Cate Blanchett has proven herself to be one of the most important actors of her generation. Her filmography includes many great movies, and she always adds gravitas to any project she works on. Some of her best work is part of major franchises, including the MCU and The Lord of the Rings. She has collaborated with award-winning directors like Alejandro Iñárritu, Taika Waititi, Guillermo del Toro, and David Fincher, among many others. Blanchett’s range extends from broad comedies to dark and disturbing melodramas.
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Blanchett has been nominated for five Best Actress Oscars, winning for Blue Jasmine, and three Best Supporting Actress Oscars, winning for The Aviator. Blanchett has also been nominated for 12 Golden Globe Awards across various categories and won four times. Her awards plaudits go far beyond those two distinguished ceremonies, but if there is a year with Blanchett in a role, hers will be discussed as one of the top performances.
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The Hobbit Trilogy (2012, 2013, 2014)
Galadriel
The Hobbit
Created by
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro
First Film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Latest Film
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Cast
Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom
Summary
The Hobbit film series is a fantasy adventure trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. Set 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, the films follow Bilbo Baggins’ quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. The series grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide and is known for its elaborate visuals and epic storytelling.
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Nearly a decade after leaving the world of Middle-earth behind, Cate Blanchett returned as Galadriel in The Hobbit films. Peter Jackson once again adapts J.R.R. Tolkien’s work into a three-part epic following the adventures of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. These movies didn’t quite stir the same emotions as the original films, but it was still a welcome return to the familiar world made possible on screen by Jackson, and they were as amazingly constructed as the original LOTR trilogy.
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Returning as Galadriel, Blanchett has much more to do in these films, even getting an action set piece. She is not on-screen often, but when she is, it’s a great reminder of how naturally she embodies the ethereal Elf queen. Luckily, since her character ages slowly (as all elves do), Blanchett had no problem stepping back into the role of one of the most powerful Lord of the Rings characters in the franchise, helping build a character that was already quite formidable in the original trilogy.
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Don’t Look Up (2021)
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Don’t Look Up
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Comedy
Drama
Sci-Fi
5/10
7.4/10
Release Date
December 10, 2021
Runtime
145 minutes
Director
Adam McKay
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Adam McKay, David Sirota
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Though Cate Blanchett’s movies don’t often include comedies, she held her own in the massive comic star-studded ensemble of Don’t Look Up. Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio lead the film as two frustrated scientists trying to convince a disinterested world that a comet is heading for Earth. Blanchett plays Brie Evantee, a morning show host who has an affair with DiCaprio’s character. She is also someone more interested in celebrity news than world-ending catastrophes.
Blanchett’s turn as Brie hilariously encapsulates a type of self-satisfied anchor who is only interested in getting the hottest pull quote from her interviewee.
Don’t Look Up was instantly divisive upon release thanks to its touchy subject matter and biting satire of the U.S. political landscape. Blanchett’s turn as Brie hilariously encapsulates a type of self-satisfied anchor who is only interested in getting the hottest pull quote from her interviewee. Despite polarizing reviews, Don’t Look Up received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. It was also one of Netflix’s most-streamed movies of all time, giving a lot of people a chance to see Blanchett doing comedy.
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Babel (2006)
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Babel
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Drama
Documentary
Release Date
September 8, 2006
Runtime
143 minutes
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Brad Pitt
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Cate Blanchett
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Mohamed Akhzam
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Peter Wight
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Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is a multi-narrative tale that follows four short stories, all interconnected by a gun. Though the characters are often only tangentially related, the reverberations of one story cause massive consequences in another. Richard (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Cate Blanchett) are a couple going through a difficult time, and they take a trip to Morocco to reconnect. While on the bus, Susan is struck by an errant bullet from one of the other storylines, and the rest of the passengers demand to leave her behind.
The film earned six Academy Award nominations, though none for Blanchett. While her performance captures the “entitled American on vacation” archetype, she spends much of the film in medical trauma, giving up more screen time to Pitt. Babel ultimately only won one Oscar (Best Original Score). However, it launched the career of Iñárritu, who went on to win Best Director for both Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Revenant over the next decade.
