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Cate Blanchett, actor
Actor

Cate Blanchett: Movies, Awards & Box Office

films
93
on screen
1990–2026
box office
$6.79B
award wins
17
average score
66
Born
May 14, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Full name
Catherine Élise Blanchett
Citizenship
Australia, United States
Occupations
Actor, Film Producer
Years active
1990-present
Spouses
Andrew Upton
Children
4
Known for

The Best Cate Blanchett Movies

The highest-rated films Cate Blanchett is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) scores highest, at 85. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.

Full ranking
Career at a glance

Cate Blanchett's Career in Numbers

Cate Blanchett's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Cate Blanchett works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Kaborya (1990) to The Wrong Girls (2026), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.

Cate Blanchett Movies by Decade

  1. 1990s 8
  2. 2000s 18
  3. 2010s 24
  4. 2020s 19

The 2010s were Cate Blanchett's busiest decade, with 24 films.

Cate Blanchett Movies by Genre

  • Drama 29
  • Action 12
  • Biography 6
  • Adventure 5
  • Comedy 4
  • Documentary 4
  • Sci-Fi 2
  • Fantasy 2
  • Crime 1
  • Animation 1

Drama is the genre Cate Blanchett has worked in most, with 29 films, ahead of action (12).

Cate Blanchett Career Milestones

First film
Kaborya 1990
Biggest box office hit
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $962M worldwide
Best-rated film
Thor: Ragnarok Movie Echo Score 85
Newest film
The Wrong Girls 2026
93 credits

Cate Blanchett Filmography: Every Movie

Every film Cate Blanchett is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 66. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.

