Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born ) is an
Academy Award-winning
Australian
actress and
stage director. She has won various other acting awards, most notably two
SAGs, two
Golden Globe Awards and two
BAFTAs, as well as the Volpi Cup at
64th Venice International Film Festival.
Blanchett came to international attention in the
1998 film Elizabeth, directed by
Shekhar Kapur, in which she played
Elizabeth I of England. She is also well known for her portrayals of the
elf queen
Galadriel in
Peter Jackson's
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Colonel-Doctor
Irina Spalko in
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and
Katharine Hepburn in
Martin Scorsese's
The Aviator, a role which brought her the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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