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Cate Blanchett

(1969) Stage Actor Australia

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Cate Blanchett is a stage actor from Australia, best known for Ponyo.

Quick Facts About Cate Blanchett

Born: May 14, 1969
Nationality: Australia
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Ponyo
Spouse: Andrew Upton

About Cate Blanchett

Catherine Élise Blanchett is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for her versatile work across stage and screen, including independent films and blockbusters. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Actor Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globes, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award and a Tony Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress César Award AACTA Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Bambi Award BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Volpi Cup for Best Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Centenary Medal Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Empire Award for Best Actress Critics' Choice Awards Companion of the Order of Australia Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Sydney Theatre Awards Crystal Award honorary doctor of the University of Sydney International Goya Award Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film

Quotes by Cate Blanchett

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

Brave

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I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping…

Another world

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I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the…

Audience

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Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I…

Feels

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Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.

Affecting

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There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.

About

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If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

Failure

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I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as…

Beach

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See the opportunity in the misstep.

Creativity

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I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

Pilates

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I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

Bits

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Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.

Allen

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Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am.

Age

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Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.

Australia

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I often have a few scents depending on if I'm playing a character. The character may be wearing a scent that perhaps…

Character

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The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that…

Cinema

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I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

Actor

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A film is not a documentary. And what's wonderful about film is that it's a real provocation for people. I never, ever…

Absolutes

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I think when you fall in love, whether you're heterosexual, transgender, gay, lesbian, whatever, straight, you feel like it's happening to you…

Fall

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I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

Australian

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We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to…

Antisocial

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Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become…

Actor

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I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.

Decisions

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You will not leave the theater with nothing to talk about. For me, comedy and tragedy when you get them both in…

Comedy

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I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the…

Accepted

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