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Veronica Guerin (2003)
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Veronica Guerin
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Drama
Crime
Thriller
Release Date
July 11, 2003
Runtime
98 minutes
Director
Joel Schumacher
Writers
Carol Doyle
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Chad Oman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Stenson
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Cate Blanchett
Veronica Guerin
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Gerard McSorley
John Gilligan
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Ciarán Hinds
John Traynor
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Brenda Fricker
Bernie Guerin
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Veronica Guerin stars Cate Blanchett in the titular role as the real-life Irish journalist who was murdered for her investigations into the Dublin drug trade. Blanchett received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the life story of Guerin, whose frustration with the impact of crime on her neighborhood led her to uncover the highest reaches of the criminal underworld.
Guerin is clearly admirable and heroic for her reporting, but the multilayered Blanchett adds an element of self-importance that makes for a much more compelling performance than one solely of a one-dimensional, courageous figure. While the ending was already known, since this is based on a true story, Blanchett did a much better job of bringing the story to the screen than the earlier effort, When the Sky Falls, which starred Joan Allen in the lead role.
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Hanna (2011)
Marissa Wiegler
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Hanna
PG-13
Action
Thriller
Adventure
8/10
Release Date
April 7, 2011
Runtime
111 Minutes
Director
Joe Wright
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Seth Lochhead, David Farr
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Saoirse Ronan
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Eric Bana
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Following his Oscar-nominated films Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, Joe Wright made a very different movie with the action thriller Hanna. Saoirse Ronan reunited with Wright after Atonement as Hanna Heller, a teenager who lives in rural Finland with her father, Erik, a former CIA operative who has trained her in combat and shooting skills. The reason for this is that senior CIA officer Marissa Wiegler wants to kill Erik, and he has trained Hanna to assassinate Marissa to ensure both of their freedom.
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This gave Cate Blanchett a big chance to play a villain, as she is the devious and murderous Marissa, and the battle of wits and skills between her and Hanna is a dazzling display to watch. The film received high critical praise despite its status as an action movie, and Wright’s direction was a big part of bringing out the acting talent of Blanchett, Ronan, and Eric Bana. It received several awards and ended up with a TV series remake on Amazon Prime Video.
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Hot Fuzz (2007)
Janine
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Hot Fuzz
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Action
Comedy
Mystery
Thriller
10/10
9.6/10
Release Date
February 14, 2007
Runtime
121 minutes
Director
Edgar Wright
Writers
Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
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Simon Pegg
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Martin Freeman
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Hot Fuzz is a cult classic and a beloved Edgar Wright film, part of the Three Flavours Cornettos trilogy. Simon Pegg stars as police constable Nicholas Angel, a London top cop who is sent to a sleepy small country town when his great work makes his other officers look bad. While there, he teams up with Nick Frost’s Danny Butterman and soon learns that the Neighborhood Watch Alliance is killing anyone who commits crimes or makes the town look bad. It is a brilliant buddy cop comedy and one of the best movies of the new century.
Cate Blanchett has a wild role in the movie because she is not credited, and her face is never shown.
Cate Blanchett plays Janine, Nicholas Angel’s ex-girlfriend. The two broke up before the movie started, and when Nicholas goes to tell her he is being transferred, she tells him he will never be happy until he finds someone he cares about more than his job. While it was one scene and one small conversation, it was her dialogue that set Angel off on his mission to become a better person.
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Black Bag (2025)
Kathryn St. Jean
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Black Bag
Thriller
8/10
Release Date
March 14, 2025
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Writers
David Koepp
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Cate Blanchett
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Michael Fassbender
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In 2025, Cate Blanchett joined up with Michael Fassbender for a new Steven Soderbergh movie. In Black Bag, Soderbergh returned to what looks like a crowd-pleasing bigger-budget movie with a loaded cast and the coolness that fans of Oceans’s Eleven might appreciate. The story sees Blanchett and Fassbender starring as a husband and wife who are both secret intelligence agents. However, when Blanchett’s Kathryn is believed to have committed treason, her husband is sent to learn the truth and kill her if she is guilty.
The cast is impressive, with Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan, Marissa Abela, and Gustaf Skarsgård in supporting roles, and the direction and acting led it to receive almost universally good reviews. The positive reviews praise Soderbergh’s film as being “sleek in design and spiked with dry wit,” while both Fassbender and Blanchett receive praise as “movie stars” who “light up the screen.”
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
Daisy Fuller
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
PG-13
Drama
Romance
Fantasy
8/10
5/10
Release Date
December 25, 2008
Runtime
166 minutes
Director
David Fincher
Writers
Eric Roth
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Faune Chambers Watkins
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Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt and David Fincher team up for their third film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and bring Cate Blanchett along. This epic story centers on the titular man (Pitt) who ages in reverse and his romance with Daisy Fuller (Blanchett), who only have a few years when they can realistically have a relationship. Though Blanchett is not the star, her character provides the wrap-around story.
