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Cate Blanchett

Australian actor and producer (born 1969)

Cate Blanchett won Oscars for playing Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator and for the lead in Blue Jasmine. Her Lydia Tár and Galadriel show the range of a career spent moving between auteur cinema and franchises.

Cate Blanchett appears in 22 films and 2 TV series in The Rerun, from 1998 to 2025. Most of that work is in drama, adventure and fantasy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Peter Jackson (11), Ian McKellen (6), Orlando Bloom (5), Christopher Lee (5), Benedict Cumberbatch (4).

Known for

  • Elizabeth (1998), Queen Elizabeth I. Performance that brought her first Academy Award nomination.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Galadriel. Fantasy trilogy finale in which she appeared as Galadriel.
  • The Aviator (2004), Katharine Hepburn. Won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
  • Blue Jasmine (2013). Won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
  • Stateless (2020), Pat Masters. Series in her recent television work.
  • Tár, Lydia Tár. Played Lydia Tár, a role that shows her range across auteur cinema.

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What movies and TV shows has Cate Blanchett been in?
Cate Blanchett appears in Black Bag (2025), Father Mother Sister Brother (2025), Borderlands (2024), Don’t Look Up (2021), Stateless (2020), Mrs. America (2020), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Carol (2015), The Monuments Men (2014), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), Blue Jasmine (2013) and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) on The Remote.
When was Cate Blanchett born?
Cate Blanchett was born on 14 May 1969.

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