Blanchett graduated from either a National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1992, and began her career on the stage. Her 1st major stage role was paired Geoffrey Rush in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna.

She got roles inside Australian television drama mini-series. She appeared when 'Elizabeth Ashton' in the mini-series Heartland opposite Ernie Dingo ("Heartland" is known as "Burned Bridges" in the United States), & she appeared when Bianca in the mini-series Bordertown.

Her film debut was as an Australian nurse captured per Japanese in the prisoner of war production of Paradise Road directed by Bruce Beresford, that co-starred Glenn Close and Frances McDormand.

She married dramatist & film writer Andrew Upton, whom she met back within 1996 while she was performing in the production of The Seagull. It was hardly love at first glance, nevertheless. "He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant," Blanchett late remarked. "It just shows you how wrong you can be. But once he kissed me that was that." Them were married within 1997 and welcomed their first tike, Dashiell John, within December 2001; their second baby, Roman Robert, was innate around 2004. the immature boy received a minor burn injury on May 15, 2005 while the personal was inside Marrakech, Morocco, for the filming of the motion-picture show Babel. When coarse of action there, Blanchett flew by using him to London for further coarse of action. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=37686]

Blanchett is peradventure better known for her role when Elizabeth I, Queen of England in the 1998 movie Elizabeth. This role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, which she was widely considered to exist as in all likelihood to win (nonetheless a award instead attend Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love). Blanchett late won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress within 2005 for playing Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorcese's The Aviator.

Already an acclaimed actress, Blanchett received the persons of fresh fans whenever she appeared inside Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies. She played a role of the elf Galadriel in all trinity films.

Filmography
2006 Golden Age – Elizabeth I

2005 Little Fish – Tracy Heart

2004 The Life Aquatic – Jane Winslett-Richardson The Aviator – Katharine Hepburn - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Galadriel The Missing – Maggie Coffee and Cigarettes Veronica Guerin – Veronica Guerin

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Galadriel Heaven – Philippa

2001 The Shipping News – Petal Bear Charlotte Gray – Charlotte Gray The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Galadriel Bandits – Kate Wheeler

2000 The Gift – Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson The Man Who Cried – Lola

1999 Bangers – Julie-Anne The Talented Mr. Ripley – Meredith Logue Pushing Tin – Connie Falzone An Ideal Husband – Lady Gertrude Chiltern

1998 Elizabeth – Elizabeth I of England

1997 Oscar and Lucinda – Lucinda Leplastrier Thank God He Met Lizzie – Lizzie Paradise Road – Susan Macarthy

1996 Parklands – Rosie

1994 Police Rescue – Vivian

Awards & Nominations
Academy Award - Nominated for Best Actress for Elizabeth (1998) Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress for The Aeronaut (2004) British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actress for Elizabeth (1998) British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Supporting Actress for The Flier (2004) Golden Globe Awards - Best Actress, Drama, for Elizabeth (1998) Golden Globe Awards - Nominated for even Best Actress, Musical theater or Comedy, for Brigand (2001) Golden Globe Awards - Nominated for Best Actress, Drama, for Veronica Guerin (2003) Golden Globe Awards - Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Airman (2004) Screen Actors Guild Awards - Best Ensemble Cast for A Lord of the Rings: The Link to of the King (2003) Screen Actors Guild Awards - Best Supporting Actress for The Flier (2004)

Quotes
"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously" On a Lord of the Rings trilogy: "I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head." "If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."