grey as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret (Tony in 1967, Oscar in 1973) Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (Oscar in 1965) and Zorba (Tony in 1984) It makes sense that Mirren, 69, would become No. 10: She is as associated with the role of the Queen as the aforementioned individuals will forever be with the aforementioned roles. As you can see, though, only one of those people — Kedrova — won the Oscar before the Tony, as would be the case with Mirren, too. They would also be the only people on the list to win for playing the same people in different properties.

(In Mirren's case, The Queen focused on her response to Princess Diana's death, while The Audience is about her interactions with Britain's prime ministers throughout her reign. Both were written by Peter Morgan.) It seems unlikely that Mirren will be "penalized" for having previously played the Queen on the big screen, since that was a one-time performance. However, for many years, and perhaps even to this day, people who performed a role onstage and then on film (the much more common path) were dismissed by many — including the Hollywood trade papers — as being unworthy of Oscar recognition because, those people felt, they'd had an opportunity to perfect their portrayal over the course of many previous performances, unlike their competition. More often than not, it never even came to that sort of a debate, because the Broadway performer was replaced by a "bigger name" Hollywood star when a show was adapted into a film. (The most famous example, perhaps, is Julie Andrews being replaced by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady.

Ethel Merman, Kim Stanley, Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury and Chita Rivera also lost major film roles in this manner.) Cate Blanchett - Biography - IMDb Cate Blanchett Biography Showing all 140 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (95) | Personal Quotes (34) | Salary (3) Overview (3) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to June (Gamble), an Australian teacher and property developer, and Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., an American advertising executive, originally from Texas. She has an older brother and a younger sister. When she was ten years old, her 40-year-old father died of a sudden heart attack. Her mother never remarried, and her grandmother moved in to help her mother. Cate graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim.

On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill 's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Tim Daly 's "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet 's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. She then co-starred in the ABC Television's prime time drama Heartland (1994), again winning critical acclaim. In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Other theatre credits include Helen in the Sydney Theatre Company's "Sweet Phoebe", Miranda in "The Tempest" and Rose in "The Blind Giant is Dancing", both for the Belvoir Street Theatre Company. In other television roles, Blanchett starred as Bianca in ABC's Bordertown (1995), as Janie Morris in G.P.

(1989) and in ABC's popular series Police Rescue (1994). She made her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997). She also married writer Andrew Upton in 1997. She had met him a year earlier on a movie set, and they didn't like each other at first. He thought she was aloof, and she thought he was arrogant, but then they connected over a poker game at a party, and she went home with him that night. Three weeks later he proposed marriage and they quickly married before she went off to England to play her breakthrough role in films: the title character in Elizabeth (1998) for which she won numerous awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow . 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy.

She also gave birth to her first child, son Dashiell, in 2001. In 2004, she gave birth to her second son Roman. Also, in 2004, she played actress Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's film "Aviator" (2004), for which she received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. Two years later, she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for playing a teacher having an affair with an underage student in "Notes on a Scandal" (2006). In 2007, she returned to the role that made her a star in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007). It earned her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress. She was nominated for another Oscar that same year as Best Supporting Actress for playing Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There" (2007). In 2008, she gave birth to her third child, son Ignatius. She and her husband became artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company, choosing to spend more time in Australia raising their three sons.

She also purchased a multi-million dollar home in Sydney, Australia and named it Bulwarra and made extensive renovations to it. Because of her life in Australia, her film work became sporadic, until Woody Allen cast her in the title role in Blue Jasmine (2013), which won her the Academy Award as Best Actress. She ended her job as artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, while her husband continued there for two more years before he too resigned. In 2015, she adopted her daughter Edith in her father's homeland of America. That same year, she and her husband sold their multi-million dollar home in Australia at a profit and moved to America. Reasons varied from her wanting to work more in America to wanting to familiarize herself with her late father's American heritage. She played the title role of Carol (2015), a 1950s American housewife in a lesbian affair with a younger woman. She won rave reviews for the role, and may again be an Oscar contender.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (1) ( 29 December 1997 - present) (4 children) Trade Mark (3) Known for playing many different roles with multifarious personalities, such as the young sensible English queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth (1998), the rude, hustling wife in The Shipping News (2001), and the dangerous Russian villain in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Blonde hair and blue eyes Highly defined cheekbones Trivia (95) 1993: She was the first person to win the Sydney Theatre Critic's Circle Theatre award for Best Newcomer (for her role in "Kafka Dances"), and Best Lead Actress (for her role in David Mamet 's "Oleanna", with the Sydney Theatre Company, opposite Shine (1996) star Geoffrey Rush in the same year. Has an older brother named Bob who works in the computer field, and a younger sister, Genevieve who is a theater designer. When she was 18, Cate was on vacation in Egypt.

