Biography of Cate Blanchett

Awards in buckets

May 14, 1969 best known for the role of Galadriel starred in Peter Jackson trilogy "the Lord of the rings", Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress, who won an Oscar in 2005 career best supporting actress starring in the film "The Aviator," in which he plays the role of Katharine Hepburn. Born in Melbourne on 14 May 1969, Cate (whose full name is Catherine Elise) during childhood and adolescence studies piano and dance. The encounter with the world of acting takes place at the age of eighteen, when he took part as a simple appearance to an unknown Arab films on the world of boxing: here strikes a spark, which is deciding the girl wanted to be an actress. Cate, as well, after attending the lectures of Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts, he began to become known in theatre and on television: on the small screen, in particular, appeared in 1993 in "police rescue" (original title: "Police rescue"). In 1997 port comes to the big screen, thanks to Bruce Beresford, who runs in "Paradise Road". The success, however, gets the following year when earns an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe as best dramatic actress for her performance in "Elizabeth", by Shekhar Kapur. Since then, his career has a continued rise. The 1999 is particularly rich: reads not only in "an ideal husband" (original title: "An ideal husband"), a film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous comedy, starring Julianne Moore and Rupert Everett, but also (albeit in secondary roles) in "The man who cried-the man who cried," starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci (directed by Sally Potter) and "the talented Mr. Ripley" (original title "The talented Mr. Ripley"), directed by Anthony Minghella. Comedies and dramas are alternated, and Cate shows equal aplomb and when it must be funny that when needs to move. And if the comedy "Bandits", alongside Billy Bob Thornton and Bruce Willis, is accepted in a way quite different from the public unconvinced, Sam Raimi film studies give "The gift-the gift" and especially "the Lord of the rings" trilogy directed by New Zealander Peter Jackson is an unprecedented success with critics and audiences. Very popular is also his interpretation (for which he won a Golden Globe nomination) in "Veronica Guerin-The price of courage", great film by Joel Schumacher. After leading roles in "Heaven" and "Charlotte Gray," the Australian actress gets the world's 2004 consecration, when Martin Scorsese writing to lend countenance to Katharine Hepburn in her "The aviator." The success is such that Blanchett wins the Oscar and Ioma for best supporting actress. The Oscars are back to peep in 2006, when Cate was nominated for "notes on a scandal" (original title: "Notes on a scandal"), alongside Judi Dench (in turn nominated for the statuette), directed by Richard Eyre. Alongside Brad Pitt, instead, acted in "Babel", before being called by Steven Soderbergh to tile Tobey Maguire and George Clooney in "the good German" (original title: "The good German"). Shortly thereafter comes the sequel to the film that made known to all: back to assume the role of Queen Elizabeth of England in "Elizabeth: the Golden Age," directed by Shekhar Kapur. In 2007, then, comes the participation in "I'm not there" (original title: "I'm not there"), dedicated to the life of Bob Dylan: an interpretation that won a Golden Globe and the Coppa Volpi of the Venice Film Festival. Now Cate Blanchett scoops awards one after another: the Oscars of 2008 saw vying for best supporting actress for the performance of "I'm not there" and for best actress for the role of Elizabeth. Shortly after the leap into action cinema: in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (original title: "Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull"), the blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg, she plays agent Irina Spalko. That 2008 is a year of gold is clear: not only because the 5 December his star appears in the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, but also because Cate starred in award-winning "the curious case of Benjamin Button" (original title: "The curious case of Benjamin Button"), David Fincher's film that plays the role of Daisy, which the protagonist (played by Brad Pitt) falls in love. In 2010, however, comes another major production: she plays Lady Marion in "Robin Hood" by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe's side. Among the other films he attended, it is worth mentioning "the life aquatic with Steve Zissou" (original title: "The life aquatic with Steve Zissou"), Wes Anderson, in 2004; "Hot Fuzz", by Edgar Wright, in 2007; and "Hanna", by Joe Wright, in 2011. Later films are "the Hobbit: an unexpected journey" (Peter Jackson, 2012), "Blue Jasmine" (Woody Allen, 2013), "the Hobbit-the desolation of Smaug" (Peter Jackson, 2013), "Monuments Men" (George Clooney, 2014), "the Hobbit-the battle of the five armies" (Peter Jackson, 2014), "Knight of Cups" (Terrence Malick, 2015), "Cinderella" (Kenneth Branagh, 2015), "Carol" (Todd Haynes , 2015), "Truth" – The price of truth "(by James Vanderbilt, 2015).
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