Cate Blanchett

Career timeline

1. 1969 · Born

   Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2. 1988 · Screen debut

   LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

4. 2020 · Writing debut

   Stateless (TV)

5. 2023 · First production

   Fingernails (Movie)

6. 2025 · Latest release

   Father Mother Sister Brother (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1980s

7 1990s

22 2000s

21 2010s

18 2020s

• Drama40
• Adventure17
• Comedy17
• Action14
• Fantasy13
• Romance13

Highest-rated title The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 8.5 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Cate Blanchett in our catalogue.

Peter Jackson

6 titles together

Philippa Boyens

6 titles together

Andy Serkis

4 titles together

Benedict Cumberbatch

4 titles together

Billy Boyd

3 titles together

Sean Astin

2 titles together

Elijah Wood

2 titles together

Bernard Hill

2 titles together

Fran Walsh

2 titles together

John Rhys-Davies

2 titles together

1. 2025 Father Mother Sister Brother as Timothea 6.4 Movie
2. 2025 Black Bag as Kathryn St. Jean 6.4 Movie
3. 2024 Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft 7.5 TV
4. 2024 Borderlands as Lilith 5.5 Movie
5. 2024 Rumours as Hilda Orlmann 4.8 Movie
6. 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Spazzatura (voice) 8.0 Movie
7. 2022 The School for Good and Evil as The Storian (voice) 7.0 Movie
8. 2022 TÁR as Lydia Tár 7.1 Movie
9. 2021 Don't Look Up as Brie Evantee 7.1 Movie
10. 2021 Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter 6.9 Movie
11. 2021 Squid Game as The Recruiter 7.9 TV
12. 2021 What If...? as Hela (voice) 8.0 TV
13. 2021 Marvel Studios Legends as Hela (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 TV
14. 2020 Homemade as Narrator 5.5 TV
15. 2020 Staged as Cate 7.9 TV
16. 2020 Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly 7.3 TV
17. 2020 Stateless as Pat Masters 6.6 TV
18. 2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette 6.6 Movie
19. 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Valka (voice) 7.8 Movie
20. 2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Kaa (voice) 6.5 Movie
21. 2018 The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Florence Zimmerman 6.3 Movie
22. 2018 Ocean's Eight as Lou 6.9 Movie
23. 2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Hela 7.6 Movie
24. 2017 Song to Song as Amanda 5.5 Movie
25. 2017 Voyage of Time: Life's Journey as Narrator (voice) 6.3 Movie
26. 2015 Carol as Carol Aird 7.5 Movie
27. 2015 Truth as Mary Mapes 6.6 Movie
28. 2015 Knight of Cups as Nancy 5.7 Movie
29. 2015 Documentary Now! as Alice 7.2 TV
30. 2015 Cinderella as Stepmother, Lady Tremaine 6.8 Movie
31. 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Galadriel 7.3 Movie
32. 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Valka (voice) 7.7 Movie
33. 2014 The Monuments Men as Claire Simone 6.1 Movie
34. 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Galadriel 7.6 Movie
35. 2013 Blue Jasmine as Jasmine 7.0 Movie
36. 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Galadriel 7.4 Movie
37. 2011 Hanna as Marissa 6.6 Movie
38. 2010 Robin Hood as Marion Loxley 6.4 Movie
39. 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller 7.6 Movie
40. 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Irina Spalko 6.0 Movie
41. 2007 I'm Not There as Jude 6.5 Movie
42. 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Elizabeth I, Queen of England 6.7 Movie
43. 2007 Hot Fuzz as Janine (uncredited) 7.6 Movie
44. 2006 Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart 7.1 Movie
45. 2006 The Good German as Lena Brandt 5.8 Movie
46. 2006 Babel as Susan 7.2 Movie
47. 2004 The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn 7.2 Movie
48. 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Jane Winslett-Richardson 7.1 Movie
49. 2004 Coffee and Cigarettes as Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins") 6.9 Movie
50. 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Galadriel 8.5 Movie
51. 2003 The Missing as Maggie Gilkeson 6.3 Movie
52. 2003 Veronica Guerin as Veronica Guerin 6.7 Movie
53. 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Galadriel 8.4 Movie
54. 2002 Heaven as Philippa 6.5 Movie
55. 2001 Charlotte Gray as Charlotte Gray 6.1 Movie
56. 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Galadriel 8.5 Movie
57. 2001 The Shipping News as Petal 6.4 Movie
58. 2001 Bandits as Kate Wheeler 6.3 Movie
59. 2000 The Gift as Annie Wilson 6.5 Movie
60. 2000 The Man Who Cried as Lola 6.1 Movie
61. 1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley as Meredith Logue 7.2 Movie
62. 1999 Eyes Wide Shut as Mysterious Woman (voice) (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
63. 1999 Pushing Tin as Connie Falzone 5.9 Movie
64. 1999 Family Guy as Queen Elizabeth II (voice) 7.4 TV
65. 1999 An Ideal Husband as Lady Gertrude Chiltern 6.5 Movie
66. 1998 Elizabeth as Elizabeth I 7.2 Movie
67. 1991 Police Rescue as Mrs Haines TV
68. 1989 The Simpsons as Elaine Wolff (voice) 8.0 TV
69. 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6 TV

1. 2024 Disclaimer 7.5 TV
2. 2024 Rumours 4.8 Movie
3. 2022 TÁR 7.1 Movie
4. 2020 Mrs. America 7.3 TV
5. 2020 Stateless 6.6 TV
6. 2015 Carol 7.5 Movie

1. 2020 Stateless 6.6 TV

1. 2020 Stateless 6.6 TV

1. 2023 Fingernails 5.9 Movie

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