A fellow guest at a cheap hotel in Cairo asked if she wanted to be an extra in a movie, the Egyptian boxing movie Kaboria [Crabs (1990)], directed by Khairy Beshara. She appeared in 3 scenes in that movie, in one of them she was dancing to the main song of the movie. Attended Methodist Ladies College (MLC) in Melbourne, Australia and was the School Drama Captain. Her father, (Robert Blanchett) a Texan advertising executive, died of a heart attack when she was ten years old. After completing work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics. Was considered for the role of Clarice Starling in Hannibal (2001). The part eventually went to Julianne Moore . In an interview she gave to Fox Television Network, she admitted blushingly that she had accepted the role of Galadriel, the Elf Queen, in the Lord of the Rings trilogy because she always wanted to appear in a movie wearing pointed ears. Enjoys making lists and crossing items off as she accomplishes them. Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

[1999] As os 2015, has been in 8 movies where the title contains the name of the character she plays: Veronica Guerin (2003), Charlotte Gray (2001), Elizabeth (1998), Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Carol (2015). Was originally going to play the role of Anna in Mike Nichols 's latest film Closer (2004), but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out, so it was recast with Julia Roberts instead. Was the original 'Tim-Tam' girl in the series of commercials promoting the product. September 2004: Flew back home to Melbourne, Australia to launch the skincare range from SK-II at Australia's leading department store Myer. As of September 2011, she was still featured in full-page print ads for the same cosmetic.

Was set to play "Portia" in Michael Radford 's adaptation of William Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice (2004), thus reuniting with actor Joseph Fiennes , her co-star from the blockbuster Elizabeth (1998), but had to drop out after discovering her pregnancy. This also would have reunited her with Ian McKellen , with whom she appeared in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, who would have played "Shylock". He too ultimately left the project. By winning the Oscar for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn , she became the first person to give an Oscar-winning portrayal of a previous Oscar winner. In The Aviator (2004), she works opposite Leonardo DiCaprio , who plays Howard Hughes . The year before, she appeared in The Missing (2003) with Tommy Lee Jones . Jones played Hughes years earlier in The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977). 1995: Nominated for Best Female Performance by the Melbourne Green Room Awards, for the Belvoir St Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Won the Rosemont Best Actress Award for her performance in "Oleanna".

1992: Graduated from Australia's NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art). Four of her six Oscar nominations are for playing real people (Queen Elizabeth I, Katharine Hepburn and Bob Dylan ). The latter two are both Oscar winners themselves. Won Best Female Actor, Helpmann Award for her performance in "Hedda Gabler". [2005] Appeared next to Hugo Weaving in 9 different projects: Bordertown (1995), Drama School (2000), Little Fish (2005), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002), Quest for the Ring (2001). Her father, Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., was born in Texas, to a family that had been based in the American South for many generations.

Her grandfather, Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Sr., was born in 1905 in Arkansas, where he was also buried in 1989. Her paternal grandmother, Merle Jenevieve (King), was born in Oklahoma. Her father was of distant French descent; much of Cate's other ancestry from both of her parents is British Isles: English, Scottish, and some Northern Irish. In "The Lord of the Rings", she worked with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin , who played "Frodo" and "Sam", respectively. Also appearing with her in those films, as well as in The Aviator (2004), was Ian Holm , who played "Frodo" in the BBC radio series. In Notes on a Scandal (2006), she worked with Bill Nighy , who played "Sam" in the BBC radio series. In The Golden Age (2007), she worked with Samantha Morton , who is engaged to Ian Holm 's son, Harry Holm. In Bandits (2001), she works with Troy Garity .

