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
I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian.
There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to exist.
I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.
I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.
I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.
Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.
Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas around.
When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com.
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.
Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.
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.