The Big Picture: Cate Blanchett Career & Biographical Notes: Though Australian by birth, her father was originally from Texas Shares a birthday with George Lucas and Robert Zemeckis Is married to Australian playwright Andrew Upton Alters the pronunciation of her last name every third time she says it

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Cate Blanchett Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Cinderella (2015)
• Fellowship of the Ring (Part I), The
• Fellowship of the Ring (Part II), The
• Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Part 1, The
• People Working Together
• Ponyo
• Talented Mr. Ripley, The
• That's Not My Movie (Actresses Edition)
• Two Towers (Part I), The
• Two Towers (Part II), The

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Ponyo	8/14/09	N/A
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	12/25/08				48.38	Info
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	5/22/08				307.80	Info
I'm Not There	11/21/07	N/A
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	10/5/07	PG-13			11.81	Info
Notes on a Scandal	12/27/06		22	0.56	17.50	Info
The Good German	12/15/06		5	0.08	1.29	Info
Babel	10/27/06	R	7	0.39	33.81	Info
Little Fish	2/24/06		1	0.01	0.01	Info
The Aviator	12/17/04	PG-13	40	0.86	102.59	Info
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou	12/10/04	R	2	0.11	24.01	Info
Coffee and Cigarettes	5/14/04	R	5	0.10	1.97	Info
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	12/17/03	PG-13	3703	72.62	377.02	Info
The Missing	11/26/03	R	2756	10.84	26.90	Info
Veronica Guerin	10/17/03	R	472	0.61	1.57	Info
Heaven	10/4/02	R	4	0.05	0.77	Info
Charlotte Gray	12/28/01	N/A
The Shipping News	12/25/01	R	186	1.21	11.41	Info
Bandits	10/12/01	PG-13	3207	13.05	41.52	Info

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Awards:

2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Nominee: Best Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association

I'm Not There

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Spirit Awards
• Runner-up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-up: Best Supporting Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-up: Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Satellites

2006
Notes on a Scandal

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Phoenix Film Critics Society
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

2004
Coffee and Cigarettes

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards

The Aviator

• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Boston Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics

2003
Veronica Guerin

• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association

2001
Bandits

• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

Charlotte Gray

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Las Vegas Film Critics

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards

1998
Elizabeth

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, Toronto Film Critics
• Win: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

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