In The Aviator (2004), she plays Katharine Hepburn , who appeared with Garity's mother, Jane Fonda and grandfather, Henry Fonda , in On Golden Pond (1981). Was considered for the role of Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). 15th February 2005: Attended the 2005 Elle Style Awards held at London's trendy Spitalfields Market. Posed for photos with fellow Australian Kylie Minogue , who was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Her Texan father, Robert Blanchett, met her mother, June, in Melbourne, Australia. He decided to marry her and relocate to Australia and raise a family. Was officially in the BAFTA longlist (Equivalently, the semi-finals) for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for her role in Notes on a Scandal (2006) (unlike the Oscars, where she was competing for Supporting Role), which consisted of 15 finalists for each category (except Animated Film). However, she was eliminated in the next round, which the five official nominees were selected.

[2007] She and her The Shipping News (2001) and Notes on a Scandal (2006) co-star Judi Dench both received Oscar-nominations for playing Queen Elizabeth I in 1999. Dench won for her supporting role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) while Blanchett was nominated for Elizabeth (1998). Was Steven Spielberg 's first choice for the role or Agatha in Minority Report (2002). After the death of Stanley Kubrick , he made A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) his first priority, and she moved on to other projects. She was later able to work with Spielberg in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Dec. 2007 - Ranked #45 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#31). [2007]. In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $13 million.

Along with Fay Bainter , Teresa Wright , Barry Fitzgerald , Jessica Lange , Sigourney Weaver , Al Pacino , Holly Hunter , Emma Thompson , Julianne Moore and Jamie Foxx , she is one of only eleven actors to receive Academy Award nominations in two acting categories in the same year. She was nominated for Best Actress for The Golden Age (2007) and Best Supporting Actress for I'm Not There. (2007) at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. She, Linda Hunt and Felicity Huffman are the only performers to be nominated for an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite sex. She is only one of six performers (and the only female) to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two separate films. She was nominated as Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and The Golden Age (2007). The other five are Bing Crosby as Father O'Malley in Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St.

Mary's (1945), Peter O'Toole as Henry II in Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974), Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986), and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015). Was listed as a potential nominee for the 2008 Razzies (but did not make the final ballot) for her performance as "Queen Elizabeth I" in The Golden Age (2007), a performance that earned her another Oscar nomination. Had she earned a Razzie nod, she would have been one of the few actors to have a Razzie and Oscar nomination for the same performance. Got the role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) after Rachel Weisz backed out, because of scheduling problems. Lives in Hunters Hill, Sydney, Australia.

Did not return to work until six months after giving birth to her son Ignatius in order to take to the stage for a Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire", where she portrayed Blanche DuBois. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 5, 2008. She was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to acting and Australian society. Was originally cast as Mrs. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), but was later replaced by Meryl Streep . Her portrayal of Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) is director Steven Spielberg 's favorite villain in the Indiana Jones series. Was originally cast as Izzi Creo in The Fountain (2006), but was forced to drop out of the film due to scheduling conflicts with Little Fish (2005). Rachel Weisz was then cast instead.

She was on set for only 8 days to shoot her scenes for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and the two follow-ups. Performing in "The War Of The Roses" in Sydney, Australia. [January 2009] New York, NY: It was announced that she, as well as Ralph Fiennes , will be honored by gala tributes (separately) in October by the Film Society of Lincoln Center during its annual film festival. [August 2013] Sydney Theatre Company announced that husband and wife Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton would become artistic directors, beginning in 2008. [November 2006] (France) Promoting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) at the Cannes Film Festival. [May 2008] Washington, D.C: Performing in Anton Chekhov 's "Uncle Vanya" at The Kennedy Center with her and husband Andrew Upton 's group, the Sydney Theatre Company. [August 2011] Grew up in the suburb of Eaglemont, part of the Greater Melbourne area.

