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Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett Birth Date: May 14, 1969 Profession: actress, producer
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| Welcome to The Cate Blanchett Picture Sites! This site truly contains only high quality scans, so you can stop searching for Cate Blanchett pictures from now on! For those new to the site, my philosophy on exactly what constitutes 'high quality' is found here. Be sure to check out all three picture galleries to your left. Cate was born to an Aussie mother and a Texan father. She is of French ancestry, and claims to be vaguely related to Louis Bleriot (1872-1976), the first aviator to have crossed the English Channel. After growing up in Melbourne, she began studies of fine arts and economics at the University of Melbourne, but, departed, after a fashion, to continue her education via travel. After the expiration of her vistor's visa forced her to leave England, she eventually found herself in Egypt, desperate for money. In an effort to earn some cash, and get a crack at craft services, she signed on as an extra in an Arabic boxing film. It was the first time she had ever been on a film set, but, it wouldn't, obviously, be the last.Upon her return to Melbourne, she enrolled at Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. This decision would change her life. She recalled, "It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career".Upon her graduation from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride in Timothy Daly's musical "Kafka Dances". She won the Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance.From there, Cate went on to star as Carol opposite Geoffrey Rush in David Mamet's searing polemic, "Oleanna", also for The Sydney Theatre Company. Consequently, she achieved an unprecendented feat, picking up her second gong of the year by also wiinning the Rosemont Best Actress Award,In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her turn as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Cate has been quoted as seeing her craft as "a process of accumulation and elimination". Her 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. Later, like "Oscar and Lucinda" co-star, Ralph Fiennes, she moved on to Chekov, playing Nina in "The Seagull".In the realm of television, Cate co-starred in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) Televsion's "Heartland", winning critical acclaim in this examination of rural aborigines. She also earned notice as Bianca in ABC's "Bordertown", as Janie Morris in "G.P.", and in ABC's popular series, "Police Rescue". Cate revised her character of Rosie from "Heartland" in the non-feature film, Parklands.She made her feature debut as a shy Australian nurse in Bruce Beresford's, Paradise Road. She next starred in Cherie Nowlan's debut feature, Thank God He Met Lizzie, playing the title role. For this, Cate won the prestigious AFI (Australian Fim Institute) Best Supporting Actress Award. Cate's next venture was the critically acclaimed, Oscar and Lucinda, directed by noted Australian director, Gillian Armstrong. Cate captivated audiences and critics alike, playing opposite Ralph Fiennes, with her bewitching and mesmerizing portrait of Lucinda Leplastrier.In June of 1997, she married Andrew Upton, a script and cointinuity editor she had met on the Parklands shoot. It was not, apparently, love at first sight. He has remarked he found her "aloof", and she has described him as having been "a bit full of himself". but, they soon bonded over a shared good sense of humour. And, if their interaction at the Golden Globes is any indication, they would appear to be truly soulmates, and deeply in love.It was Cate's starmaking portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth that shot her into the stratosphere in terms of both popular and critical acclaim. Her stunning metamorphosis from innocent, lovestruck young lass to the hardened, seemingly calcified, ruler of England was stunning and heartbreaking, Igniting a firestorm of focused attention within the film community. Cate's chameleonlike qualities astounded both the industry and the public. Consequently, it was of little surprise when the Awards began to pour forth.As a result of Elizabeth, Cate was honored with the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture, and was designated Best Actress for her performance by: The Broadcast Film Critics Association, The Chicago Film Critics Association, The London Critics Circle, The Golden Satellite Awards, The Toronto Film Critics Association, and The Online Film Critics Society. She was also been nominated by her peers for the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Best Actress Award, and on Tuesday, February 9, 1999, received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. Her film, Elizabeth received seven nominations in all including, Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Musical Score, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup.Cate was justly honoured with the BAFTA Best Actress Award, while Elizabeth was honoured as Best British Film, for Best Score, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and co-star Geoffrey Rush was designated Best Supporting Actor,She most recently received a nomination for the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, as Best Breakthrough Female Performer. Filmography > Little Fish (2005) .... Tracy Heart > Stories of Lost Souls (2005) .... Julie-Anne (segment Bangers) > The Aviator (2004) .... Katharine Hepburn > The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) .... Jane Winslett-Richardson > The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Galadriel ... aka Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs, Der (Germany) ... aka The Return of the King (USA: short title) > The Missing (2003/I) .... Maggie Gilkeson > Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) .... Cate/Shelly (segment "Cousins") > Veronica Guerin (2003) .... Veronica Guerin > The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) .... Galadriel ... aka Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Türme, Der (Germany) ... aka The Two Towers (USA: short title) > Heaven (2002) .... Philippa ... aka Heaven (France) (Germany) > The Shipping News (2001) .... Petal ... aka Noeuds et dénouements (Canada: French title) > Charlotte Gray (2001) .... Charlotte Gray ... aka Liebe der Charlotte Gray, Die (Germany) > The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .... Galadriel ... aka The Fellowship of the Ring (USA: short title) ... aka The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture (USA: promotional title) > Bandits (2001) .... Kate Wheeler > The Gift (2000) .... Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson > The Man Who Cried (2000) .... Lola ... aka The man who cried - Les larmes d'un homme (France) > The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) .... Meredith Logue ... aka The Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley (USA: complete title) > Pushing Tin (1999) .... Connie Falzone ... aka Turbulenzen - und andere Katastrophen (Germany) > An Ideal Husband (1999) .... Lady Gertrude Chiltern > Bangers (1999) .... Julie-Anne > Elizabeth (1998) .... Elizabeth I ... aka Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (closing credits title) > Oscar and Lucinda (1997) .... Lucinda Leplastrier > Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) .... Lizzie ... aka The Wedding Party (USA: video title) > Paradise Road (1997) .... Susan Macarthy > Parklands (1996) .... Rosie > "Bordertown" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Bianca > Police Rescue (1994) .... Vivian ... aka Police Rescue: The Movie (Australia: promotional title) > "Heartland" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Elizabeth Ashton ... aka Burned Bridge (Australia) > "G.P." (1989) TV Series .... 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