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Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy. She also gave birth to her first child, son Dashiell, in 2001.
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In 2020, she created and starred in the ABC television miniseries Stateless and portrayed Phyllis Schlafly in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, garnering two Emmy Award nominations for the latter. In 2022, Blanchett received her eighth Oscar nomination for her starring role in Tár .
- Meredith Logue - The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Hela - Thor: Ragnarök
- Mary Mapes - Truth
- Lilith Ritter - Nightmare Alley
- Bernadette Fox - Where'd You Go, Bernadette
- Annie Wilson - The Gift
- Galadriel - Lord of The Rings
- Veronica Guerin - Veronica Guerin
- Sheba Hart - Notes on A Scandal
- Carol Aird - Carol
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While Cate Blanchett didn't get an Oscar nomination for her role in The Talented Mr. Ripley, she really deserved it. In this movie, she starred as Meredith Logue, and she was so good in the role that her character became much more important in the movie than she was in the source novel. Blanchett really provides a nice counterpoint to the manipulative and calculating Mr. Ripley. As an American traveling abroad for the first time, she always seems to notice him before he sees her, despite his...
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has done a great job of casting the perfect people for the iconic comic book roles. Even if they don't always look the same, and sometimes have a different origin story, the actors almost always look like fans feel they should. Cate Blanchett perfectly portrayed Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. Hela was different in Thor: Ragnarok than in Norse myths, because she was portrayed as Thor's sister instead of Loki's daughter. However, when it comes to carrying herself, she was...
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Cate Blanchett starred as Mary Mapes in Truth. This was a case where Blanchett took on a real-life person, and this was difficult since Mapes was a celebrated news producer at CBS news and people knew who she was. This woman broke some big news stories in her life, and Blanchett had to honor the real person while making her a great movie character as well. This was a tough role since Mapes broke the huge news investigation but ended up fired and falling from grace because of the methods she u...
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In 2021, Guillermo del Toro released his remake of the classic film noir movie Nightmare Alley. The movie followed a grifter who worked for a carnival before making his name as a psychic in the big city. However, as with any film noir, he would crash back to earth thanks to the machinations of a femme fatale. Cate Blanchett played this femme fatale, and she was a throwback to the classic film noirs of the past. From the lighting to her sultry acting, Blanchett was able to very much look the p...
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While the film drew middling reviews overall, Blanchett brought the title character alive with an array of vivid emotions. As a result, Blanchett scored her most recent Golden Globe nod and the 10th of her career. Bernadette is a stifled artist who, in the absence of creation, falls into deep despair. She thinks a trip abroad will cure her spirit but does not anticipate the pain it causes her young daughter Bee (Emma Nelson) and estranged husband Elgie (Billy Crudup).
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Just before Sam Raimi landed the Spider-Man gig, he made a terrific thriller with an all-star cast called The Gift. While yet to be a household name at the time, Blanchett gives the best performance in the film as an outcast with special powers. When a young girl suddenly disappears in a dank small town, authorities look to Annie Wilson, the local medium with extrasensory abilities. Reluctant to help at first, Annie uses her clairvoyance to help find the missing girl and identify her captors.
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Given the monumental impact the Lord of the Rings trilogy had on the mainstream culture, given the enumerable awards it culled, and given the breadth of the part played over three films, Galadriel has to be includedamong Blanchett's best to date. From 2001 to '03, Blanchett brought mystical life to Galadriel, one of the most formidable Elves of Middle Earth. She also gave birth to Nenya, one of the three Elvin rings of power.
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One of Blanchett's best performances of her early career came in the form of Veronica Guerin, in which she played the real-life Irish journalist who doggedly worked to shine a light on the corrupt practices in her country. Specifically, Guerin boldly took on the drug dealers and organized criminals that shredded the fabric of the Irish economy. Guerin was a martyr who paid the ultimate price when assassins shot her down in the streets.
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Blanchett burns up the screen opposite Dame Judi Dench inNotes on a Scandal, in which she plays a lascivious art teacher who cannot resist seducing one of her 15-year-old students. As such, Blanchett earned Oscar and Golden Globe nods for her work. The heat turns up when Sheba (Blanchett) and Barbara (Dench) share the secret and begin their own sordid affair with one another. As the tagline suggests, one woman's secret is another woman's power.
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Few actresses can radiate the level of grace, elegance, and sophisticated beauty that Blanchett does in Carol, Todd Hayne's luscious adaptation of the famed Patricia Highsmith novel. Carol Aird is a classy socialite who begins to harbor sexual feelings for a young female photographer named Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) in the 1950s. As their taboo relationship is kept clandestine, Carol's controlling side comes out and threatens to undermine their bond. Blanchett earned her seventh and most r...
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Jan 24, 2023 · 1. Babel (I) (2006) R | 143 min | Drama. 7.5. Rate. 69 Metascore. Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, which jump starts an interlocking story involving four different families. Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam. Votes: 316,648 | Gross: $34.30M.
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Role: Daisy Fuller. Directed by: Paramount Pictures. Written by: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord (based on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
- Babel (2006) Role: Susan Jones. Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Written by: Guillermo Arriaga. Distributor: Paramount Pictures. The scene that proves it: “Richard, don’t leave me here!”
- Don't Look Up (2021) Role: Brie Evantee. Directed by: Adam McKay. Written by: Adam McKay, David Sirota. Distributor: Netflix. The scene that proves it: “I have slept with two former presidents.”
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Role: Galadriel. Directed by: Peter Jackson. Written by: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (based on the novel “The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R.
Cate Blanchett in 11 memorable roles. The Australian actress has just been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her stunning performance in Todd Field's Tár, so let's take a look back at her most memorable films. By Manon Garrigues, translated by Lily Kinnear Griffiths and Kate Matthams Spencer. 14 mai 2020.
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