Cate Blanchett is a highly acclaimed, award-winning Australian actress and theater director. Her performances have earned her the Golden Globes, the BAFTA as well as the Academy Awards. Also, she is one of only six actors, and the only female actor, to receive Academy Award nominations for portraying the same role in two films! Some of her best works have been in The Aviator, Blue Jasmine, Elizabeth, I’m Not There, Lord of the Rings, Notes on a Scandal, Carol and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Blanchett is a patron and ambassador of the Australian Film Institute and its academy, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.Read more