Name: Cate Blanchett
Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
Date of Birth: May 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5’8” 1/2
Eye Color:
Hair Color: Blond
Mother: June
Father: Bob
Sister:Genevieve
Brother: Bob
Relationships: Andrew Upton (Husband)
Children: Dashiell John Upton
Education: Methodist Ladies College for secondary education, University of Melbourne to study Economics and Fine Arts, National Institute for Dramatic Arts (NIDA)
Hobbies: Making lists and crossing items off as she accomplishes them
Favorite Singer: Madonna, Classical music, Miles Davis, Don Delillo's White Noise
Favorite Food Scrambled eggs
Favorite Drink Diet coke
Random Trivia
She was the first person to win the Critics Circle Theatre award for Best Newcomer and Lead Actress in the same year. One of the performances which won Cate this award was for her role in David Mamet's Oleanna opposite Shine star Geoffrey Rush.
After completing work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics.
Her father, a Texan ad executive, died of a heart attack when she was ten years old.
In an interview she gave to Fox Television Network, she admitted blushingly that she had accepted the role of Galadriel, the Elf Queen, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy because she always wanted to appear in a movie wearing pointed ears.
Contact
Robyn Gardiner
RGM Associates
P.O. Box 128
Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia
ph +61 2 9281 3911
fx +61 2 9281 4705
Quotes
"[Galadriel]'s an enigma, and that's part of her allure. The closest she gets to knowing anyone really is Frodo--or to Frodo knowing her." (Eonline)
"My ears were so beautiful; I fell in love with them. The special-effects workshop had them bronzed, and I've put on them on my mantle. They're lovely mementos."