Cate Blanchett Movies as an Actor

69
  1. 2026 The Wrong Girls (2026) movie poster The Wrong Girls as Deep Sea Expert · Comedy
  2. 2025 Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) movie poster Father Mother Sister Brother as Timothea · Comedy Movie Echo Score: 70
  3. 2025 The New Boy (2025) movie poster The New Boy as Sister Eileen · Drama Movie Echo Score: 73
  4. 2025 Black Bag (2025) movie poster Black Bag as Kathryn St. Jean · Drama Movie Echo Score: 77
  5. 2024 VOGUE: Inventing the Runway (2024) movie poster VOGUE: Inventing the Runway as Narrator · Documentary
  6. 2024 Rumours (2024) movie poster Rumours as Hilda Orlmann · Comedy Movie Echo Score: 64
  7. 2024 Borderlands (2024) movie poster Borderlands as Lilith · Action Movie Echo Score: 25
  8. 2024 Disclaimer (2024) movie poster Disclaimer as Catherine Ravenscroft · Drama
  9. 2023 The Fundraiser (2023) movie poster The Fundraiser as Lydia Tár · Drama
  10. 2022 Euphoria (2022) movie poster Euphoria as Tiger (voice) · Drama
  11. 2022 Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) movie poster Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio as Spazzatura · Drama Movie Echo Score: 84
  12. 2022 The School for Good and Evil (2022) movie poster The School for Good and Evil as The Storian · Action Movie Echo Score: 67
  13. 2022 TÁR (2022) movie poster TÁR as Lydia Tár · Drama Movie Echo Score: 75
  14. 2021 Nightmare Alley (2021) movie poster Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter · Action Movie Echo Score: 68
  15. 2021 Don't Look Up (2021) movie poster Don't Look Up as Brie Evantee · Sci-Fi Movie Echo Score: 56
  16. 2020 The Four Temperaments (2020) movie poster The Four Temperaments as Red / Blue / Yellow / Green
  17. 2020 Homemade: Ride It Out (2020) movie poster Homemade: Ride It Out as Narrator (voice) · Drama
  18. 2020 Mrs. America (2020) movie poster Mrs. America as Phyllis Schlafly · Drama
  19. 2020 Stateless (2020) movie poster Stateless as Pat Masters · Drama
  20. 2019 Sweet Tooth (2019) movie poster Sweet Tooth as Narrator (voice) · Fantasy
  21. 2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) movie poster Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette · Drama Movie Echo Score: 60
  22. 2019 This Changes Everything (2019) movie poster This Changes Everything Documentary Movie Echo Score: 70
  23. 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) movie poster How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Valka · Action Movie Echo Score: 75
  24. 2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) movie poster Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Kaa · Adventure Movie Echo Score: 51
  25. 2018 The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) movie poster The House with a Clock in Its Walls as Florence Zimmerman · Sci-Fi Movie Echo Score: 64
  26. 2018 Ocean's 8 (2018) movie poster Ocean's 8 as Lou · Action Movie Echo Score: 65
  27. 2018 Ocean’s Eight (2018) movie poster Ocean’s Eight as Lou · Crime Movie Echo Score: 51
  28. 2017 Thor: Ragnarok (2017) movie poster Thor: Ragnarok as Hela · Action Movie Echo Score: 85
  29. 2017 Manifesto (2017) movie poster Manifesto Drama Movie Echo Score: 72
  30. 2016 Earthflight 3D (2016) movie poster Earthflight 3D as Narrator · Adventure
  31. 2016 Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey (2016) movie poster Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey as Narrator (voice) · Documentary
  32. 2016 Knight of Cups (2016) movie poster Knight of Cups Drama
  33. 2015 Carol (2015) movie poster Carol Drama
  34. 2015 Truth (2015) movie poster Truth Biography
  35. 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) movie poster The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Adventure
  36. 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) movie poster How to Train Your Dragon 2 Action
  37. 2014 The Monuments Men (2014) movie poster The Monuments Men Action
  38. 2013 Making a Scene (2013) movie poster Making a Scene as Woman · Fantasy
  39. 2013 The Turning (2013) movie poster The Turning as Gail Lang · Drama
  40. 2013 Blue Jasmine (2013) movie poster Blue Jasmine Drama
  41. 2012 A Cautionary Tail (2012) movie poster A Cautionary Tail as Narrator · Animation
  42. 2011 Hanna (2011) movie poster Hanna Action
  43. 2010 Robin Hood (2010) movie poster Robin Hood Action
  44. 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) movie poster The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Drama
  45. 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) movie poster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Action
  46. 2007 I'm Not There. (2007) movie poster I'm Not There. Biography
  47. 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) movie poster Elizabeth: The Golden Age Biography
  48. 2006 Notes on a Scandal (2006) movie poster Notes on a Scandal Drama
  49. 2006 The Good German (2006) movie poster The Good German Drama
  50. 2006 Babel (2006) movie poster Babel Drama
  51. 2004 The Aviator (2004) movie poster The Aviator Biography
  52. 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) movie poster The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Adventure
  53. 2004 Stories of Lost Souls (2004) movie poster Stories of Lost Souls as Julie-Anne · Drama
  54. 2004 Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) movie poster Coffee and Cigarettes Drama
  55. 2003 The Missing (2003) movie poster The Missing Adventure
  56. 2003 Veronica Guerin (2003) movie poster Veronica Guerin Biography
  57. 2003 The Making of The Two Towers (2003) movie poster The Making of The Two Towers Documentary
  58. 2002 Heaven (2002) movie poster Heaven Drama
  59. 2001 Charlotte Gray (2001) movie poster Charlotte Gray Drama
  60. 2001 Bandits (2001) movie poster Bandits Drama
  61. 2000 The Gift (2000) movie poster The Gift Mystery
  62. 1999 Bangers (1999) movie poster Bangers as Julie-Ann
  63. 1998 Elizabeth (1998) movie poster Elizabeth Biography
  64. 1997 Oscar and Lucinda (1997) movie poster Oscar and Lucinda Drama
  65. 1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) movie poster Thank God He Met Lizzie as Lizzie · Comedy
  66. 1996 Parklands (1996) movie poster Parklands as Rosie · Drama
  67. 1994 Police Rescue: The Movie (1994) movie poster Police Rescue: The Movie as Vivian · Action
  68. 1994 Heartland (1994) movie poster Heartland as Elizabeth Ashton · Drama
  69. 1990 Kaborya (1990) movie poster Kaborya as Extra (uncredited) · Drama