The film earned 13 Academy Award nominations, winning three in technical categories. Blanchett’s performance is grounded and sad, a human counterpoint to the magical realism with which her character must contend throughout her entire life. While Blanchett had a much smaller role than Pitt, she carried her own and was the heart and soul of the film and of Benjamin Button’s life story.
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How To Train Your Dragon Franchise (2019)
Valka (Voice)
How to Train Your Dragon
Created by
Cressida Cowell, Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
First Film
How to Train Your Dragon
Latest Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Upcoming Films
How to Train Your Dragon
First TV Show
DreamWorks Dragons
Summary
How to Train Your Dragon is a critically acclaimed animated franchise that began with the 2010 film of the same name, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s book series. The story is set in the mythical Viking world of Berk, where young Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III befriends a dragon named Toothless, challenging his tribe’s tradition of dragon slaying. The franchise expanded into a trilogy of films, several TV series, short films, and an upcoming live-action adaptation, becoming one of DreamWorks Animation’s most successful properties.
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Cate Blanchett joined the How to Train Your Dragon franchise in How to Train Your Dragon 2 and returned for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. She voices Hiccup’s mother, Valka, who is thought dead until Hiccup finds her. The franchise is noted for incredible visual storytelling and roller-coaster-like action sequences. Parental figures feature heavily in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, and when Stoic, Hiccup’s father, exits, Blanchett’s imperial and motherly voice is an excellent replacement.
While Blanchett was a late addition, it added a lot to the story because it was Valka who set the story in motion when Stoic believed a dragon killed her.
She portrays a loving maternal figure and a young, fiery woman who regrets how she left her family. While Blanchett was a late addition, it added a lot to the story because it was Valka who set the story in motion when Stoic believed a dragon killed her, and it is her return that shows that Hiccup’s mission was always the right one. It also allows Stoic to have his tragic, heartbreaking exit, while setting up the story for the future.
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Nightmare Alley (2021)
Dr. Lilith Ritter
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Nightmare Alley
R
Action
Drama
Crime
8/10
7.7/10
Release Date
December 17, 2021
Runtime
139 minutes
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Writers
Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan
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Clifton Collins Jr.
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Toni Collette
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Nightmare Alley from Guillermo del Toro is a remake of the 1947 classic and was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and earned Cate Blanchett a SAG nomination for her supporting role as Dr. Lilith Ritter. This neo-noir thriller follows a carnival conman named Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) who uses his showmanship and talent for manipulation to gain fame and wealth before his schemes close in on him.
Out of all Cate Blanchett’s movies, she is at her most sexy, dangerous, and manipulative in Nightmare Alley. She’s perfectly pulpy in her portrayal, chewing the scenery and mesmerizing Stan and the audience, fitting right in as the old-Hollywood femme fatale. There are many villains in the film, as this is not a world with redeeming characters, but it is Ritter who might be the most despicable, and Blanchett brings sex appeal to the role to cap off a brilliant villainous turn.
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Meredith Logue
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
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Thriller
Drama
Release Date
December 12, 1999
Runtime
139 minutes
Director
Anthony Minghella
Writers
Anthony Minghella
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Matt Damon
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Jude Law
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Some of the best Cate Blanchett movies were from when her star was on the rise in the ’90s, and it only shot higher when she joined The Talented Mr. Ripley. The film stars Matt Damon as Ripley, a man who strikes up a friendship with spoiled playboy Dickie (Jude Law) to feed off his luxurious lifestyle. Blanchett plays Meredith Logue, an incidental character who winds up being one of the most fascinating of the cast.
Despite the talented actors around her, Blanchett pops off the screen as an ingratiating, status-obsessed but somehow still lovable American socialite. It’s a feat that she can talk just as Dickie does, yet remain sympathetic. This wasn’t the only movie based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, but it is one of the most notable thanks to the performances by Damon, Law, and Blanchett. The film picked up five Oscar nominations but didn’t win any, and Blanchett earned a BAFTA nomination for her performance.
