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Cate Blanchett

Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and producer of dual Australian and American citizenship, acclaimed for her transformative performances across a wide array of roles in cinema, theatre, and television.^[1]^[2] Blanchett launched her professional career on the Australian stage with the Sydney Theatre Company before breaking into film with the title role in Elizabeth (1998), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and marked her ascent to international stardom.^[1] She secured Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) and Best Actress in Blue Jasmine (2013), alongside nominations for films including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Tár (2022).^[3] Her accolades extend to three Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTAs, reflecting consistent critical and industry recognition for her technical precision and emotional depth in portraying complex figures.^[3] Beyond acting, Blanchett co-founded the production company Dirty Films and served as co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013 with her husband, playwright Andrew Upton.^[4] Appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, in 2016, she has advocated for refugee rights through field visits and public campaigns.^[5]

Early life and education

Childhood and family influences

Catherine Élise Blanchett was born on 14 May 1969 in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe, Australia.^[1] Her mother, June Blanchett (née Gamble), was an Australian-born teacher who later worked as a property developer.^[1] Her father, Robert Blanchett, was a Texan advertising executive and former U.S. Navy officer who had moved to Australia after meeting June.^[6] Blanchett's mixed Australian-American heritage reflected her parents' backgrounds, with her mother's ancestry including English, Scottish, and remote French elements.^[7] As the middle child of three siblings, Blanchett grew up alongside her older brother Bob, a computer systems engineer, and younger sister Genevieve, a production designer.^[1] ^[8] The family lived in the middle-class Ivanhoe area, where her mother's role as an educator likely exposed Blanchett to structured learning environments from an early age.^[1] In 1979, when Blanchett was 10 years old, her father died of a heart attack at age 40 while the family was at a cinema.^[9] ^[6] This sudden loss left June to raise the children alone, altering family dynamics and imposing financial and emotional strains typical of single-parent households in suburban Australia at the time.^[10] Blanchett has recalled that, as a child, she and her sister coped by compartmentalizing the grief, though the event's long-term effects included a temporary turn toward religion in search of reconnection, which she later abandoned.^[11] ^[12]

Formal education and initial career steps

Blanchett completed her secondary education at Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne, where she first explored interests in performing arts.^[13] She subsequently enrolled at the University of Melbourne to study economics and fine arts but departed after roughly one year to backpack overseas, seeking broader life experiences before committing to a career path.^[13] ^[14] During her travels in 1990, at age 21, Blanchett stayed in Cairo and secured her first on-screen appearance as an extra portraying an American cheerleader in the Egyptian boxing film Kaboria, arranged through a chance connection at a youth hostel.^[14] ^[15] Returning to Australia, she applied to and was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, undertaking a three-year program focused on foundational acting skills.^[16] NIDA's curriculum emphasized classical techniques, including voice, movement, and interpretation of canonical texts such as Shakespearean plays, alongside ensemble work and physical discipline to build versatility for stage performance.^[17] ^[18] She graduated in 1992 with a Diploma of Dramatic Art (Acting), marking the completion of her formal training.^[19] Immediately after graduation, Blanchett pursued initial professional opportunities in Australian theatre, joining ensembles that honed her skills in live performance prior to transitioning to higher-profile roles.^[13]

Career beginnings

Theatre and early film roles (1990s)

Blanchett commenced her professional theatre career in 1992 after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, joining the Sydney Theatre Company for Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, in which she portrayed Patient Griselda, Nell, and Jeanine across the ensemble production.^[20] That same year, she appeared as Electra in a National Institute of Dramatic Art production, marking her stage debut during her final studies.^[21] In 1993, she took on the role of Bride/Felice in Timothy Daly's Kafka Dances, a co-production between the Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, earning the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer for her performance.^[1] These initial roles honed her ensemble and character-driven skills in Australian theatre, emphasizing physicality and emotional depth in lesser-known works by emerging playwrights. Blanchett continued with the Sydney Theatre Company in David Mamet's Oleanna (1993), playing Carol opposite Geoffrey Rush in her first major lead post-graduation, exploring themes of power dynamics in an academic setting.^[4] She followed with Michael Gow's Sweet Phoebe (1994–1995), further establishing her presence in new Australian plays that demanded nuanced portrayals of interpersonal tension.^[22] Her early stage work, confined to domestic venues like the Wharf Theatre, focused on building technical proficiency through repertory demands, with critics noting her unassuming yet precise delivery as a foundation for later versatility.^[23] Transitioning to screen, Blanchett debuted on television in the 1994 ABC mini-series Heartland, a 13-episode drama addressing mysteries in an Aboriginal community, where she supported leads Ernie Dingo and Aden Young.^[24] Her feature film entry came that year as Constable Laurie Gordon in Police Rescue, a cinematic adaptation of the Australian TV series depicting high-stakes urban operations. In 1996, she starred as Rosie in Kathryn Millard's 51-minute short Parklands, investigating familial corruption through a returning protagonist's lens.^[25] These modest productions, often low-budget and Australia-centric, served as practical apprenticeships in adapting stage-honed expressiveness to camera close-ups, prioritizing narrative functionality over star turns.

Breakthrough in Australia and international recognition (late 1990s–2000)

Blanchett gained prominence in Australian cinema through her leading role as Lucinda Leplastrier in the 1997 period drama Oscar and Lucinda, directed by Gillian Armstrong and adapted from Peter Carey's novel, opposite Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins.^[26] The film, which explored themes of gambling and forbidden love in 19th-century Australia, earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Australian Film Institute Awards, marking her first major industry recognition for a feature lead.^[27] Its limited domestic gross of approximately $1.6 million reflected the niche appeal of Australian period pieces at the time, yet the performance highlighted her capacity for nuanced, introspective characterizations in historical settings.^[26] That same year, she appeared in Paradise Road, an Australian production directed by Bruce Beresford, portraying Susan McCarthy, a real-life Australian woman enduring a Japanese internment camp during World War II alongside Glenn Close and Frances McDormand.^[28] The ensemble drama received nominations from the Film Critics Circle of Australia, underscoring Blanchett's emerging versatility in portraying resilient figures amid adversity, though commercial data for the film emphasized its modest box office performance relative to international releases.^[28] These roles solidified her reputation domestically for embodying complex women in era-spanning narratives, drawing from her theatre background to infuse authenticity into period authenticity. Her international breakthrough arrived with the title role in Elizabeth (1998), directed by Shekhar Kapur, where she depicted the young Queen Elizabeth I navigating political intrigue and personal transformation in 16th-century England.^[29] The film, budgeted at $30 million, grossed $82.1 million worldwide, with $30 million from the US and Canada, demonstrating strong commercial viability for an independent historical epic.^[29] Critically, Blanchett's portrayal earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in 1999, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama, positioning her as a formidable talent capable of commanding global attention through transformative physical and emotional range.^[30] This acclaim prompted early Hollywood overtures, evidenced by subsequent roles in 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley and An Ideal Husband, which extended her visibility into American and British productions by 2000.^[31]

Hollywood establishment

The Lord of the Rings era and major films (2001–2007)

