• Name: Cate Blanchett
  
• Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
  
• Height: 5' 8 1/2"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: Australian
  
• Birth Date: May 14, 1969
  
• Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  
• Profession: actress, producer
  
• Education: Melbourne University in Melbourne, Australia (majored in Art History)
  
•   : National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia (graduated in 1992)
  
• Husband/Wife: Andrew Upton (film editor, screenwriter; married in June 1997)
  
• Father: advertising executive from Texas (died in 1979)
  
• Mother: June (Australian; businesswoman, former teacher)
  
• Sister: Genevieve (theater designer; younger)
  
• Brother: Robert (works in the computer field; older)
  
• Son: Roman Robert (born on April 23, 2004 in London), Dashiell John Upton (born in December 2001)
  
• Claim to fame: as Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998)
  

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• On models: "I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them."
• "If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!"
• When asked what colour her hair is: "Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know."
• "If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."
• On doing many accents: "It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin (puts on heavy Strine) sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on."
• On THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy: "I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head."
• "You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."
• On models: "I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them."

• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Acting Ensemble, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2004)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2004)
• National Board of Review: Best Ensemble Performance, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE MAN WHO CRIED (2002)
• Golden Camera: Film - International, HEAVEN (2002)
• National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress, THE MAN WHO CRIED (2001)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Empire Awards: Best Actress, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, ELIZABETH (1999)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actress of the Year, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Most Promising Actor, ELIZABETH (1998)
• Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Performance, Female, ELIZABETH (1998)
• Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, OSCAR AND LUCINDA (1998)
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Female, THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE (1998)
• Golden Globe: Best Actress in a Drama, ELIZABETH (1998).
• Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE (1997)
• Critics Circle Theater award: Best Newcomer and Lead Actress (1994)

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