Cate Blanchett

Galadriel


            


Full Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Birth Date: 14th May, 1969

Marital Status: She is married to Andrew Upton

 

 

 

 


Trivia:

  • Attended Ivanhoe East Primary School and Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School in Melbourne

  • Along with her husband, became the co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), starting in January 2008. They will remain as directors until 2013

  • Her father Robert, was in the navy and met his wife June, when his ship USS Arneb docked in Melbourne

  • Joined the STC in 1993

  • Did a great amount of research before portraying Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) which included watching the actresses performances and reading everything that she could find about her. Lauren Bacall also proved to be a great source of information

  • Met her husband Andrew, a playwright and screenwriter, in 1996, while appearing in a production of The Seagull. Initially they disliked each other, but within a few weeks of their meeting, Andrew had proposed

  • Studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney

  • Was the original Tim Tam girl in a series of commercials promoting the Australian biscuit

  • When she was 10 years old, her father died of a heart attack at age 40

  • One of her ancestors is Louis Bleriot, the first aviator to cross the English Channel

  • Married on 29th December 1997, in Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia

  • Studied Economics and Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne

  • Son Dashiell John Upton was born on 3rd December 2001 in London. He was named after the crime author Dashiell Hammett

  • Is a patron of the Sydney Film Festival

  • Owns a dog called Egg

  • Her father worked in advertising and her mother was a teacher

  • Travelled overseas after leaving university. At 18, she visited England and then moved onto Egypt where she was asked if she would like to appear as an extra in a film, but walked off the set before doing so

  • In 1993 she was awarded the Best Newcomer award from the Sydney Critics Theatre Circle for her performance in Kayka Dances. She then went on to win the Best Actress award for her work in Oleanna becoming the first person to win both of those awards in the same year

  • Second son, Roman, was born on 23rd April 2004 in London

  • Lived in Islington, England with her husband and children before moving to the Kemp Town area of Brighton

  • Played Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire in a STC production at the Kennedy Centre, Washington DC. She was awarded the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production for her performance

  • Her father was originally from Texas

  • Likes making lists and crossing off her accomplishments

  • Received the 2,367th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 5th December 2008

  • Studied at Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne

  • Has an older brother Robert, who is a computer systems engineer and a younger sister Genevieve, who is a theatre designer

  • Moved back to Australia with her family, and bought for $10.2 million AUD, an 1877 sandstone mansion in the Hunters Hill area, close to Sydney Harbour. Extensive renovation has gone into the building in a bid to make it more eco-friendly

  • Ignatuis Martin born on 13th April 2008. He weighed just over 8lbs

  • Was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen's New Year Honours List in 2001, for her "services to acting and Australian society"

  • Stated that one of the reasons she wished to appear as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings was so she could wear pointy ears


    Notable Projects:

  • Hanna (2011)
  • Robin Hood (2010)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
  • I'm Not There (2007)
  • Notes on a Scandal (2006)
  • Little Fish (2005)
  • The Aviator (2004)
  • The Life Aquatic (2004)
  • The Missing (2003)
  • Veronica Guerin (2003)
  • The Shipping News (2001)
  • Charlotte Gray (2001)
  • Bandits (2001)
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  • An Ideal Husband (1999)
  • Elizabeth (1998)
  • Oscar and Lucinda (1997)


    Current Projects:

  • Blue Jasmine (2013)
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
  • Knight of Cups (2013)
  • The Monuments Men (2013)
  • Cinderella (2014)
  • The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)
  • Skinny and Cat (2014)


    Selected Awards:

  • 2008: Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
  • 2008: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (I'm Not There)
  • 2005: Academy Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (The Aviator)
  • 2005: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress (Little Fish)
  • 2005: SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (The Aviator)
  • 2005: BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (The Aviator)
  • 2004: SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
  • 2002: SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Bandits)
  • 1999: BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Elizabeth)
  • 1999: Empire Award for Best Actress (Elizabeth)
  • 1999: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Elizabeth)

     

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