Five directors cast her more than once in their films: Gillian Armstrong , Shekhar Kapur , Steven Soderbergh , Todd Haynes , and Peter Jackson . Her older brother Bob is smart but has a mild form of cerebral palsy. When they were growing up, Cate always stuck up for him when the other children made fun of him. Later, when she gave birth to her second child Roman, she gave him the middle name of Bob, named after Cate's brother. (Bob is also her father and her grandfather's names.) And when she won the Academy Award as Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013), she thanked him in her acceptance speech. In 2008, although she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Golden Age (2007), she publicly declared that she had voted for Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (2007), and described her performance as Édith Piaf as "astonishing and inspiring". When Cotillard was announced as the winner, Blanchett was visibly happy for her win.

In 2012, Blanchett wrote an op-ed for Variety praising Cotillard's performance in Rust and Bone (2012). She said the pronunciation of her last name accustomed to is BLAN-chett, as opposed to Blan-CHETT. Holds the record as the only Australian actress to win two Academy Awards. The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is the 6 years between both Elizabeth (1998) and The Aviator (2004) and The Golden Age (2007), I'm Not There. (2007) and Blue Jasmine (2013). Is only the sixth actress to win both leading and supporting actress Oscars. The other five are Maggie Smith , Meryl Streep , Jessica Lange , Helen Hayes and Ingrid Bergman . The only actor to be nominated and win Oscars for both of the iconoclast New York directors Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen . Was the 126th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Aviator (2004) at The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) on February 27, 2005.

Shaved her head at 15 and as a result was almost fired from her job at a nursing home. Dedicated her 2014 BAFTA Award to Philip Seymour Hoffman who had recently passed away. Is one of 13 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen (2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012), Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014).

Holds the record for largest "Best Actress" award sweep (42 wins) for her performance as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (2013), followed by Helen Mirren (40 wins) for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) and Natalie Portman (38 wins) for her performance as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010). Her first Oscar nomination was for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998), the same year that Judi Dench won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing that same role in Shakespeare in Love (1998). She went on to win her first Oscar for playing another Oscar winner: Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004).

She has made seven films with Peter Jackson : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Hot Fuzz (2007) is the only one that Jackson did not direct. In 2014, during the Press Conference of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) at the Cannes Film Festival, a journalist asked Blanchett who's better between her and Marion Cotillard , she answered saying that Cotillard is better and praised her performances in La Vie en Rose (2007) and Rust and Bone (2012) and also said that she couldn't wait to see Cotillard as Lady Macbeth [in Macbeth (2015)].

Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her son Roman in order to begin filming Little Fish (2005). Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 34, a son named Roman Robert Upton on April 23, 2004. Child's father is her husband, Andrew Upton . Was 3 months pregnant with her son Ignatius when she completed filming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 38, a son named Ignatius Martin Upton on April 13, 2008. Child's father is her husband, Andrew Upton . Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Dashiell in order to begin filming Veronica Guerin (2003). Was unknowingly pregnant with her son Roman while portraying the pregnant journalist in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son named Dashiell John Upton on December 3, 2001.

He was named after her husband's favourite author Dashiell Hammett . Child's father is her husband, Andrew Upton . (March 6, 2015) Adopted her 4th child, a daughter named Edith Vivian Patricia Upton, with her husband Andrew Upton . (December 29, 1997) Married her boyfriend of a year Andrew Upton . They met in 1996 on the set of a TV show. The wedding took place in the National Park "Blue Mountains" in New South Wales. Soon after the wedding she started filming Elizabeth (1998). Was Ridley Scott 's original choice for the role of Commander Lewis in The Martian (2015), but turned it down due to a scheduling conflict. Was the original choice for the role of Marianne in A Bigger Splash (2015). The part eventually went to Tilda Swinton . Eddie Redmayne starred with Blanchett in The Golden Age (2007).

In 2015, Blanchett presented him the Oscar for Best Actor for The Theory of Everything (2014), having won the Best Actress Oscar one year before for Blue Jasmine (2013). An avid fan of the horror genre, her particular favorites were the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone , The Scarlet Claw (1944) being especially memorable. Also includes among her favorites Burnt Offerings (1976) and the "Halloween" series of films. Is one of 9 actresses who have received an Academy Award nomination for portraying a real-life queen.

