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 64 acting credits from 1993-2018. This page will rank 43 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 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.
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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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Steve’s Cate Blanchett Movie Ranking You Tube Video
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Steve’s Cate video is now part of this page.
Some of Cate Blanchett’s relevant stats are-
1/Net worth$85 million
2/ Acting Awards 152 Nominations 185 [staggering!]
3/Cogerson adjusted domestic Box office grosses $2.4 billion [average $52 million]
4/the 7th greatest actress of all time according to IMDB
5/ Cate is also Ranked a high 14th in The Work Horse’s 25 greatest female legends 1950-2010 chart. Indeed WH suggests she might be the modern Katie Hepburn
Best POSTERS 1-20 (1) Veronica Guerin (2) The Hobbit (3) Hanna (4) Hobbit the Descent (5) foreign language one for Hobbit Unexpected Journey (6) Ponyo (7) Train your Dragon 2 (8) both for Thor Ragnarok and (9) The Two Towers
Best POSTERS 21-40 in video (1) House with Clock in Walls (2) The Gift (3) Littler Fish (4) Charlotte Gray (5) Mowgli (6) Manifesto (7) Truth (8) Heaven (9) An Ideal Husband and (10) Cinderella.
ALL STILLS, of which I think the most enjoyable are(1) Monuments Men (2) with Willis (3) Ocean’s 8 (4) with Russell Crowe (5) in Indiana Jones (6) as Elizabeth (7) I’m Not There (8) with Matt Damon (9) Cate with gun (10) in Babel (11) Notes on a Scandal (12) Return of the King and (13) Cate with Brad Pitt
You and Bruce agree on 7 of Cate’s Top 8 best reviewed movies an for me your overall video was easily worth 97.5% rating
Hi Bob, looks like Bruce is having a busier than usual Xmas. Thanks for the review, rating, info and trivia, much appreciated.
Glad you liked the posters and stills.
Cate’s my first non-Brit video subject in months! I’ll upload one more actress later and than have my Xmas break, or I may do a Christmas movie special, we’ll see how it goes.
Four of Cate’s films scored 10 out of 10 from my sources – The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Four scored 9 out of 10 – The Aviator, Notes on a Scandal, Blue Jasmine and Babel. Eight films scored 8 out of 10.
Top rated at IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes is Return of the King with Fellowship of the Ring no.2 at IMDB and The Two Towers in 2nd place at RT.
Bruce has The Two Towers at no.1 on the critics chart followed by The Fellowship and The Return of the King.
“The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I’d think, “How can you do that?”
“My father died when I was young. And Alan Alda looked just like my father. And I would watch MASH five days a week, just to imbibe him and say hello. So when I eventually met him, my God, he must have thought I was some sort of mad person. I ran up to him as though I was seeing my dad.”
(On losing her dad at 10 years of age) – “I was playing the piano. He walked past the window. I waved goodbye but didn’t hug or kiss him. He was going off to work. He had a heart attack that day. He was only forty. I developed this ritual where I couldn’t leave the house until I could actually physically say goodbye to everyone.”
HI STEVE Thanks for the usual thoughtful response to my post and the explanations, quotes etc. You mention the Work Horse and as I said in my Blanchett comments, in his write-up on Cate’s Cogerson page he suggested she was so great an actress that she was the modern Katie Hepburn. I think it’s instructive that he didn’t say the “new Myrna Loy”! – a Freudian slip?
Yes Aussie Cate is your first non-Brit performer to receive the ‘Lensman treatment’ and in my opinion you couldn’t have picked a better subject to break the trend. However she does of course live in England and for a long time, especially after seeing her in Elizabeth, I actually thought she WAS English. So as many are similarly questioning about Theresa May’s exit deal – have you really left the Brit video trend? [I wonder if Cate’s “Remain” or “Leave”?]
You are aware that whilst I have no problem with people who do something special receiving honours under the Brit system I feel that allocation of the honours is vastly overdone and often goes automatically with a job or position that has already been rewarded with big money and may not have been particularly well fulfilled. Among prominent Brit performers for example it is almost quicker and easier to list those who haven’t been honoured by the Queen than those who have, with peerages and knighthoods being given to the likes of the Actor-Knights and OBE’s, MBE’s and such like being doled out to the lesser fry. However I thought you might be interested in another slant on the subject from a prominent historian.
“With the decline of the British Empire empire the imperial traction of the term British began, slowly, to diminish. The awkward emptiness of the term British is neatly expressed in the “Order of the British Empire”, which was created to honour those who had acted in service and defence of the British empire during World War I, but now somehow generally honours only those who have contributed to the life of the United Kingdom. The disappearance of the British empire after World War II underlines the strangeness in talking about an OBE.”
Good stuff Bob. The honour system is getting more ridiculous all the time, minor celebrities put some time contributing to charities and the next thing you know they’ve been knighted by the Queen. Sometimes it doesn’t go as planned, footballer David Beckham has wanted a knighthood badly according to rumours and has tried every trick in the book to get one, but it hasn’t worked yet, give it a couple more years.