Cate Blanchett in Documentaries & Specials

24
  1. 2024 Our Living World (2024) movie poster Our Living World as Self - Narrator (voice) · Documentary
  2. 2023 Can Creativity Save the World? (2023) movie poster Can Creativity Save the World? as Self · Documentary
  3. 2023 Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero (2023) movie poster Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero as Self · Documentary
  4. 2022 Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) movie poster Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self · Documentary
  5. 2022 Ukraine: Life Under Russia’s Attack (2022) movie poster Ukraine: Life Under Russia’s Attack as Self - Narrator (voice) · Documentary
  6. 2022 Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches (2022) movie poster Ukraine: Life Under Attack: Dispatches as Self - Narrator (voice) · War
  7. 2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) movie poster Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actress (archive footage) · Tv movie
  8. 2020 Symphony Of The Invisible (2020) movie poster Symphony Of The Invisible as Self (voice) · Documentary
  9. 2019 Stuart X (2019) movie poster Stuart X as Self - Narrator (voice) · Documentary
  10. 2017 Spielberg (2017) movie poster Spielberg as Self · Documentary
  11. 2017 Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing (2017) movie poster Jill Bilcock: The Art of Film Editing as Herself · Documentary
  12. 2014 And the Oscar Goes To… (2014) movie poster And the Oscar Goes To… as Self (archive footage) · Documentary
  13. 2010 The Real Robin Hood (2010) movie poster The Real Robin Hood as Self · Documentary
  14. 2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button (2009) movie poster The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button as Self · Documentary
  15. 2008 Mon Clown (2008) movie poster Mon Clown as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie
  16. 2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007) movie poster Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self · Documentary
  17. 2007 In the Company of Actors (2007) movie poster In the Company of Actors as Self / Hedda Gabler · Documentary
  18. 2005 This Is an Adventure (2005) movie poster This Is an Adventure as Self · Documentary
  19. 2005 Matthew Gray Gubler’s Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005) movie poster Matthew Gray Gubler’s Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self · Documentary
  20. 2005 On the Set: ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ (2005) movie poster On the Set: ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ as Self / Jane W. · Comedy
  21. 2004 A Filmmaker’s Journey: Making ‘The Return of the King’ (2004) movie poster A Filmmaker’s Journey: Making ‘The Return of the King’ as Self · Documentary
  22. 2004 The Making of the Return of the King (2004) movie poster The Making of the Return of the King as Self · Documentary
  23. 2001 Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) movie poster Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring as Self · Documentary
  24. 2001 A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of ‘Lord of the Rings’ (2001) movie poster A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of ‘Lord of the Rings’ as Self · Tv movie
17 wins · 52 nominations

Cate Blanchett: Awards & Nominations

17 wins from 52 nominations across 7 award bodies, from 1999 to 2023. That includes 2 Oscars: Best Actress for Blue Jasmine and Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.

All movie awards
  • BAFTA logo BAFTA 4 wins from 8 nominations
  • Golden Globes logo Golden Globes 3 wins from 10 nominations
  • Critics' Choice logo Critics' Choice 3 wins from 9 nominations
  • Actor Awards (SAG) logo Actor Awards (SAG) 2 wins from 10 nominations
  • Oscars logo Oscars 2 wins from 8 nominations
  • Spirit Awards logo Spirit Awards 2 wins from 5 nominations
  • Saturn Awards logo Saturn Awards 1 win from 2 nominations
Biography

Who Is Cate Blanchett?

Cate Blanchett was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1969 and is 57 years old. Credited on films since 1990, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.

Catherine Élise Blanchett AC (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian-American actor and film producer. Recognized as one of the best performers of her generation, she is illustrious for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. She has also been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.

A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her career on the Australian stage before making her feature film debut in 1997. She earned international renown for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the period drama Elizabeth (1998). Later, her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She again won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a former socialite in the comedy-drama Blue Jasmine (2013). Additionally, Blanchett has performed in over twenty stage productions and was the artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013. In 2017, she made her Broadway debut in The Present, earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Works with

Who Cate Blanchett Makes Movies With

The actors and directors Cate Blanchett shares the most films with. Hugo Weaving comes first, with 7 films together, followed by Ian McKellen (6).

FAQ

Cate Blanchett: Questions & Answers

How many movies Cate Blanchett has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.

How many movies has Cate Blanchett been in?

Cate Blanchett is credited on 93 films, from 1990 to 2026. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.

What is Cate Blanchett's highest-grossing movie?

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) is Cate Blanchett's biggest box office hit, with $962M worldwide, ahead of Thor: Ragnarok (2017) ($855M). Across every film with box office figures, Cate Blanchett's movies have made $6.79B.

Cate Blanchett's biggest hits

What is the best Cate Blanchett movie?

By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Cate Blanchett's best-rated film is Thor: Ragnarok (2017) with a score of 85, followed by Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) (84).

Best Cate Blanchett movies, ranked

Has Cate Blanchett won an Oscar?

Cate Blanchett has won 2 Oscars: Best Actress for Blue Jasmine at the 2014 ceremony and Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator at the 2005 ceremony. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Cate Blanchett has 17 wins from 52 nominations.

How old is Cate Blanchett?

Cate Blanchett is 57 years old, born on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

What is Cate Blanchett's newest movie?

The most recent film on Cate Blanchett's filmography is The Wrong Girls (2026), in the role of Deep Sea Expert.

Who does Cate Blanchett work with most often?

Cate Blanchett shares the most films with Hugo Weaving (7 films), Ian McKellen (6 films) and Billy Boyd (6 films).

The Best Cate Blanchett Movies, Ranked

Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 93 credits.

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