The others in chronological order are Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette (1938), Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Vanessa Redgrave for Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Janet Suzman for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Helen Mirren for The Madness of King George (1994) and The Queen (2006), Judi Dench for Mrs Brown (1997) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010). In 2009, she was among four Oscar-winning Australian actors to be immortalized onto postage stamps in their home country. Each of the actors has two stamps, showing them both in and out of character. Is the 4th youngest actress (at age 46) to have received 7 Academy Award nominations; those younger are Bette Davis (at age 36), Meryl Streep (at age 38) and Kate Winslet (at age 40).

Blanchett and Kate Winslet have both received their seventh Academy Award nomination in 2016. Winslet for Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs (2015), and Blanchett for Best Actress for Carol (2015). Has American citizenship due to her father being American. Blanchett and her The Aviator (2004) co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio , have been nominated for Oscars in the same year four times: in 2005 both of them were nominated for The Aviator; in 2007 for Blood Diamond (2006) (DiCaprio) and Notes on a Scandal (2006) (Blanchett); in 2014 for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) (DiCaprio) and Blue Jasmine (2013) (Blanchett), and in 2016 for The Revenant (2015) (DiCaprio) and Carol (2015) (Blanchett). Personal Quotes (34) If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!

When asked what colour her hair is: "Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know." When asked if she has ever appeared in Neighbours (1985): "Absolutely not. I'm an actress." [on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy] I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head. If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin puts on heavy Strine] sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on.

[on doing many accents] [on working with Ron Howard in The Missing (2003)] I loved making it, I had a ball - cowboys and Indians. This is the thing, I love doing things which I'd never envisaged before. And so getting me on the back of a horse, with Tommy Lee Jones and shooting guns and chasing Indians, it's just not something that I would have expected myself to be doing. The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, "How can you do that?" [SAG acceptance speech Feb. 5, 2005] Thank you. I so didn't expected this. I wore a really tight dress that's very ungracious walking up those stairs. Thank you very much, I sort of don't know where to begin. Playing Katharine Hepburn , I absolutely did not expect to be standing here in front of you all.

But Hepburn aside, I actually would like to say, as an actor coming from another country to this country, I am so astounded and amazed, and grateful, at the power of the SAG union and what it does for its members. And I hope that other countries, mine own included, you know, is inspired by that - I think it's incredible. [on the pressures women face regarding plastic surgery] It's not just women on film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who'd had children and I think they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? I look at people sort of entombing themselves and all you see is their little pin holes of terror... and you think, just live your life, death is not going to be any easier just because your face can't move. I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project.

That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there? There's this sense that of course you want to be famous. When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame. [on her first Oscar loss, in 1999] Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28? Of course one worries about getting older--we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor? Don't you think like most things, like comedy, like sex, like anything, it's about timing? I think [my husband and I] collided with each other at what turned out to be the perfect time.

We knew each other socially and we didn't get on and we played poker one night and I don't know how we ended up kissing but we did and he asked me to marry him about three weeks later and we got together in the same spirit. . . . Maybe I've got a lack of consequence, a healthy lack of consequence. [In 2012, on collaborating with husband Andrew Upton ]: We've had some doozies and we've had some stinkers. No one sets out to have a stinker. [I have] this strange, probably unachievable fantasy about performing in German in Berlin. [But] I don't speak German. [on being directed by Woody Allen in Blue Jasmine (2013)] I found him forthcoming, generous and refreshingly honest. It can be brutal when people are honest, but I much prefer to know if it's not working, because you can do something with it - rather than people who go, 'Oh, we'll fix it up in post [-production].' There is no post in a Woody Allen movie. If it doesn't happen then, it doesn't happen at all. I love Brighton.

We lived in Lewes Crescent and it was the genesis of the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland; so magical. No one is ever who they purport to be. And I suppose I'm most interested in the gap between who we project socially and who we really are. I don't know if I ever really wanted to be an actor. I'm an active person - the thought of waiting for the phone to ring wasn't something that sat happily with me. But I kept doing it, trying not to do it, and then doing it. There's such a blessed unrest that you feel all the time, but maybe that's what keeps you going. I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar and you walk offstage and your first thought is: "Oh God, I've peaked." I've done a lot of talking over the past six years. My husband and I have been running the Sydney Theatre Company and it's been magic - my kids have been able to see so many of those transient moments between acting and real life behind the scenes. But now that I've given it up I'm looking forward to being a bit quieter. I'm very conscious of that.

