Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchettis an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film Elizabeth, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Her...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 May 1969
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.
There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'
I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.
People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'
I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.
I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.
Passion is a quality I admire in a woman.
Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.
I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.
My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It's ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.
I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school.