Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian actress. She was born Catherine Elise Blanchett in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of a Texan naval petty officer who came ashore in Melbourne and met her mother, a Melbourne schoolteacher. Her father, Robert, later worked in advertising after marrying her mother, June. He died of a heart attack when Cate was 10 years old. She has two siblings; the elder, Bob, is a computer programmer, and her younger sister, Genevieve, is a theatrical designer.

Filmography

2006

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• Golden Age – Elizabeth I

2005

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• Little Fish – Tracy Heart

2004

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• The Life Aquatic – Jane Winslett-Richardson
• The Aviator – Katharine Hepburn

2003

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• ' – Galadriel
• The Missing – Maggie
• Coffee and Cigarettes
• Veronica Guerin – Veronica Guerin

2002

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• ' – Galadriel
• Heaven – Philippa

2001

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• The Shipping News – Petal Bear
• Charlotte Gray – Charlotte Gray
• ' – Galadriel
• Bandits – Kate Wheeler

2000

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• The Gift – Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson
• The Man Who Cried – Lola

1999

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• Bangers – Julie-Anne
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – Meredith Logue
• Pushing Tin – Connie Falzone
• An Ideal Husband – Lady Gertrude Chiltern

1998

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• Elizabeth – Elizabeth I of England

1997

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• Oscar and Lucinda – Lucinda Leplastrier
• Thank God He Met Lizzie – Lizzie
• Paradise Road – Susan Macarthy

1996

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• Parklands – Rosie

1994

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• Police Rescue – Vivian