Blanchett portrayed the Elven queen Galadriel in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, beginning with The Fellowship of the Ring released on December 19, 2001. Her role, though limited to key scenes, depicted an ancient, telepathic figure wielding immense power and foresight, earning praise for its ethereal intensity and subtle menace, which contrasted her prior dramatic work. The trilogy's subsequent installments, The Two Towers (December 18, 2002) and The Return of the King (December 17, 2003), featured expanded visions of Galadriel's prescience, contributing to the films' collective worldwide gross of $2.964 billion.^[32] This blockbuster immersion elevated her global profile but posed typecasting risks toward otherworldly characters, mitigated by her deliberate pursuit of grounded, historical roles thereafter.^[33] Parallel to the trilogy's production, Blanchett diversified with independent and character-driven films. In 2002, she starred as Philippa in Tom Tykwer's Heaven, a romantic thriller scripted by Krzysztof Kieślowski, portraying a grieving teacher turned accidental bomber; the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2002, highlighting her capacity for moral ambiguity. The following year, she led as investigative journalist Veronica Guerin in Joel Schumacher's biopic, released October 17, 2003, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her depiction of the real-life reporter assassinated in 1996; the role demanded physical transformation and Dublin accent precision. Also in 2003, she played a frontier healer in Ron Howard's Western The Missing, opposite Tommy Lee Jones, released November 1, blending action with maternal ferocity amid Comanche raids. Her performance as Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (December 17, 2004) marked a career pinnacle, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 77th Oscars on February 27, 2005—the first such win for portraying an Oscar-winning actress. Blanchett captured Hepburn's patrician wit and androgynous edge in scenes spanning the 1930s–1940s, drawing from archival footage and voice study, which critics noted expanded her range beyond fantasy. The film grossed $213 million worldwide against a $110 million budget. Subsequent roles reinforced versatility: in Little Fish (September 15, 2005), an Australian crime drama, she portrayed a former addict resisting relapse, grossing AUD$3.7 million domestically; Babel (October 10, 2006), an Oscar-nominated ensemble, featured her as a vacationing mother in a shooting crisis; and Notes on a Scandal (December 2006), earning another Supporting Actress nomination, as an art teacher entangled in obsession. By 2007, Blanchett reprised Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (October 12, 2007), navigating Spanish Armada intrigue with aging gravitas, though the film underperformed critically and commercially at $74 million gross. In Todd Haynes' I'm Not There (November 1, 2007), she transformed into "Jude," a fictionalized Bob Dylan, adopting a wiry frame, nasal drawl, and folk-rock intensity across hallucinatory sequences, securing a Screen Actors Guild nomination and acclaim for gender-bending authenticity.^[34] Amid these commitments, she sustained stage involvement through the Sydney Theatre Company, including workshops and advisory roles, balancing Hollywood scale with theatrical roots to avoid over-reliance on film spectacle. This era solidified her as a bankable lead capable of anchoring both tentpoles and prestige pictures, with eleven major films yielding varied box office from $2 billion-plus franchise hauls to modest independents, while her choices countered ethereal typecasting through biographical grit and ensemble dynamics.

Theatre direction and independent projects (2008–2011)

Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton served as co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013, a tenure marked by curation of bold, ensemble-driven seasons that favored experimental adaptations of canonical texts over commercial safeties.^[35] Under their guidance, the company prioritized directorial visions emphasizing thematic depth and physical staging, as seen in the 2009 production The War of the Roses, a sprawling adaptation conflating Shakespeare's Henry VI parts and Richard III into a diptych on political decay and tyranny, directed by Benedict Andrews with script by Tom Wright.^[36]^[37] This marathon event, running over seven hours across two parts, drew acclaim for its visceral choreography of violence and power but challenged audiences with its unrelenting pessimism, aligning with the directors' commitment to unflinching causal examinations of human ambition.^[38] Blanchett contributed onstage during this era, embodying fragile delusion as Blanche DuBois in Liv Ullmann's stark 2009 staging of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, which stripped the play to raw psychological confrontation and toured internationally to sold-out houses.^[39]^[40] Critics lauded her portrayal for its layered vulnerability and descent into madness, capturing the character's causal entrapment in denial amid encroaching reality.^[39] In 2011, she took the lead as the disoriented Lotte in Botho Strauß's Gross und Klein (translated as Big and Small), a modernist odyssey through alienation, for which she received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Leading Actress in a Mainstage Production, underscoring the artistic directorship's success in fostering performances of intellectual rigor.^[41] Complementing her theatre oversight, Blanchett selected film roles asserting directorial autonomy through unconventional characterizations, notably as the icy CIA deputy Marissa Wiegler in Joe Wright's Hanna (2011), where she portrayed a methodical hunter driven by institutional imperatives in a fairy-tale-infused pursuit thriller.^[42] This antagonist, marked by her porcelain demeanor masking lethal pragmatism, represented a deliberate pivot to roles demanding physical and emotional extremity over sympathetic leads, though the film's stylistic flourishes yielded mixed commercial returns relative to its $30 million budget, grossing approximately $62 million worldwide.^[42] Such choices exemplified her era's emphasis on projects enabling precise control over narrative causality, prioritizing empirical intensity in performance over broad appeal, with stage endeavors consistently earning stronger critical consensus for their uncompromised execution.^[41]^[39]

Resurgence and versatility

Blue Jasmine and Oscar success (2012–2016)

Blanchett starred as Jasmine Francis in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, released on July 26, 2013, portraying a formerly wealthy New York socialite unraveling after her husband's Ponzi scheme conviction and suicide.^[43] The role demanded a depiction of psychological fragility and denial, drawing comparisons to Tennessee Williams characters, with Blanchett's performance earning widespread critical acclaim for its intensity and nuance.^[44] At the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, she won the Oscar for Best Actress, her second after The Aviator in 2005, recognizing the empirical strength of her portrayal amid the film's three nominations.^[45] This collaboration with Allen occurred prior to the 2014 resurgence of 1992 child molestation allegations by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, which Allen has consistently denied and which investigations at the time found unsubstantiated; Blanchett later stated she had no knowledge of such claims during production.^[46]^[47] In the Hobbit trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, Blanchett reprised her Lord of the Rings role as the ethereal elf Galadriel, appearing in An Unexpected Journey (December 14, 2012), The Desolation of Smaug (December 13, 2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (December 17, 2014). Her limited but pivotal scenes emphasized Galadriel's telepathic powers and confrontations with darkness, extending the character's mythic archetype while contributing to the films' global box office exceeding $2.9 billion combined.^[48] These roles reinforced Blanchett's association with high-fantasy authority figures, leveraging motion-capture and visual effects for otherworldly presence. Blanchett portrayed department store owner Carol Aird in Carol (November 20, 2015), directed by Todd Haynes, adapting Patricia Highsmith's novel about a 1950s forbidden romance between Aird and a younger aspiring photographer, played by Rooney Mara.^[49] The film received a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 322 reviews, with praise focused on Blanchett's restrained elegance and the leads' chemistry amid period constraints on same-sex relationships.^[50] It earned six Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Blanchett, though she did not win. In Truth (October 16, 2015), she played CBS producer Mary Mapes, central to the 2004 60 Minutes report questioning George W. Bush's National Guard service via disputed documents, which precipitated anchor Dan Rather's resignation.^[51] The dramatization highlighted Mapes' determination and the fallout from source verification failures, earning Blanchett recognition for embodying journalistic tenacity despite the story's polarizing reception.^[52]

Broadway, television, and diverse roles (2017–2020)

Blanchett made her Broadway debut in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Platonov, titled The Present, opening at the Cort Theatre on December 7, 2016, and running through January 29, 2017.^[53] In the role of the enigmatic Anna Petrovna, she starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and received widespread acclaim for her commanding stage presence, earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play on May 2, 2017.^[54] The production, originally developed with the Sydney Theatre Company, marked her return to theater after years focused on film, showcasing her versatility in live performance amid a limited engagement of 134 performances.^[55] In 2018, Blanchett joined the all-female ensemble of the heist comedy Ocean's 8, directed by Gary Ross, playing Lou, the street-smart associate and ex-partner of Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock).^[56] Her portrayal contributed to the film's emphasis on camaraderie among the cast, with reviewers praising the on-screen chemistry between Blanchett and Bullock as a highlight in an otherwise formulaic spin-off of the Ocean's series.^[56] The movie, released on June 8, 2018, received mixed critical reception but succeeded commercially, underscoring Blanchett's draw in ensemble-driven projects that tested her in lighter, collaborative roles outside prestige drama.^[57] Blanchett led the 2019 adaptation of Maria Semple's novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, directed by Richard Linklater, as the reclusive, once-acclaimed architect Bernadette Fox, whose agoraphobia and creative frustrations culminate in her sudden disappearance.^[58] Released on August 16, 2019, the film earned a 50% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics divided on its tonal shifts but often commending Blanchett's nuanced depiction of a woman's unraveling under domestic and personal pressures.^[58] Her performance highlighted her range in portraying multifaceted protagonists grappling with identity and isolation, though the project underperformed at the box office relative to expectations for a Linklater-Blanchtt collaboration.^[59] In 2020, Blanchett executive-produced and starred as Phyllis Schlafly in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, portraying the real-life conservative lawyer and activist who mobilized housewives to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through her organization Stop ERA and later the Eagle Forum.^[60] Premiering on April 15, 2020, the nine-episode series depicted Schlafly's tactical opposition to the ERA—arguing it would erode traditional family protections and force women into military drafts—without simplifying her as a villain, instead emphasizing her political savvy and personal motivations amid 1970s cultural battles.^[61] Blanchett's interpretation drew on Schlafly's documented anticommunist background and focus on states' rights, earning praise for adding depth to a figure often caricatured in left-leaning narratives, though some conservative viewers critiqued the series' broader framing of the ERA debate.^[62] This television role expanded Blanchett's portfolio into limited-series historical drama, testing her ability to humanize ideologically opposed characters with empirical fidelity to Schlafly's public record and writings.^[63]