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I’m Not There (2007)
Bob Dylan
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I’m Not There
R
Biography
Drama
5/10
Release Date
October 1, 2007
Runtime
135 minutes
Director
Todd Haynes
Writers
Todd Haynes, Oren Moverman
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Ben Whishaw
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Bob Dylan’s life is put on screen in an unconventional way in Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There. Six actors portray different parts of Bob Dylan’s persona: poet (Ben Whishaw), prophet (Christian Bale), outlaw (Richard Gere), fake (Marcus Carl Franklin), “star of electricity” (Heath Ledger in his final role before his death), and rock-and-roll martyr (Cate Blanchett). These characters are never referred to as Dylan, but they are clear examinations of his giant character.
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Blanchett was nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe, and SAG, winning the Globe. The only woman cast as “Dylan,” Blanchett recreates his anxious twitchiness and vulnerability better than anyone else in the movie. I’m Not There was a box office failure, but it received positive reviews from critics, praising the actors, and especially the performance of Blanchett, with casting a woman and a Black child being called “brilliant” choices.
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Notes On A Scandal (2006)
Sheba Hart
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Notes On A Scandal
R
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
December 25, 2006
Runtime
92 minutes
Director
Richard Eyre
Writers
Patrick Marber
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Judi Dench
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Cate Blanchett
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Bill Nighy
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Andrew Simpson
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In the psychological thriller Notes on a Scandal, Cate Blanchett stars opposite British acting legend Judi Dench, who plays Barbara, an eccentric and lonely teacher who forms a relationship with a younger colleague, Sheba (Blanchett). This relationship takes a dark turn when Barbara catches Sheba in a scandal (a sexual relationship with a minor student). The movie has a relentlessly tense tone as secrets are threatened to be exposed and relationships grow more inappropriate.
Dench and Blanchett make a thrilling pair in this story. For their intense, unsentimental portraits of struggling women, they were nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and SAG awards. However, neither woman won at any of the ceremonies. Dench also received a BAFTA nomination, which she also lost out on. Despite this, the 87% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score proves that critics loved it, and it was a small box office success as well.
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
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Thor: Ragnarok
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
7/10
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8/10
Release Date
November 3, 2017
Runtime
131 minutes
Director
Taika Waititi
Writers
Christopher L. Yost, Craig Kyle, Eric Pearson
Producers
Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Thomas M. Hammel, Victoria Alonso
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Chris Hemsworth
Thor
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Mark Ruffalo
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Prequel(s)
Thor: The Dark World
Sequel(s)
Thor: Love and Thunder
Franchise(s)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Cate Blanchett joined the MCU in one of its funniest movies to date. Thor: Ragnarok follows the God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth) as he tries to regain control of Asgard from his sister Hela (Blanchett), the Goddess of Death. This third film in the Thor series added new life to the character, thanks to director Taika Waititi. Blanchett is clearly having a blast hamming it up as the goddess, complete with an over-the-top wardrobe that is pulled straight out of the pages of the comic books.
Her dramatic chops make her a legitimately formidable villain, and she does her best to return to the Kenneth Branagh style of Thor movies, with the Shakespeare influence and an almost stage-like presence in her acting skills. While Hela was a one-and-done for the film, she changed things more than almost any villain in the MCU, other than Thanos at the time, and was a true world-ending threat for Thor and his allies.
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Blue Jasmine (2013)
Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis
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blue jasmine
pg-13
Drama
Release Date
August 23, 2013
Runtime
98minutes
Director
Woody Allen
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Woody Allen
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Cate Blanchett
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Cate Blanchett’s movies often see the actress playing difficult characters. Blue Jasmine is a terrific example of this. Blanchett plays Jasmine Francis, a haunted and ignorant wealthy woman forced to move in with her working-class sister when her husband loses everything and passes away. Blanchett delivers a layered, disturbing, funny, and captivating performance. She is insolent, feels like people owe her things, and remains completely unlikeable, but at the same time funny, without knowing she is the butt of the jokes.
For her work, she won Best Actress at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and SAG awards, a clean sweep. Blanchett plays Jasmine teetering on the edge of a psychological cliff the entire film, and when she finally falls, it’s not only disturbing but feels completely real. Sally Hawkins is also on top form as Jasmine’s sister, and when the twist comes that Jasmine’s problems are all mostly self-inflicted, it is one of the most deserving crash-and-burns in cinema.
