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
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When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
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The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.