Recent films and career reflections (2021–present)

Blanchett received widespread critical acclaim for her portrayal of Lydia Tár, a fictional conductor facing professional downfall, in Todd Field's 2022 drama Tár. The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2022, where she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.^[64] It earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Blanchett, and she secured a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama on January 10, 2023.^[65] Critics praised her transformation and command of the role, with reviews highlighting the film's exploration of power dynamics in classical music.^[66] In 2024, Blanchett starred as the German Chancellor in Rumours, a comedy-horror film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024. The ensemble piece, featuring world leaders trapped in surreal peril, holds a 75% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes based on over 100 reviews.^[67] That year, she also led the video game adaptation Borderlands as bounty hunter Lilith, released on August 9, 2024, with a reported budget of $115 million but grossing only $33 million worldwide, marking a significant box office disappointment.^[68] In 2025, she appeared in Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller Black Bag opposite Michael Fassbender, released on March 14, 2025, which garnered a 96% critics' approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes for its taut marital espionage narrative.^[69] Blanchett is also producing and starring as the alien leader in Alpha Gang, an invasion comedy directed by the Zellner brothers, with principal photography set to begin in spring 2025 alongside a cast including Dave Bautista and Channing Tatum.^[70] Amid post-pandemic industry challenges, including strikes and streaming shifts, Blanchett expressed in an April 2025 Radio Times interview her seriousness about retiring from acting, stating, "There are things I want to do with my life" beyond performance, while noting the sector's increasing fragility and her interest in production and other pursuits.^[71] She attributed part of her contemplation to the exhaustion of constant reinvention and the unpredictability of film financing, though she has continued selective projects emphasizing versatility over volume.^[72] These reflections align with her pivot toward behind-the-scenes roles, as seen in her executive production on Alpha Gang through her company Dirty Films.^[70]

Acting style and critical reception

Technique and range

Blanchett's acting technique draws from her three-year training at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), completed in 1992, which provided rigorous instruction in acting, voice, movement, and music to foster versatile performers.^[16] ^[17] This education emphasized physical embodiment and vocal precision, influences she credits to instructors like movement specialist Keith Bain, enabling her to prioritize character immersion over superficial traits. Central to her method is physical and vocal transformation, often involving accents mastered to the extent that she has reported difficulty recalling her native Australian timbre after prolonged immersion.^[73] In roles demanding aging or unglamorous shifts, such as her depiction of conductor Lydia Tár, Blanchett employed methodical alterations to posture, gait, and appearance, eschewing vanity to convey decline and intensity without cosmetic enhancements.^[74] ^[75] She has described this process as driven by curiosity about human behavior, viewing transformation as a tool to explore psychological authenticity rather than mimicry.^[76] Blanchett maintains range by selecting roles that span genres, from intimate dramas to action and fantasy, deliberately avoiding repetition to prevent typecasting and sustain artistic challenge.^[77] This approach stems from early career hurdles, where she perceived her unconventional features as barriers, prompting a commitment to diverse character explorations over image preservation.^[78] However, some analyses critique her fantasy portrayals for favoring stylized mannerisms—such as exaggerated poise or intonation—over nuanced emotional grounding, attributing this to a theatrical heritage that can overshadow subtlety in non-realistic contexts.^[79]

Accolades and commercial performance

Blanchett has won two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for her role as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) at the 77th ceremony on February 27, 2005, and Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013) at the 86th ceremony on March 2, 2014.^[80]^[81] She has also secured four BAFTA Awards, including Leading Actress for Tár (2022) at the 2023 ceremony.^[3] In 2018, Forbes ranked her eighth among the world's highest-paid actresses, with pretax earnings of $12.5 million, largely from family-oriented blockbusters like Thor: Ragnarok (2017).^[82] For her contributions to the performing arts, humanitarian efforts, and role as a public figure, she was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, the nation's highest civilian honor.^[83] Her films have collectively grossed over $11.9 billion worldwide as of late 2024, placing her among the top-grossing actresses by box office totals, driven by ensemble franchises rather than solo leads.^[84] Key commercial successes include her portrayal of Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), which amassed $2.96 billion globally despite minimal upfront compensation for cast members, as Blanchett later noted the production prioritized creative risks over salaries. In contrast, recent projects like Borderlands (2024), where she led as Lilith, underperformed with a worldwide gross of $30.9 million against a $115 million production budget, highlighting market disconnects from critical prestige.^[85] Blanchett has garnered seven Academy Award nominations overall, yielding a 29% win rate, alongside extensive nods from BAFTA, Golden Globes (four wins from 13 nominations), and other bodies, often for dramatic or prestige roles in lower-budget arthouse films.^[3] This pattern has drawn critiques of Academy favoritism toward non-commercial, character-driven performances, as evidenced by her acclaim for Blue Jasmine ($48 million gross) versus blockbuster earnings from The Hobbit trilogy (over $2.9 billion combined), where awards recognition was absent despite financial dominance.^[86] Such disparities underscore how industry awards metrics prioritize artistic validation over audience-driven revenue, with Blanchett's career reflecting a selective emphasis on prestige amid variable box office outcomes.

Criticisms of roles and selections

Blanchett's collaboration with Woody Allen on Blue Jasmine (2013) drew scrutiny following the #MeToo movement, with critics questioning her support for the director amid longstanding allegations of child molestation by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.^[46] Blanchett responded that she was unaware of the allegations during production and advocated for further investigation, while cautioning that social media should not serve as "judge and jury."^[87] This stance was perceived by some as inconsistent with her public alignment with #MeToo and Time's Up initiatives, prompting direct challenges on how such partnerships reconciled with advocacy against sexual misconduct.^[88] Her portrayal of Lydia Tár in the 2022 film Tár elicited backlash from real-life conductor Marin Alsop, whose name and aspects of her career were referenced in the story, for depicting a powerful female conductor as abusive and manipulative. Alsop described the film as "anti-woman," stating she was offended as a woman, conductor, and lesbian, arguing it reinforced negative stereotypes about women in leadership by showing female-perpetrated abuse when such conduct is typically male-associated in the field.^[89] ^[90] Blanchett countered that the film explored power dynamics as genderless, defending the character's complexity against claims of misogyny.^[91] In Mrs. America (2020), Blanchett's depiction of conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly was commended by some for avoiding caricature and humanizing a figure opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment, yet drew left-leaning critiques for ostensibly legitimizing anti-feminist positions through sympathetic framing.^[92] Conservative reviewers, however, faulted the series for portraying Schlafly as a crass opportunist and hypocrite, exaggerating personal ambitions over her principled stands on family and national security to undermine her legacy.^[93] This selection highlighted perceived ideological tensions in Blanchett's choices, balancing prestige roles with politically charged historical antagonists amid broader debates on representational fairness.^[94]