There have been times when I've heard myself in the past and thought: "Aw, just shut up." You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen . He's not the sort of person where you can knock on his door and say: "I've got this really interesting idea." You just have to hope that he's written your name on a little scrap of paper somewhere and that one day he will call and say: "I've got a script I want you to read." Working with Woody [Allen] is like an emotional strip club without the cash. [on winning her 2nd Oscar for Blue Jasmine (2013)] Sit down. You're too old to be standing. Thank you, Mr. Day-Lewis, from you it exacerbates this honor to and it blows it right out of the ballpark. Thank you so much to the Academy. As random and as subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of extraordinary, yet again, extraordinary performances by women. Amy Adams, everything you do, but your performance in American Hustle blew my mind. And Meryl, what can I say?

Sandra [Bullock], I could watch that performance to the end of time, and I sort of felt like I had. Julia [Roberts], #suckit. You know what I mean? And Judi Dench , I mean what a career. She's not here tonight because at the age of 79, her film was so successful that she's in India doing a sequel. I mean what a career that is, if I could hope. And me, I'm here accepting an award in an extraordinary screenplay by Woody Allen. Thank you so much, Woody, for casting me. I truly appreciate it. I'm so very proud that Blue Jasmine stayed in the cinemas for as long as it did. And thank you to Sony Classics, to Michael and Tom for their extraordinary support. For so bravely and intelligently distributing the film and to the audiences who went to see it and perhaps those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences. They are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

Thank you to my mum, to my sister, to my brother, to my three glorious sons. I would not be standing here without you. To my husband, Andrew, you are a legend. Thank you to my agent, Hylda Queally , you're behind the pillar somewhere up there. You are a goddess. To my agent in Australia, Robyn Gardiner , I love you so very much. To my publicist Lisa Kasteler. To the sublime Sally Hawkins . And to the extraordinary cast of Blue Jasmine. I don't know how to do this without other actors and this I share with you. To the hair and makeup people who sweat-ed me up and tried to make me look attractive. Thank you for the attempt. To Carla Meyer for getting Sally and I together and for incredible support. To Helen Robin. To everyone involved in Blue Jasmine, I thank you so much. And finally, I would like to thank every single member of the Sydney Theatre Company, one of the great theater companies in the world. For me, working on Blue Jasmine, it was a real synthesis of my work in the theater and on film.

And not only working with you for the last six years has been the most enormous privilege of my career but it's made me a better actress. There is so much talent in Australia and Michael Wilkinson and C.M. and I are just tonight's tip of the iceberg. Thank you so much. Thank you. [on who's the best between her and Marion Cotillard - Cannes Film Festival, 2014] There is no competition. Marion, hands down. I think she is one of the world's greatest actresses. From the first few frames of La Vie en Rose (2007), I just thought that I'd never seen anything like it. To see her in comic roles, and I was blown away again in Rust and Bone (2012). We share the same agent at CAA, much to my chagrin. I think she's a genius. I can't wait to see her Lady Macbeth. [on if she get fed up with being asked how she handles motherhood and her career] That question is only directed toward women: "How do you have it all?" I think we live in a world where there's still not equal pay for equal work.

I still don't understand how in 2014 why that's not the case. I'm not necessarily talking about the industry in which we work. It's every industry. I think the things that have been said about women not only in African countries but also the English-speaking world is absolutely appalling. I think sometimes we're back in the Middle Ages. But I'm an actress at a film festival [Cannes 2014]. I can cope with those questions, but it's still surprising that we're still asking those questions. [on why she got involved with How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)] It's a gift to be a part of a project like this. My children and I adored the first. And so when Dean [DeBlois, writer/director of "How to Train Your Dragon 2"] ambushed me a few years ago at an awards ceremony, I was intrigued. As an actor, you're used to using your body, your face, everything you can to communicate stuff.

