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.
Little Fish is a 2005 Australian crime drama film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. Starring Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, and Sam Neill Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett) has been off heroin for four years, when old boyfriend Jonny Nguyen (Dustin Nguyen) comes back to Sydney. Tracy is 32, living with her mum Janelle (Noni Hazelhurst) and working in a video shop in […]
Cate Blanchett portrayed Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004), Martin Scorsese’s film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes. The film is based on the non-fiction book Howard Hughes: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes by Charles Higham. The film depicts the life of Howard Hughes, aviation pioneer and director of the film Hell’s Angels. This
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is a 2004 American adventure comedy-drama film written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach and directed by Anderson. It is Anderson’s fourth feature-length film and was released in the United States on December 25, 2004. The film also features Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum,
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson and based on the third book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It had a budget of $94 million and was filmed from October 11, 1999, to
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Cate Blanchett plays Magdalena “Maggie” Gilkeson, a hardened and somewhat bitter frontier woman running a ranch and doing some doctoring on the side as she raises two young daughters. Her only help: two hired hands, one of whom (Brake Baldwin) would like to marry her. As for the daughters … the youngest, Dot, relishes the
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Coffee and Cigarettes is a 2003 independent anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film consists of eleven short stories which includes the earlier three short films; themes are often comedic and depressed, and share coffee and cigarettes as a common thread. The film is composed of a comic series of short vignettes
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Veronica Guerin is based on the true story of the Irish journalist who was murdered by the Italian mafia in 1996. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and stars Cate Blanchett as Guerin, along with Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, and Brenda Fricker. The film depicts part of the career of journalist Veronica Guerin, who
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a film based on the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings. It is the sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring and precedes the final installment of the series, The Return of the King. Cate Blanchett reprised her role as Galadriel,
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Heaven is a 2002 film directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi. Cate Blanchett plays Philippa Paccard, a woman who, tired of being ignored by the authorities, decides to take justice into her own hands after discovering who is responsible for her husband’s death.Philippa repeatedly filed reports, but was ignored. Therefore,
In 2001, Cate Blanchett had a small role in The Shipping News, starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, and Judi Dench, and directed by Lasse Hallström. Cate Blanchett played Petal, a woman with whom Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), who considers himself a failure, falls deeply in love.Petal becomes pregnant with Quoyle’s child, but eventually leaves him and
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