Public advocacy

Environmental initiatives

Blanchett co-hosted the podcast Climate of Change with clean energy entrepreneur Danny Kennedy, launching its first season on Audible in April 2022 and the second in October 2022, focusing on solutions to climate challenges through interviews with experts and advocates like Prince William, emphasizing optimism amid eco-anxiety and promoting technologies such as batteries for renewable energy storage.^[95]^[96] The series highlighted real-world innovations but offered no quantifiable metrics on emission reductions attributable to its discussions, aligning with broader patterns in celebrity-led media where awareness-raising rarely translates to verifiable policy shifts or global CO2 declines.^[97] She has advocated for renewable energy adoption, including support for solar initiatives through organizations like SolarAid, which deploys panels in off-grid communities, and personal efforts to install solar panels on her properties, such as a 2023 application for her £5 million Tasmanian mansion delayed by surveys for protected newts and a 2024 proposal for her Sussex estate.^[98]^[99]^[100] Blanchett cited inspiration from Al Gore for these pursuits, yet such individual installations represent negligible fractions of total emissions—solar capacity grew globally by 447 GW in 2023, but intermittency and grid integration challenges persist without corresponding baseload reductions.^[100] Her role on the Earthshot Prize council, launched by Prince William in 2020, promotes innovative environmental projects, though the initiative's awards have funded pilots without evidence of scaled impact on atmospheric CO2 levels, which rose 0.6% annually through 2024 despite such efforts.^[101] Critics have highlighted inconsistencies in her advocacy, notably a 2011 Australian government advertisement where Blanchett endorsed a carbon tax to curb emissions, prompting backlash for perceived hypocrisy given her high-profile, travel-intensive career emitting far above average—opponents noted the tax's minimal 1.4% GDP impact projection while ignoring elite lifestyles.^[102]^[103] The tax, implemented in 2012, was repealed in 2014 after failing to measurably alter Australia's emissions trajectory, which increased 1.2% yearly post-repeal, underscoring how celebrity endorsements often amplify symbolic gestures over causal reductions.^[104] In Hollywood contexts, similar initiatives resemble greenwashing, as industry carbon footprints from private flights and events exceed pledges; Blanchett's advocacy, while vocal, lacks data linking it to policy efficacy or personal emission cuts beyond selective sustainable fashion choices like gown recycling.^[105]

Humanitarian and refugee work

Blanchett was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on May 2, 2016, tasked with advocating for displaced persons globally.^[106] In this capacity, she has prioritized fieldwork in refugee-hosting regions, conducting multiple visits to Jordan to engage with Syrian refugees amid the ongoing crisis that displaced over 6.8 million Syrians since 2011.^[107] Her initial trip to Jordan in 2016 included meetings in the Zaatari camp, home to approximately 80,000 Syrian refugees, where she documented personal stories to highlight daily survival challenges such as access to education and livelihoods.^[108] Returning to Jordan in April 2023, Blanchett reunited with families first encountered seven years prior, observing incremental improvements like vocational training programs but persistent underfunding issues affecting over 661,800 Syrian refugees registered in the country.^[109] ^[110] She publicly urged increased international funding for host nations like Jordan, which bear disproportionate costs—estimated at $3.5 billion annually for Syrian refugee support—without commensurate global reimbursement, emphasizing that 90% of UNHCR's appeals for such operations remain underfunded.^[109] These efforts align with UNHCR's broader mandate, though empirical assessments of ambassadorial visits show they primarily boost short-term media attention rather than sustained policy shifts or direct aid delivery.^[111] Blanchett has linked displacement to environmental stressors in UNHCR advocacy, arguing that climate-induced migration exacerbates refugee burdens, as seen in her 2019 calls for integrated responses to drought-affected Syrian returns. However, celebrity-led humanitarian initiatives, including those under UNHCR, have drawn critiques for inefficient resource allocation; analyses indicate that high-profile endorsements often prioritize awareness campaigns over verifiable outcomes, with funds dispersed through bureaucratic channels yielding limited per-capita impact—such as UNHCR's average $0.11 daily per refugee in underfunded crises—due to overheads exceeding 20% in some operations.^[112] ^[111] No specific fundraising totals attributable to Blanchett's efforts have been publicly quantified beyond general UNHCR appeals she has amplified, underscoring challenges in measuring celebrity contributions against systemic aid inefficiencies rooted in donor fatigue and geopolitical priorities.^[5]

Political portrayals and commentary

In the 2020 Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, Blanchett portrayed Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative lawyer and activist who founded the Eagle Forum and led the "STOP ERA" campaign against ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.^[63] Schlafly's depicted arguments causally linked ERA passage to outcomes such as mandatory military conscription for women, invalidation of sex-specific labor protections, and erosion of traditional family roles, framing these as threats mobilized among homemakers.^[62] The series presented Schlafly's anti-feminist positions through her strategic grassroots efforts without overarching endorsement, emphasizing the era's ideological clash over constitutional gender equality.^[61] Blanchett has engaged cultural movements like #MeToo, commenting in May 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival that Hollywood reforms, bolstered by Time's Up, marked irreversible progress: "We're not going back to ground zero."^[113] On cancel culture, she warned in February 2023 that suppressing historical artifacts or figures for moral failings risks societal amnesia, stating it would render humanity "destined to repeat" errors, and cited Pablo Picasso's personal abuses as insufficient grounds to dismiss extraordinary artistic contributions.^[114]^[115] In October 2024, while promoting the satirical film Rumours—in which she plays a G7 leader amid apocalyptic incompetence—Blanchett voiced frustration with international politics, declaring, "I feel like we’ve all had it up to pussy’s bow with the failure of leadership," amid ongoing wars and climate inaction.^[116] She critiqued G7 outputs as opaque rhetoric resembling a "foreign language" detached from public comprehension, underscoring a preference for tangible civic engagement like voting over abstracted ideological discourse.^[116]

Controversies

Backlash over self-perception and privilege

In May 2024, during a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Cate Blanchett described herself as "white, privileged, [and] middle class" while discussing her advocacy for refugee filmmakers, adding that she could be accused of a "white saviour complex" but emphasized direct interactions with refugees to counter such criticisms.^[117]^[118] This remark drew widespread online backlash, with critics highlighting the disconnect between her self-identification and her estimated net worth of $95 million, accusing her of tone-deafness and hypocrisy amid economic pressures faced by average households.^[119]^[120]^[121] Social media users and commentators labeled the statement as emblematic of elite self-perception detached from broader realities, pointing to U.S. median household income of approximately $74,580 in 2023 and wealth disparities where $95 million places her in the top 0.1% globally.^[118]^[117] Defenders, often citing Australian cultural norms, argued her formative years in Melbourne—where her father worked as an advertising executive before dying in 1979 when she was 10, and her mother was a teacher—aligned with middle-class origins, and that many high earners in Australia self-identify similarly due to a cultural aversion to overt class signaling.^[122]^[123]^[124] Blanchett's acknowledgment of white privilege in the same context was noted but did little to mitigate accusations of performative humility, as detractors viewed it as insufficiently reckoning with her post-fame socioeconomic elevation, which includes high-value real estate holdings and luxury endorsements far exceeding middle-class benchmarks like Australia's median household net worth of about A$1.04 million in 2022.^[125] In November 2024, responding to the ongoing criticism, Blanchett reiterated her position without retracting the claim, framing it as rooted in her pre-Hollywood identity rather than current finances.^[126]^[127] This episode underscored empirical tensions in celebrity discourse on privilege, where self-reported class aligns with upbringing but clashes with objective wealth metrics.^[123]

Tár and artistic criticisms

Tár (2022), directed by Todd Field, depicts Lydia Tár, a fictional lesbian conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, whose career unravels amid accusations of grooming and abusing young female protégés, culminating in her professional exile.^[128] The narrative explores institutional power structures in classical music, with Tár leveraging her authority to manipulate subordinates, including forging mentorships that mask exploitative intent.^[129] Blanchett, who also produced the film, characterized its core theme as the corrupting nature of unchecked power, emphasizing that "power is genderless" and operates as a destructive force regardless of the individual's sex.^[130] She argued the story avoids gender-specific moralizing, instead probing how absolute authority erodes ethical boundaries in elite domains.^[91] Critics and observers diverged sharply on the film's handling of gender dynamics, with some feminist analyses interpreting Tár's downfall as an indictment of female ambition, portraying a high-achieving woman as predatory to undermine narratives of empowerment.^[131] These readings posited the character reinforces stereotypes of women in power as inherently unstable or abusive, potentially discouraging female advancement by associating leadership with moral failure.^[132] Others countered that such views overlook the film's deliberate ambiguity, which critiques power's universal perils without excusing Tár's actions through victimhood or systemic excuses.^[133] Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major American orchestra and a figure alluded to in the film via shared biographical echoes like mentorship under Bernstein, publicly condemned Tár as "antiwoman," offensive to female conductors, and harmful in its "pseudo-reality" that conflates real trailblazers with fictional misconduct, potentially biasing public views of women in the profession.^[129] Alsop, identifying also as a lesbian, highlighted the portrayal's risks in misrepresenting trailbreaking women amid ongoing scrutiny of classical music's gatekeepers.^[134] Blanchett rebutted Alsop's stance by affirming respect for her perspective while reiterating the film's focus on power's amoral essence, not gendered tropes, and noting artistic license in fictionalizing composites rather than direct biographies.^[91] Despite the contention, Tár achieved critical acclaim for Blanchett's transformative performance, earning her an Academy Award nomination, though reviews split on whether its critique of elite accountability adequately disentangled gender from institutional rot.^[128] Commercially, the film grossed $6.8 million domestically in limited release starting October 7, 2022, reflecting artisanal success for its $25 million budget amid polarized discourse that amplified its cultural footprint beyond theaters.^[135]