And when you have to only do it through your voice, and you're doing it in tandem with the most extraordinary, state-of-the-art animation, I found it an intriguing ride over the last three-and-a-half, four years to watch the character evolve quite separate from me, and how you can enhance and work with what the animators are doing. I didn't actually get to work with the other actors. I acted opposite Dean most of the time. It was very interesting. I always remember something that Michelle Pfeiffer said a few years ago, which is that if you put a dollar in a jar every time you screw up with your children, then by the time they're grown you'll have saved enough to pay for their therapy. And I think that's true - although with inflation it's probably gone up to five dollars by now! [on her reaction when her father died when she was 10 years old] I was playing the piano. He walked past the window. I waved goodbye [but didn't hug or kiss him]. He was going off to work. He had a heart attack that day. He was only forty. I developed this ritual where I couldn't leave the house until I could actually physically say goodbye to everyone.

[on Blue Jasmine (2013)] Every day on set I'd tell myself: don't screw up. It wasn't born out of anxiety, it was just pragmatic. You've been given a really great opportunity - it's my job to make it jump off the page. Not to make it less than Woody's offering. But I say that to myself every time. I'm not particularly needy and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a director to tell me I'm doing a good job, or that I'm great. I don't need to be stroked. It's more my own yardstick. For me it felt less about the period and more about the gaze. If the cigarette was held in a certain way and perceived by the camera in a certain way, it was because it was viewed through the prism of someone's desire, rather than the prism of the period. Salary (3) The Queen (2006) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error After the death of Princess Diana , Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 38 titles created 02 Dec 2011 a list of 30 titles created 18 Sep 2012 a list of 22 titles created 08 Dec 2013 a list of 21 titles created 21 Jun 2014 a list of 22 titles created 05 Dec 2015 Search for " The Queen " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 91 wins & 93 nominations.

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Director: Luc Jacquet A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." Director: James Marsh Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf . Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy. Director: Olivier Dahan Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's. Director: Kevin Macdonald 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

Director: Bennett Miller The story of Harvey Milk , and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Director: Gus Van Sant A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit. Director: Tony Gilroy Edit Storyline Diana the 'People's Princess' has died in a car accident in Paris. The Queen and her family decide that for the best, they should remain hidden behind the closed doors of Balmoral Castle. The heartbroken public do not understand and request that the Queen comforts her people. This also puts pressure on newly elected Tony Blair , who constantly tries to convince the monarchy to address the public. Written by Film_Fan Queen of a Nation. Queen of Hearts. See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 17 November 2006 (USA) See more » Also Known As: £856,273 (UK) (15 September 2006) Gross: Did You Know?

Trivia When she was interviewing people who knew the Queen personally, Helen Mirren discovered that the Queen suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. It was her idea to show the Queen putting pens in order on the table while talking to Tony Blair on speaker phone at Balmoral. Director Stephen Frears was not convinced at first, but thought it worked quite well with the finished film. See more » Goofs While the Queen does drive herself on her lands, her security is always at a discreet distance; it is inconceivable that she would have to call for assistance, much less, be allowed to be stranded like the average motorist. See more » Quotes [first lines] Reporter: After weeks of campaigning on the road, Tony Blair and his family finally strolled the few hundred yards to the polling station this election day morning. Amongst the Labour faithful up and down the country, there is an enormous sense of pride in Mr. Blair's achievements, and the confidence that he is about to become the youngest prime minister this century.

Written by Tom Blades (as Blades) Performed by and Licensed Courtesy of Tom Blades The Irresistible Charm Of The Monarchy 10 September 2006 | by pierlorenzodangelo (Italy) – See all my reviews No matter who you are, what's your political stand, or your social status, if any. You won't to turn the page or look away from the TV set if there is a piece of news concerning the royals, the British Royals in particular. I think it's human nature so there is nothing we can do about it. That's why it's amazing to realize that the Queen didn't quite understand that and how powerful and moving her surrendering to the fact. I don't know how to describe Helen Mirren's portrayal but I'm tempted to say already (I only saw the film last night) that is among the best I've ever seen. Riveting, totally fulfilling. The illusion is complete and without mockery or mimicry Helen Mirren gives us a full picture of someone who only exists in our minds as a title and in a series of constantly repeating images - hats, smiles, hand waves and holiday greetings from a TV screen - Congratulations to everyone concerned. A total triumph.

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Question: Who won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen"?
Answer: Helen Mirren