Looks like spammers and scammers are posting crap at the UMR, using the name box on the comments for their links.
HI STEVE Thanks for your thoughtful comments on the honours system.
In my Civil Service job I was once formally [but insincerely] asked if I had any recommendations that I thought could be included for consideration as part of the annual honours allocation. to people in Northern Ireland. I recommended an ordinary worker who almost round the clock looked after a children’s playground in a riot-torn area and kept it safe from vandals and paramilitaries. My recommendation was of course ignored and instead the honour went to a well-healed lady, usually to be seen in a fur coat, who was a senior official in Save the Children Fund & who was office-bound.
The fawning over unimportant celebrities is another bone of contention with me. There is a highly respected periodical report that is issued about all the major countries in the world and it describes things in each case such as the country’s history, culture, and latest important developments and also gives a rundown of each nation’s current economic situation.and future economic prospects. Here’s what it has to say in a foreword to its section about Great Britain “Its governments and public officials are the least accountable in the democratic world and its citizens are obsessed with minor celebrities.”
The rubbish written by the spammers can at times suck you into reading a lot of confusing nonsense before the penny drops. When Bruce first started to quote us Joel I initially thought that a spammer was at work until WH sent me Joel’s book and I could see for myself that there really was a guy who was a mainstream author and wrote those crazy things as part of genuine critiques.
Hey Steve….crazy crazy busy…..plus having some issues with spammers…..for every spam comment that gets through…about 100 more on causing some behind the scenes problems as well. But…I will catch up.
1 HI JOEL JUNIOR –see you’re dad is again waxing lyrical on this site. I’ve told you my favourite British stars are the two knights Sir Dirk and Sir Maurice. Bogarde was delighted at being offered a role in the all-star A Bridge too Far and said “My name has no longer any great worth at the box office*** but has a certain prestige value to producers as when even audiences who are no fans of mine see that I’m in a picture they will assume that it will be an artistically quality movie.” *** Sir Dirk was in the British Top 10 Box Office stars every year from 1953 until 1963 inclusive and during that period was twice voted most popular international star. Leading 1950s British film critic Margaret Hinxman [my own Cogerson in those days!] thought that as an actor when he got the right part Sir Dirk was on a par with America’s Brando whom she also admired.
2 That,s just my long winded way of saying that I experience similar feelings about QUALITY when I see Cate is in a movie and I therefore welcome this Cogerson page which she richly deserves. Because of things like the W o C exposed ”Curse of 39” women don’t get the same opportunities within the overall movies set-up itself that men do so it follows that men can attract generally more coverage of their own careers.
3 Nevertheless you have profiled many female stars and have compiled an excellent and detailed list of your perceived 25 female stars from 1950-2010 alongside the 25 Greatest Males– and certainly nobody who didn’t want to give actresses their due would have anointed you-know-who Queen of the Box Office! Nor should it be overlooked that because of the impartiality and balance of this site ATRISTICALLY PRESTIGIOUS stars of both sexes get profiled alongside the big male/female box office performers. Steve’s site too gives women fine exposure in at least two senses of the word! NB You certainly have not overall neglected or under-appreciated Cate previously because you list her a high 14th in your 25 Greatest Actresses 1950-2010 Table
4 Cate is but one example of your even-handed practice and I enjoyed particularly her performances as Katie H in Scorsese’s The Aviator and Steve Lensman’s former Queen, Elizabeth, as well as that of Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis in Allan Stuart Konigsberg’s Blue Jasmine. Nice little miniatures of Cate as Katie H and Queen Liz and by the way – watch out Stevie he’ll or he’ll be taking over YOUR site next and all your regulars TOO will be tortured by Joel!
5 I am glad you liked the review of Superman – ah! If only Joel had written reviews like that he would now be MY Guru as well as yours! There is actually a slight Dan-like link between the Superman topic and Cate because as a member of the Sydney Theatre Company of Australia she was Blanche in a 2009 Sydney stage production of Streetcar and even you should remember who was the most famous Stanley of Streetcar on stage and screen and who developed stage fright when told that King Gable was in the audience for one of the Stanley theatrical performances. Anyway wonderfully detailed profile of Cate which amply illustrates why she is considered such a PRESTIGE star so Top Marks – “Vote Up” is getting a bit boring don’t you think?”
Hey Bob
1. It is always a good day when it starts off with some Joel wisdom.
2. Love A Bridge Too Far….so always glad to see some behind the scenes stories about that movie.
3. Cate is off to a fine start ….in trying to beat the curse of 39.
4. Good breakdown on some of her greatest performances….part 2 coming
HI BRUCE:
1 According to Matthew 26:11 in the Bible Jesus told his disciples when he went in to be
anointed “The poor will always be with you.” If He were speaking to me and other regulars on this site today He might well add “And so will Joel.”