Festival involvements and industry stances

In November 2024, Cate Blanchett served as jury president at the Camerimage International Film Festival in Toruń, Poland, where she led the main competition jury despite backlash against festival director Marek Żydowicz's op-ed, which argued that female cinematographers' underrepresentation stemmed from choices rather than discrimination, prompting accusations of sexism from advocacy groups and a petition for greater inclusion.^[136]^[137] The jury, including Blanchett, released a joint statement supporting the event's continuation and committing to "meaningful discussions" on diversity, rejecting calls for withdrawal in favor of engaging institutional challenges directly.^[138]^[139] Blanchett subsequently joined a diversity panel at the festival and affirmed that efforts against industry sexism remain incomplete, emphasizing ongoing structural work over performative exits.^[140]^[141] Blanchett has addressed Hollywood's handling of sexual misconduct through her 2018 disclosure that Harvey Weinstein harassed her with unwanted advances, which she rebuffed, though he persisted as an uninvited producer on multiple films including The Aviator (2004) and I'm Not There (2007).^[113]^[142] In February 2025, she critiqued the industry's post-#MeToo stagnation, describing the absence of substantive reforms—such as robust accountability mechanisms—as "quite distressing" after eight years of heightened awareness, reflecting persistent institutional tolerance for misconduct amid selective public responses to scandals.^[143]^[144] In March 2025, Blanchett commented on career longevity disparities, recalling that actresses entering Hollywood in the 1990s, like herself, confronted a five-year "shelf life" dictated by market demands for youth and conventional appeal, factors tied to biological aging differences and audience preferences that curtailed roles for women beyond their early 30s far more than for male actors.^[145]^[146]^[147] She acknowledged partial progress through shifting norms but highlighted enduring commercial pressures favoring male-led narratives, underscoring pragmatic industry economics over ideological interventions.^[148]

Personal life

Marriage and family

Cate Blanchett married Australian playwright Andrew Upton on December 29, 1997, in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, shortly after meeting him earlier that year during her performance in a Sydney Theatre Company production of The Seagull.^[149]^[150] The couple's low-key ceremony included no professional photographer due to financial constraints at the time, resulting in only one surviving photo.^[150]^[151] Blanchett and Upton have four children: sons Dashiell John (born 2001), Roman Robert (born 2007), and Ignatius Martin (born 2008), followed by the adoption of daughter Edith Vivian Patricia in March 2015 from the United States.^[152]^[153]^[154] The family has maintained a low public profile regarding the children, with Blanchett occasionally referencing the challenges of parenting amid her international acting commitments but emphasizing the stability provided by Upton's support.^[152] Upton and Blanchett have collaborated professionally on several theatre projects, including serving as co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013, during which they oversaw productions blending their creative inputs.^[155]^[156] Upton has adapted or written scripts for Blanchett's stage roles, such as The Present (2013–2017), a modern take on Chekhov's Platonov, reflecting their intertwined personal and professional lives without reported marital strains.^[155]^[157] The couple has consistently prioritized privacy in family matters, avoiding public disclosures of domestic details despite Blanchett's high-profile career.^[150]^[158]

Lifestyle choices and residences

Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, own properties spanning Australia and the United Kingdom, reflecting a pattern of relocations aligned with family needs and international living. Their main residence is Highwell House, a seven-bedroom Victorian manor near Crowborough in East Sussex, England, acquired in 2015 for about £4.9 million.^[159] The estate, set on expansive grounds including a neighboring 100-acre farm purchased in 2022, supports a rural family base with modifications for sustainability, such as green energy plans submitted in 2024.^[160]^[161] In Australia, the couple has held multiple Sydney-area homes, including a circa-1877 Gothic mansion in Hunters Hill bought for roughly $6.5 million and sold in 2015, as well as a two-storey apartment in the historic Astor building on Macquarie Street, sold in 2020 for $12 million.^[162]^[163] They also owned a suburban Melbourne property listed for auction in 2024.^[164] More recently, in 2024, Blanchett bought a £1.6 million cottage in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, where construction of a futuristic eco-mansion has proceeded amid local planning adjustments.^[165] Blanchett pursues art collecting as a personal interest, amassing contemporary pieces including works by artists such as Guan Wei and Paula Rego; in 2021, she gained approval to repurpose an outbuilding at Highwell House into a private gallery for display.^[166]^[167] She has also engaged in sailing, notably chartering and skippering a small vessel on Sydney Harbour in March 2015 with family aboard.^[168] With four children—three biological sons born in 2001, 2007, and 2008, and an adopted daughter in 2015—Blanchett describes her household as chaotic yet intentionally grounded, prioritizing routines that shield family from public scrutiny despite frequent international shifts.^[169]^[170] This approach favors discretion over tabloid visibility, embedding domestic stability within a nomadic framework.^[171]

Legacy

Cultural impact

Blanchett exemplifies the archetype of a versatile leading actress who navigates blockbusters, period dramas, and independent projects, thereby contesting ageism and sexism in Hollywood. In a March 2025 interview, she recounted that female performers entering the industry around her early career faced a roughly five-year "shelf life" before being sidelined by age-related biases, a constraint she has overcome with roles sustaining her prominence into her fifties.^[146] This longevity, coupled with her genre-spanning choices, has influenced perceptions of female viability in leading roles, prompting discussions on evolving industry norms where female directors and producers now foster extended careers for women.^[172] As a flagship Australian export, Blanchett has amplified the global visibility of talent from a nation of 27 million, joining figures like Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in a disproportionate outflow of performers who dominate international screens. Her breakthrough with international acclaim in the late 1990s helped cement Australia as a breeding ground for adaptable, high-profile actors, encouraging subsequent generations to pursue Hollywood opportunities while maintaining ties to domestic theater and film.^[173] This export dynamic underscores a cultural pipeline where rigorous training in Australian institutions translates to versatile on-screen presence abroad. Blanchett's participation in independent cinema has bolstered the prestige of lower-budget, auteur-led productions by attracting media scrutiny and festival buzz, as seen in her elevation of character-driven narratives that might otherwise receive limited distribution. However, industry commentary has critiqued the pattern of awards circuits leaning heavily on established stars like her for "serious" dramatic turns to secure nominations, potentially sidelining emerging voices or less conventional storytelling in favor of proven draws.^[174] She herself has decried the "patriarchal pyramid" of such systems and advocated reducing their televised spectacle to refocus on artistic merit over hype.^[175]