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Elizabeth (1998)
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Elizabeth
R
Drama
History
Biography
Release Date
October 2, 1998
Runtime
124 minutes
Director
Shekhar Kapur
Writers
Michael Hirst
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Cate Blanchett
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Paul Fox
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Christopher Eccleston
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Cate Blanchett earned her first Academy Award nomination for playing Queen Elizabeth I in the thrilling historical epic Elizabeth. The movie takes a look at the monarch’s early years as queen as she struggles with the expectations of the powerful position. Blanchett gives a commanding performance and is more than up to the challenge of playing such an iconic historical figure. The movie is filled with political intrigue, high-stakes adventure, and romance for an entertaining package.
This was Blanchett’s first major film role, and with little attention paid to her very early career, it seemed that the actor had arrived onto the scene fully formed as a major Hollywood talent. Elizabeth received seven Oscar nominations, which was impressive for a film starring a mostly lesser-known actor, and even more impressively, it earned 12 BAFTAs, with Blanchett winning one there. Blanchett returned nine years later for the sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which also earned her an Oscar nomination.
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The Aviator (2004)
Katharine Hepburn
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The Aviator
PG-13
Biography
Drama
Release Date
December 25, 2004
Runtime
170 minutes
Director
Martin Scorsese
Writers
John Logan
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Willem Dafoe
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Alan Alda
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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John C. Reilly
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Cate Blanchett collaborated with legendary director Martin Scorsese in The Aviator, a biopic of the controversial filmmaker, businessman, and aviator Howard Hughes. It looks at his many personal struggles while trying to break new ground in aviation. Blanchett has the difficult task of playing Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn in the film and does an amazing job of bringing her to life. The movie beautifully captures the glamour of the period and is one of Scorsese’s best biopics.
The Aviator earned 11 Oscar nominations, resulting in a Best Supporting Actress win for Blanchett. Her performance as the eccentric Hepburn is quick, delightful, and shrewd, all true to the legend of Hollywood. It wasn’t the only time she played a real-life person, but she did a great job of bringing Hebburn to life in a respectful and deliberate representation of one of Golden Age cinema’s most revered stars.
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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
Galadriel
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Studio
Warner Bros
Run Time
11 hrs 21 mins
Director
Peter Jackson
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One of the biggest and most acclaimed Hollywood franchises, Peter Jackson did the impossible in bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to life. The story of Frodo and his quest to destroy the One Ring is dotted with a literal world of characters. Each had their challenges being brought from book to screen, but the Elf enchantress Galadriel was always going to be particularly tricky.
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However, the Lord of the Rings films rank among Cate Blanchett’s best movies, as she manages to capture the otherworldly beauty of an ancient queen. Blanchett’s voice-over at the start of The Fellowship of the Ring sets the tone for the epic franchise. She returned for The Hobbit trilogy, and while she had more screen time in those movies, they couldn’t touch the brilliance of the original LOTR trilogy.
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Carol (2015)
Carol Aird
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Release Date
November 20, 2015
Runtime
119 minutes
Director
Todd Haynes
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Phyllis Nagy, Patricia Highsmith
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Carol, based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt, tells the story of how Carol (Cate Blanchett) and Therese (Rooney Mara) come to fall in love over the Christmas season in 1952 New York City. The social taboos of the time prevented both women from fully expressing their connection, and it’s their fight to unshackle themselves from convention and their own fears that make Carol an inspiring and heartwarming watch.
Blanchett was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and SAG for her electrifying role. The film has a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and is considered one of the best LGBTQ+ movies of the 2010s. In all, Carol received six Academy Award nominations and nine BAFTA Award nominations. Even more impressive was the fact that the British Film Institute named it the best LGBTQ+ movie of all time.
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Tár (2022)
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Release Date
October 7, 2022
Runtime
158 minutes
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Todd Field
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Cate Blanchett stars as the eponymous conductor Lydia Tár in Tár, a psychological drama from Todd Field that follows Tár’s fall from legendary conductor to disgraced celebrity. Field’s meticulous and dazzling filmmaking sharply examines workplace harassment, sexism, and identity politics in the #MeToo era. This is one of the most memorable Blanchett movies, as she is front and center in nearly every scene and owns every moment, delving deep into the character’s psyche while still leaving room for questions.
Cate Blanchett delivered a nuanced performance that shows how Lydia deserves everything that happens to her, but at the same time, is often unaware of what is happening, what is real, and what might be all happening inside her head. It was an incredible performance that earned Blanchett an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win. Her performance is one-of-a-kind and a sure sign that she is only improving at her craft as her career continues.
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