2 Thanks for your feedback on my stats post and the Cate one. Indeed in mentioning Cate becoming too big for the stage it would seem that you have inadvertently factored in another slight Dan-like link in relation to the Cate-Streetcar-Stanley-Superman connection.
3 According to an interview I saw, Sir John Gielgud who gave Mr Mumbles some coaching on how to speak Shakespeare on the Julius Caesar set was so impressed with his pupil that he invited him to join Sir John himself on an extensive theatrical tour. However in declining the offer ole Mumbles was apparently honest with Sir John and told him that he preferred to stick with Hollywood and the movies for the big bucks. The irony is though that maybe Steve has only the Englishman Gielgud to blame for all that poor diction that Steve thinks he hears coming from Mr M.
4 The other irony in our exchanges is that Sir Dirk may have seen himself as no longer box office but because billing for a Bridge Too Far is alphabetical Bogarde’s name comes first. Bet he liked seeing his name above Greats like Sir Maurice, Sir Sean and Redford. Interesting character to me Sir Dirk in real life as well as on screen. For example he was born with some kind of co-ordination deficiency and couldn’t drive so he had a permanent chauffeur in his employment. He could afford it!
Hey Bob…..good point on Bogarde being first in the billing in A Bridge Too Far. I always get a kick out of Caine being 2nd and Caan being 3rd. That is one of my favorite movies….and Caine and Caan are barely in the movie. By time on the screen….I would bet Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery and Ryan O’Neal (maybe he needs an UMR page) have the most. Thanks for the tidbit on Sir Dirk’s disability…..never knew that.
Hey Bob….part 2.
1. Seems like ages ago that we did our Top Star pages….looking back on it….I like our picks….with Cate being well deserving.
2. I think the biggest issue would be the lack of Charlton Heston….and no Steve is not paying me to say so….lol.
3. Of course that means somebody would have to get taken off my list….not sure who that would be.
4. Good info on Cate’s stage career…..seems she is too big for that these days…but I think she will get back there later.
Good stuff.
BRUCE
1 Why not take a leaf from Steve’s book when he compiles his videos and make Chuck your No 26 but still call it a Top 25.
2 I suppose though that W o C’s workmate would be on your case if you didn’t then make it 26 women.
3 It is an anomaly though that it is left to a co-worker of your wife to fight for “Women’s Rights” on this site and the likes of Flora and other feminine regulars are not prepared to take up cudgels on behalf of their gender.
4 Just joking of course because one of the many things that attract me to this site is that there is no bias of ANY kind on it – at least if we disregard Steve’s constant attacks on stats !!
Hey Bob…..in my mind a Top 25 is a Top 25…..26th gets honorable mentions….just like Myrna Loy did in the original AFI list. So if I ever redo that list…..somebody is coming off…..I bet….Daniel Day-Lewis (25th) and Peter O’Toole (24th) are getting nervous….lol.
HI BRUCE –
1 That’s me and Steve put in our place. It’s a bit like Theresa May Steve’s political leader saying Brexit means Brexit!
2 But then of course Steve doesn’t like stats so maybe his maths have got rusty so he thinks say 32 entries is only 30.
3 Anyway he produces such good stuff in his videos that we can forgive his dodgy maths if that is the problem
Hey Bob….Steve’s problems with math….might…..explain why he does not like box office grosses as much as we think he should….lol.
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Thanks for the kind words.
The great Cate Blanchett gets her movies ranked. For a minute I thought you left out all the Peter Jackson films. Interesting seeing the Middle-Earth films in a separate box. Return of the King is number one except in the critics table where Two Towers nips out in front.
I’ve seen 21 of the 38 films you’ve listed, favorites are the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Cate was awesome as Queen Elizabeth, I have those two films on blu-ray. I have yet to see her Oscar-winning performance in Blue Jasmine. She was a cruel and wicked stepmother in Cinderella.
I will recommend The Gift if you haven’t seen it, a creepy ghost story with a surprise ending. Nice work as usual Bruce. Voted Up.
Hey Steve. To me her Peter Jackson movies are a cameo role. I think she spent a total of less than 2 weeks on set for ALL 6 movies….so when those 6 movies filled her Top 10 it did not seem fair to her starring roles. A separate table seemed like the way to go. As for those 6 movies….Return of the King is one of the highest scoring movies in my database….actually it is in the Top 5.
My tally count is 27. Somehow I managed not to see Cinderella…which is amazing considering my 8 and 6 year old princesses have seen that one twice already. I have seen Blue Jasmine…it was ok….not sure why it is considered such a great role for her…I thought Amy Adams in American Hustle was easily the best performance that year…..but I realize I am in the minority when it comes to that thought.
I have seen the Gift…and I agree it was a nice surprise…both the movie and the twist ending. As always…thanks for stopping by and commenting…you are the man.