Influence on industry and peers

Blanchett co-founded the Proof of Concept accelerator program in December 2023 with USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and producer Coco Francini, providing up to eight emerging filmmakers—focusing on women, trans, and non-binary directors—with $50,000 grants, one-on-one mentorship from industry leaders, and project showcases to address funding, guidance, and visibility gaps.^[176]^[177] This initiative, tied to her production company Dirty Films, emphasizes practical support over symbolic grants, yet its scale remains limited to a handful of participants annually, with no broad empirical data yet demonstrating industry-wide shifts in director representation attributable to the program.^[178]^[179] Through Dirty Films, established in 2015 with Francini, Blanchett has produced projects like the 2022 film Tár, which garnered Academy Award nominations, but the company's output has been selective rather than prolific, with fewer than a dozen features to date and mixed critical reception for some, such as The New Boy (2023), suggesting influence confined more to high-profile endorsements than scalable production models transforming opportunities for underrepresented directors.^[180] Post-#MeToo, her 2018 Cannes red-carpet protest with 82 women highlighted gender disparities in festival selections, yet by February 2025, Blanchett acknowledged the movement's "quite distressing" lack of substantive Hollywood change, including persistent inequalities in pay and directing roles, indicating her advocacy has amplified awareness without causal evidence of policy overhauls beyond isolated initiatives.^[143]^[181] Among peers, Blanchett has served as an inspiration for actors like Anya Taylor-Joy, who in 2016 cited her alongside Tilda Swinton as embodying "greatness" in performance, influencing Taylor-Joy's approach to indie and genre roles.^[182] In 2025 comments, Blanchett critiqued Hollywood's underlying "fragility," linking it to stalled #MeToo progress and emerging AI threats that could "replace anyone," reflecting a pushback against perceived industry vulnerabilities rather than endorsements of its resilience.^[171]^[183] However, causal attribution of systemic mentorship impacts remains tentative, as her efforts correlate with personal career advancements more than verifiable, widespread peer elevations or structural reforms, given ongoing data on stagnant female director hires (around 16% in major films per recent studies).^[184]

