Cate Blanchett Movies

Cate Blanchett in her latest movie, Carol
Cate Blanchett in Carol

Want to know the best Cate Blanchett movies?  How about the worst Cate Blanchett movies?  Curious about Cate Blanchett’s box office grosses or which Cate Blanchett movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Cate Blanchett movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Recently my wife was at work talking to her co-worker, Michael, about our new website Ultimate Movie Rankings.  It was during this discussion that the weak link on our website was exposed yet again…not enough actresses on the website.  Michael wanted to know if we had a Kathy Bates page? a Gwyneth Paltrow page? a Julianne Moore page? a Cate Blanchett page?  The answer was no to every actress he named and a quick look at the site index showed almost 250 actor pages and only 43 actress pages.  So fearing possible litigation we here at Ultimate Movie Rankings have decided to get rid of our Confederate flags and publish more actress pages….so here is our latest actress page….2 time Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett.

Her IMDb page shows over 80 acting credits since1993. This page will rank Cate Blanchett movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  We have separated her 6 Peter Jackson/J.R.R. Tolkien movies into a separate table.  But why?  Well, we will tell you…. her roles in those 6 movies are pretty much cameo roles…. but we acknowledge many many people only know her as Galadriel…so it was either a separate table or not include those 6 movies at all.

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth....the role that made her a star.
Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth….the role that made her a star.

Cate Blanchett Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Cate Blanchett Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
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  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Cate Blanchett movie received.
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very very interactive.
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Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in 2004's The Aviator.
Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in 2004’s The Aviator.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Cate Blanchett

1.  Catherine Élise “Cate” Blanchett was born in Australia in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe.

2.  Cate Blanchett’s rise to stardom….Cliff Notes Style. In 1992 David Mamet she appeared in three major stage performances for the Sydney Theatre Company. Oleanna, Electra and Kafka Dances.  She would win the Sydney Theatre’s Best Newcomer for Kafka Dances and Best Actress for Oleanna.  After her success there she started appearing in movies.  In 1998 she got the lead role playing Elizabeth the I in Elizabeth.  The film catapulted her to stardom and her performance garnered wide recognition, earning her a Golden Globe® Award and British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress.  Since then it has been one critically acclaimed performance after another.

3.  Cate Blanchett has been nominated for 6 Oscars® in her career. She won Best Supporting Actress for 2004’s The Aviator and Best Actress in 2013’s Blue Jasmine.  Her other nominations were for 1998’s Elizabeth, 2006’s Notes on a Scandal, 2007’s I’m Not There, and 2007’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

4.  When Cate Blanchett won the Oscar® for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn, she became the first person to give an Oscar®-winning portrayal of a previous Oscar® winner.  She is the only actress to be nominated for an Oscar® twice for playing the same role in two separate films……that would be for her two turns as Elizabeth the I.

5.  Cate Blanchett is only the sixth actress to win both leading and supporting actress Oscars®. The other five are Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, Helen Hayes and Ingrid Bergman.  The only actor to be nominated and win Oscars® for both of the iconoclast New York directors Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen.

6. Cate Blanchett has been nominated for 8 Golden Globes® in her career.  She has won 3 times…1998’s Elizabeth, 2007’s I’m Not There and 2013’s Blue Jasmine.  Her other nominations were for 2001’s Bandits, 2003’s Veronica Guerin,  2004’s The Aviator 2006’s Notes on a Scandal, and 2007’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

7.  Cate Blanchett has been married one time.  She married playwright Andrew Upton in 1997….they have 4 children.

8.  Roles Cate Blanchett turned down or was seriously considered for:  Julia Roberts part in Closer, Nicole Kidman role in Cold Mountain,  Julianne Moore part in Hannibal, Robin Wright role in Unbreakable, Angelina Jolie roles in Taking Lives and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Kate Beckinsale role in Pearl Harbor.

9.  Along with Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett is one of only two actors to appear in all six of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth films: It only took her 8 days to film her part for all three Hobbit movies.

10.  Check out Cate Blanchett‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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36 thoughts on “Cate Blanchett Movies”

  1. Hi

    I first seen Cate in The Talented Mr Ripley, it was quite a small part but she stood out. Then shortly after I seen Elizabeth where she was fantastic. Pity it had a poor box office because it’s a movie worth watching for her performance alone. She nailed Hepburn in The Aviator, I’m sure even Hepburn herself would’ve been pleased.
    She’s an actress who isn’t scared to take on small parts, but in everything she does, she shines. She has a very distinctive look and I’m sure she’s going to be around for a long time.
    The last couple of years have been very successful with Blue Jasmine, box office smash Cinderella and now possibly critical success with Carol at the end of this year.

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    1. Hey Chris….I agree her career got off to a very good start….it is amazing how many great performances she has provided in such a short time….it least the late 1990s seems pretty recent to me….lol. You are correct….Katharine the Great would have impressed with the way Blanchett played her in The Aviator. I think she will be around for awhile….I think she will easily slide into supporting roles as she ages…probably the Judi Dench of this generation. Before writing this page I was not familiar with Carol at all….now I have a feeling I will be reading about it many many more times as we approach my favorite movie time of the year….movie award season. As always thanks for stopping by.

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  2. Nice list. I thought I was a huge Blanchett fan. Your page has many movies I have never even heard of before. I view that is good news because now I have many new Cate movies to watch. Not sure why you have The Good German rated so low. She was pretty good in that one!

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    1. Hey Amy….glad my page has shone the light on more Blanchett movies….. The Good German got little respect from critics and audiences…..and it barely got released in theaters…..those two factors pretty much gave it the low rating. I do agree with you…she was pretty good in the movie…her part reminded me of Marlene Dietrich’s part in Judgement at Nuremberg. Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. I would like to see her Galadriel movies with the others. They are easily my favourite Ms. Cate movies.

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    1. Hey Galadriel…..thanks for the visit…..maybe in the future I will include the Tolkien movies…but currently I think a separate table is the way to go.

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  4. Hello – My name did not pop up under name so I typed it in. Usually it pops up. Do not know if that is an error or not. Interesting facts about above actress. Not sure if I have seen any of her movies but I do know who she is. THANKS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER INTERESTING PAGE.

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    1. Hey Bern1960….thanks for stopping by. I am sure your name will pop up next time you are on the website. As always thanks for the visit.

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  5. I love her. She might even get a third Oscar for her movie Carol. I am so looking forward to that one.

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    1. Hey Cate is awesome….I will be on the look out for Carol….a quick check on IMDb says it will be released on Dec. 18th….so it will be right in the middle of Oscar season. Thanks for the information and the comment.

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