Cate Blanchett doesn’t just act, she transforms the screen. In each film, she breaks molds, challenges genres, and reminds us why she is one of the most fascinating performers of our time. Here you’ll find her most iconic roles, her boldest risks, and the stories that shaped her career.
870 / 5,000 Hanna is a 2011 British action thriller film directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Cate Blanchett. Cate Blanchett plays Marissa Wiegler, a CIA officer. Hanna is an action thriller about a showdown between CIA agents and an assassin trained by one of their top operatives. The film combines an […]
Robin Hood (2010), directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, offers a new perspective on the Robin Hood story (Russell Crowe), portraying him as a criminal pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham, a lawman. The plot unfolds in a politically unstable country, threatened by civil war and French invasion, lacking resources
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 short story. The film stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. It also features Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, and Tilda Swinton.Cate Blanchett plays Daisy
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Irina Spalko, who served in the Soviet army, was a favorite of Stalin. She was a KGB agent and was renowned for her psychic abilities and clairvoyance. In 1957, Irina Spalko was part of a mission to acquire artifacts with potential for paranormal military applications. Spalko led a team with Siberian Colonel Antonin Dovchenko to
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age takes place almost three decades after the events that crowned the 25-year-old as Queen of England in 1558. The film was released nine years after the success of Elizabeth, director Shekhar Kapur’s bold, Eastern-influenced historical drama about the monarchy and female character, and a lifetime—in years of fame—after Cate Blanchett’s brilliant
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I’m Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by the life and music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan’s public personas: Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw. The film tells its story using non-traditional narrative techniques, intercutting the storylines of
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Hot Fuzz is a 2007 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The three had previously worked together on the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead and the television series Spaced. It was written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, and produced by Nira Park. Director Edgar Wright said
Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 British psychological drama thriller directed by Richard Eyre and produced by Robert Fox and Scott Rudin. Adapted from the 2003 novel by Zoë Heller, the screenplay was written by Patrick Marber. The film stars Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Nighy, and centres on a lonely veteran teacher
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The Good German (2006) is an American film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Kanon. In Berlin at the end of World War II, journalist Jake Geismar (George Clooney) investigates the case of his former
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Babel is the third film by acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu (two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director), starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, and Kōji Yakusho. It focuses on three interconnected sets of situations and characters that occur on the border between Mexico and the United States, in