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Interview: Cate Blanchett | Tony Clayton-Lea
Sep 27, 2013 · I went to Melbourne University but I was never an academic, and what I loved was sitting in the library and going through the books, using the ...Missing: dropout | Show results with:dropout
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Cate Blanchett's Deconstruction of Performance through Performance
Critical reception of the film praised Blanchett's performance, with several reviewers rating her embodiment of Dylan as the most convincing. The ...
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Cate Blanchett believes her looks prevented her from getting work in ...
Oct 19, 2024 · Cate Blanchett was too “weird-looking” to get cast when she began her career. The award-winning actress was only able to get employment by helping out at other ...
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Cate Blanchett — Arty, Histrionic, and Snobbish — in Tár
Nov 9, 2022 · When Cate Blanchett, the phoniest actress since Meryl Steep, teams up with Field in his latest film, Tár, the result is a histrionic wingding.
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Cate Blanchett's Oscar Wins And Nominations - The Today Show
Mar 7, 2023 · Cate Blanchett, star of the Oscar-nominated film “Tár," is poised to win her third best actress award at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12 ...
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Cate Blanchett Oscars: Wins, nominations and more | AWW
Feb 26, 2025 · Cate has two Oscars, as of 2025. She won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Aviator in 2005 and, as previously mentioned, Best Actress for her role in ...<|separator|>
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The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2018: Scarlett Johansson ...
Aug 16, 2018 · The list examined actresses the world over, including Australian Cate Blanchett (No. 8; $12.5 million) and Israeli Gal Gadot (No. 10; $10 ...
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Cate Blanchett, Antony Green, Alan Joyce among Queen's Birthday ...
Jun 11, 2017 · Cate Blanchett (AC) Now, she has been awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to the performing arts as an actor and a ...
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Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office - The Numbers
Cate Blanchett, $11,982,282,178, 62, $193,262,616. 28, J.K. Simmons ... The Numbers is a registered trademark of Nash Information Services, LLC For ...
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The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Wikipedia
Total (3 films): $281 million. Box office, Total (3 films): $2.964 billion. Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the films follow the hobbit Frodo ...
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Borderlands (2024) - Box Office and Financial Information
Opening Weekend: $8,601,572 (55.6% of total gross) ; Legs: 1.80 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) ; Domestic Share: 47.0% (domestic box office/worldwide).
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Cate Blanchett - Golden Globes
Golden Globe Awards · 2025 Nominee. Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television · 2023 ...
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Cate Blanchett on Woody Allen allegations: Social media is 'not the ...
Mar 22, 2018 · “How do you juxtapose being a #MeToo proponent, a Time's Up proponent, and staying silent or having worked with Woody Allen?” Christiane ...
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Marin Alsop, real conductor mentioned in 'Tár,' slams film
as a woman, a conductor and a lesbian.
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Marin Alsop offended by depiction of cruel woman conductor in 'TÁR'
Jan 9, 2023 · Ravinia Festival chief conductor says it's 'anti-woman' to portray Cate Blanchett's character as an abuser, when it's usually men committing abuse in the ...
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Cate Blanchett Disagrees With Marin Alsop Over Tar Being ... - Variety
Jan 12, 2023 · Cate Blanchett says "Tar" is about power and "power is genderless," refuting conductor Marin Aslop's claim the film is "anti-woman."Missing: controversy | Show results with:controversy
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Hollywood Casts A Very Flattering Light On Right-Wing White Women
Apr 14, 2020 · Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly in the new series Mrs. America. “I don't believe in demonizing anybody,” said actor Cate Blanchett in ...
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Review: 'Mrs. America' series more drama than truth
Jun 11, 2020 · Schlafly, beautifully portrayed by Cate Blanchett, fared less well. Not only did she come across as a crass opportunist and a hypocrite, so did ...
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Reviving Phyllis Schlafly in “Mrs. America” | The New Yorker
Apr 20, 2020 · April 20, 2020. Mrs. America. Cate Blanchett's Phyllis Schlafly is a pastel nightmare, arch and juicily camp.Illustration by Angelica Alzona.
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Climate of Change with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy ...
Oct 6, 2022 · The podcast follows the pair – award-winning actor, producer and environmental advocate, Cate Blanchett and climate entrepreneur and activist, Danny Kennedy.
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Cate Blanchett on her new climate crisis podcast - The Guardian
Apr 17, 2022 · In Climate of Change, old friends actor Cate Blanchett and clean energy entrepreneur Danny Kennedy aim to offer ordinary people real-life solutions to ...Missing: initiatives | Show results with:initiatives
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Supported Causes - Cate Blanchett Fan
Together with actress and environmental advocate Cate Blanchett, we can tell world leaders that immediate action is needed to curb global warming. We are ...
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Cate Blanchett's Solar Panel Plans Hit Eco Hurdle At £5 Million ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Eco aware Cate Blanchett requested an ecological survey before implementing her renewable energy plans at her multi million pound mansion.
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Cate Blanchett plans to install more solar panels on 'haunted' mansion
Aug 7, 2024 · Blanchett has become known as an advocate for renewable energy, since being inspired by former US vice president Al Gore. She is known to ...
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The Earthshot Prize Council
Earthshot Prize Council Members · HRH Prince William · Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah · Cate Blanchett · Sir David Attenborough · Ernest Gibson · Hindou Oumarou ...
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Actress Cate Blanchett sparks Australia climate debate - BBC News
May 30, 2011 · The Australian actress Cate Blanchett is criticised for calling for the introduction of a carbon tax to reduce Australian emissions.Missing: private jet
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More Green Fraud and Hypocrisy - CultureWatch
May 30, 2011 · Here we have Australian-born Hollywood bigwig Cate Blanchett telling struggling Aussies how good this new tax will be. Of course any such ...Missing: private | Show results with:private
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Cate Blanchett defends 'vain' pro-carbon tax campaign
May 31, 2011 · Cate Blanchett has been forced to defend her role in an advertising campaign that supports Australia's proposed carbon tax after being accused ...Missing: jet | Show results with:jet
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“It's imperative we reimagine fashion”: Cate Blanchett flies the flag ...
Jun 20, 2025 · Cate Blanchett is known for championing sustainable fashion on the red carpet, from repeat wearing dresses to upcycling past Oscars looks.
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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
May 2, 2016 · GENEVA, May 2 (UNHCR) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Academy Award winning actor Cate Blanchett as a global ...Missing: date | Show results with:date
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Cate Blanchett | UNHCR US
Cate Blanchett was announced as Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in May 2016. On appointment, Cate said: "I am deeply proud to take on this ...Missing: date | Show results with:date
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Cate Blanchett visits Syrian refugees in Jordan - YouTube
Oct 26, 2016 · UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton meet Shadi (31) and his wife Sawa (20), who have one daughter Sham (1 ...
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Cate Blanchett calls for more support for refugee host countries
May 3, 2023 · Blanchett reunited with families in Amman and travelled to Zaatari refugee camp, created soon after the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011 and ...
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett meeting with Syrian ...
Jul 6, 2023 · In Za'atari refugee camp, Jordan: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett meeting with Syrian refugees she first met here seven years earlier.
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Are Celebrity Spokespeople Always Helpful for Refugee Causes?
Sep 14, 2023 · In all, well more than 300 celebrities have engaged in some sort of refugee-focused aid work, according to the tracking website Look to the ...
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The Problems with Celebrity Humanitarians
Jul 10, 2018 · Some scholars believe that celebrity involvement can dumb down campaigns and distract from important issues.
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Cate Blanchett: Why 'We're Not Going Back to Ground Zero ... - Variety
May 2, 2018 · “We're not going back to ground zero,” vows Blanchett, who's among many high-profile women in Hollywood supporting the Time's Up initiative. “ ...
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Cate Blanchett calls out cancel culture and says we will be 'destined ...
Feb 13, 2023 · Cate Blanchett has called out cancel culture and said society will be 'destined to repeat' our mistakes if history is airbrushed.
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Cate Blanchett: Don't cancel great artists like Picasso because of ...
Feb 14, 2023 · Artists should not be cancelled if their work is extraordinary, Cate Blanchett has argued - citing Picasso as an example of a problematic genius.
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Cate Blanchett Discusses Her 'Rumours' Film And The State Of The ...
Oct 17, 2024 · Cate Blanchett attends a screening of "Rumours" during the 68th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 13, 2024 in London, England ...
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Cate Blanchett says she's 'middle class' despite $95M net worth
despite having an estimated net worth of $95 ...
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Cate Blanchett slammed for describing herself as 'middle class ...
May 22, 2024 · "I'm White. I'm privileged. I'm middle class. And I think, you know, one can be accused of having a bit of a White savior ...
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Cate Blanchett Net Worth
That year, "Forbes" estimated her annual earnings to be around $12.5 million, thus ranking her as the eighth highest-paid actress in the world.Kate Winslet · Andrew Upton · Miranda Otto · Elizabeth Debicki<|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett says she's 'middle class' despite $95 million net worth
May 22, 2024 · The Oscar winner, 55, received backlash online for saying at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival that she is “middle class.” Blanchett is worth $95 million.
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Does Cate Blanchett Really Think She's 'Middle-Class'? - The Cut
May 22, 2024 · What she is not, however, is middle-class. On Monday, while attending the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the actress was prompted to discuss her ...
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Cate Blanchett was pilloried for saying she's 'middle class'. Here's ...
May 26, 2024 · Specifically, Blanchett identified herself as “middle class” in the context of her advocacy for refugee causes. “I'm white, I'm privileged, I'm ...Missing: notable | Show results with:notable
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Cate Blanchett, like most Australians, thinks she's middle class. An ...
May 28, 2024 · Cate Blanchett, whose net worth is estimated at A$140 million, has described herself as “middle class” – unwittingly unleashing a furore.
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Cate Blanchett called herself middle-class. Is she right? - Mamamia
Last week at a press conference, A-lister Cate Blanchett called herself middle-class in a clip that has now gone viral. Is she right?
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Cannes 2024: Cate Blanchett trolled for calling herself 'middle class ...
May 23, 2024 · According to Celebrity Net Worth, Cate's net worth is $95 million. Many social media users were shocked to hear her views, and minced no words ...
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Cate Blanchett responds to public backlash over 'middle class ...
Nov 30, 2024 · “I'm white, I'm privileged, I'm middle class, and I think, you know, one can be accused of having a bit of a white saviour complex,” she said.
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Cate Blanchett responds to public backlash over 'middle class ...
Nov 30, 2024 · Cate Blanchett responds to public backlash over 'middle class' comments · Australian actor made the remarks in May at the Cannes Film Festival.Missing: notable | Show results with:notable
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'Tár' director Todd Field and actor Cate Blanchett on the film's power ...
Mar 1, 2023 · Cate Blanchett plays a charismatic conductor who uses her power to take sexual advantage of young women she's mentoring. Both Blanchett and TárMissing: genderless | Show results with:genderless
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Marin Alsop, Namechecked by Cate Blanchett in 'Tár,' Slams Film
Jan 9, 2023 · One major difference between the two conductors, however, is that in the fictional film Tár is accused of sexual misconduct, a plot twist that ...
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Cate Blanchett's Tár is an abusive boss, but her story has much to ...
Jan 24, 2023 · The film starring Cate Blachett as Lydia Tár, a famous, fictional and sexually predatory classical conductor – has been reframed in terms of power, not gender.
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Opinion: Movie 'Tár' Leads Gender Representation Astray
Sep 21, 2023 · Power, an essential feature of masculinity, compensates and overrides gender bias in this film. Tár's attitudes and behaviors suggest that, ...Missing: criticisms | Show results with:criticisms
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Film Analysis | TÁR (2022). Power Dynamics in Modern Cancel…
Feb 14, 2023 · The nuanced exploration of Tár's identity extends to her views on gender and power in the conducting world. The film emphasizes Tár's belief ...
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How the World of Classical Music Has Responded to TÁR | Features
Mar 9, 2023 · Marin Alsop recently declared, “I'm offended by 'TÁR' as a woman, I'm offended as a conductor, and I'm offended as a lesbian.”<|separator|>
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Tár (2022) - Rotten Tomatoes
Rating 91% (361) English. Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2022, Wide. Release Date (Streaming): Dec 20, 2022. Box Office (Gross USA): $6.8M. Runtime: 2h 38m. Sound Mix: Dolby ...
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Cate Blanchett Stays on Camerimage Jury After Fest Controversy
Nov 13, 2024 · Cate Blanchett to Remain as Jury Head of Camerimage After Controversy: 'We Look Forward to Being Part of Meaningful Discussions' · Variety ...
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Camerimage Festival Director's Sexist Comments Draw Controversy
Nov 11, 2024 · In response to a petition calling for better representation of women cinematographers, Marek Żydowicz's column stirs controversy days before Opening Night.
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Cate Blanchett's Jury Responds to Camerimage Film Festival ...
Nov 13, 2024 · Cate Blanchett's Jury Responds to Camerimage Film Festival Controversy: “We Look Forward to Being Part of Meaningful Discussions”. The ...
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Main jury pledge "meaningful discussions" about inclusion during ...
Nov 14, 2024 · There are unconfirmed reports that discussions are underway for Blanchett and some of the other jurors to potentially take part in a public ...Missing: head | Show results with:head
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Cate Blanchett Addresses Camerimage Festival Sexism Controversy
Nov 19, 2024 · Cate Blanchett addresses sexism controversy at 2024 Camerimage, where she's jury president, breaks down her collaborative process with ...
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Cate Blanchett Joins Diversity Panel at Camerimage Amid Fallout
Nov 19, 2024 · Cate Blanchett joins diversity panel at Camerimage amid fallout from festival director Marek Zydowicz's controversial comments.Missing: stances | Show results with:stances
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Cate Blanchett says she was sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein
May 3, 2018 · In a new interview with Variety, Blanchett was asked point blank if Weinstein ever sexually harassed her or acted inappropriately.Missing: disclosure 2024
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Cate Blanchett: lack of change in Hollywood after #MeToo 'quite ...
Feb 3, 2025 · The Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett has said she finds the lack of change following the inception of the #MeToo movement eight years ago “quite distressing”.
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Cate Blanchett 'quite distressed' by lack of change post MeToo
Feb 3, 2025 · She was asked about whether Weinstein was inappropriate towards her and replied saying: "With me, yes." She said: "I think he really primarily ...<|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett: Women Once Had 5-Year 'Shelf Life' in Hollywood
Mar 26, 2025 · Cate Blanchett says women had a 5-year “shelf life” when she began Hollywood career. The Oscar winner made her onscreen debut in the '90s.Missing: reliable | Show results with:reliable<|control11|><|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett Recalls When Actresses Had 5-Year "Shelf Life"
Mar 26, 2025 · “The shelf life of actresses when I first came on the scene was about five years,” she told Business Insider.Missing: careers | Show results with:careers
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Cate Blanchett on the "shelf life" women had in Hollywood
Mar 28, 2025 · Cate Blanchett claims women used to have a five-year "shelf life" in Hollywood as she discusses the prevalence of ageism in the industry.Missing: comments | Show results with:comments
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Family - Cate Blanchett Fan
Family. Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton have have three sons: Dashiell John (9), Roman Robert (6), and Ignatius Martin (2).Missing: siblings | Show results with:siblings
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Who Is Cate Blanchett's Husband? All About Andrew Upton
Mar 14, 2025 · The couple married in 1997, and regretfully, Blanchett said they only have one photo from their ceremony because the two friends they asked ...
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Why Cate Blanchett only has one photo from her 1997 wedding
Mar 17, 2025 · Without hesitation, Blanchett recalled the night she married her husband, Andrew Upton, in 1997. “When we got married we had absolutely no ...
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Cate Blanchett's 4 Children: All About Dashiell, Roman, Ignatius and ...
Dashiell, 23, Roman, 21, and Ignatius, 17 — and a daughter Edith, 10, with husband Andrew Upton ...
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How many children does Cate Blanchett have? - The US Sun
May 13, 2022 · In March 2015, the couple welcomed a newborn baby girl to their family, when they adopted Edith Vivian Patricia Upton. Advertisement. The couple ...
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All About Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton's 4 Kids, Who Are ...
Jul 31, 2025 · Eldest son Dashiell, a.k.a. Dash, was born in 2001, followed by Roman in 2004 and Ignatius in 2008. Little sister Edith arrived via adoption in ...
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Cate Blanchett's Husband Andrew Upton: Everything to Know - Parade
Sep 10, 2025 · He and Blanchett have partnered together several times. In 2008, they began a five-year term as the joint artistic directors of the Sydney ...
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Other Projects - Cate Blanchett Fan
At the beginning of 2008, Sydney Theatre Company announced that Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton would become artistic directors.<|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh: two decades on stage for the ...
Aug 7, 2015 · Uncle Vanya · Oleanna · Hedda Gabler · The Homecoming · The War of the Roses · Uncle Vanya · A Streetcar Named Desire · Gross und Klein (Big and Small).
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Who Is Andrew Upton? - All About Cate Blanchett's Husband - ELLE
Jan 11, 2025 · Actress Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, have been together for almost 30 years, despite their romance starting as the definition of a whirlwind.
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Cate Blanchett is 'building her own art gallery' at English countryside ...
Jan 16, 2021 · Blanchett bought Highwell House, a £4.9million mansion near Crowborough, East Sussex, in 2015 and recently won planning permission to create ...
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Cate Blanchett buys up neighbouring farm with 100 acres - Daily Mail
Jan 22, 2022 · 'Blanchettville' lies on the edge of a village in the Sussex Weald near Crowborough. Her seven-bedroom Victorian house is a short stroll from ...
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Cate Blanchett submits more plans for Sussex mansion - The Argus
Aug 8, 2024 · Cate Blanchett has submitted plans to make her multimillion-pound mansion in Crowborough, Sussex even more green.
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Inside Cate Blanchett's Dazzling Real Estate Portfolio
Mar 9, 2023 · 'Tár' lead Cate Blanchet and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton, own homes across Australia and England.
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Cate Blanchett sells $12m apartment in the Sydney landmark Astor ...
Sep 19, 2020 · Hollywood star Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, have sold their $12m two-storey apartment in the historic Astor apartment building ...
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Cate Blanchett Is Selling Her Leafy Melbourne Home - Mansion Global
Feb 12, 2024 · Cate Blanchett is making some adjustments to her property portfolio with the upcoming auction of her suburban home in the Australian city of Melbourne.
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Cate Blanchett scales back Cornwall home renovation that drew fury ...
Jun 18, 2024 · The Oscar-winning actor, 55, purchased a £1.6m cottage in Mawgan Porth, near Newquay, along with her husband, the playwright Andrew Upton, in ...<|separator|>
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14 Actors/Actresses Who Are Also Contemporary Art Collectors
Here are 14 actors and actresses with what contemporary art they collect. Cate Blanchett The Australian actress is believed to own artworks by Guan Wei ...
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Cate Blanchett Is Turning an Old Cottage Into a Gallery for Her Art ...
Jan 12, 2021 · Actress Cate Blanchett wanted to build a space on the grounds of her estate in East Sussex to showcase her impressive collection of contemporary art.
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Cate Blanchett skippers her own tiny tin boat during cruisy afternoon ...
Mar 16, 2015 · The Cinderella star was spotted playing skipper last week, chartering her very own tiny tin boat during a cruisy afternoon in Sydney Harbour.Missing: hobby | Show results with:hobby
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Cate Blanchett tells why her own family life can be chaotic - Daily Mail
Nov 22, 2019 · Playing a mother who goes missing in her new film, Cate Blanchett tells why her own family life can be chaotic - but she wouldn't have it any other way.
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Cate Blanchett's private family life: her kids, husband and lavish home
Mar 12, 2023 · Cate and Andrew have four children, sons Dashiell, 21, Roman, 18, and Ignatius, 15; and an eight-year-old daughter named Edith, who they adopted in 2015.
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'Everything is so fragile': Cate Blanchett on marriage, #MeToo and ...
Mar 9, 2025 · Over turmeric tea one evening, double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett talks about the secret of relationships and how to survive the current news cycle.
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Cate Blanchett Says Women Had a 5-Year 'Shelf Life' in Hollywood ...
Mar 26, 2025 · The Black Bag star said, "The shelf life of actresses when I first came on the scene was about five years."
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A surprising number of Hollywood stars are Australian - CBS News
Nov 17, 2024 · An island of only 27 million people minted Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Mel Gibson, Margot Robbie, Chris Hemsworth... we can keep going here.
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Cate Blanchett: Actors / Actresses and Staying Power : r/TrueFilm
Oct 7, 2023 · I've always had mixed feelings about Cate Blanchett as an actress. She's obviously incredibly talented and I enjoy her in most of the roles she chooses.Cate Blanchett Sets Rule for Hiring Crew: 'You Must Interview a ...How does an actor avoid being typecast? Are there any ... - RedditMore results from www.reddit.comMissing: hopping avoid
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Cate Blanchett: Awards Shows Shouldn't Be Televised - IndieWire
Mar 21, 2025 · Cate Blanchett Prefers If Awards Shows Weren't Televised: 'It's Blasphemy' but It Would Be a Better 'Party' That Way · Samantha Bergeson · Popular ...
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Cate Blanchett and USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Team Up
Dec 14, 2023 · To rectify that up to eight filmmakers will receive $50,000, one-on-one mentorship and guidance from industry leaders to create a short film ...Missing: influence | Show results with:influence
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Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini and More Launch Proof of Concept
Dec 14, 2023 · The program aims to identify filmmakers who promote the perspectives of women, trans and nonbinary people.Missing: influence | Show results with:influence
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Cate Blanchett on Why Most Diversity Grant Programs Don't Work
Mar 25, 2024 · Cate Blanchett and her producing partner Coco Francini told IndieWire the tagline for their new diversity grant program should be “Intensely Practical.”Missing: influence | Show results with:influence
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Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini And Dr. Stacy L. Smith Discuss Proof ...
Dec 14, 2023 · This program is designed to address the trifecta of challenges facing these directors: funding, mentorship, and exposure.Missing: peers | Show results with:peers
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Cannes Diary: Gender Inequality in the Film Industry
May 24, 2024 · This accelerator program, co-founded by Blanchett and her Dirty Films ... successes or failures, akin to the treatment male directors receive.<|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett on Why #MeToo Will Take Time to Transform ...
May 8, 2018 · “For profound changes to occur, it needs to take place through specific actions,” Blanchett said at a press conference in the South of France ...
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Anya Taylor-Joy, the New Indie Queen - W Magazine
Sep 19, 2016 · Not somebody who's born into aristocracy – but somebody who has greatness in them. Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, always. Tilda's my queen.
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Cate Blanchett Fears AI Will Be "Incredibly Destructive" To Hollywood
Nov 30, 2024 · The 2x Oscar winner recently admitted she's “deeply concerned” about the impact AI will have on the entertainment industry, as well as the rest of the world.<|control11|><|separator|>
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Cate Blanchett 'deeply concerned' by AI impact - BBC
Nov 30, 2024 · The Australian actress says the threat of AI is "very real" as "you can totally replace anyone".<|control11|><|separator|>