Cate Blanchett, illustrated filmography © DR
Cate Blanchett: a world unto herself
She is Queen Elizabeth I of England, Galadriel, Katherine Hepburn, Irina Spalko, Bob Dylan. She has worked with the very greatest, from Martin Scorsese to Woody Allen and from Todd Haynes to Iñárittu, Spielberg, Soderbergh, Wes Anderson and Terrence Malick. Along with a brace of Oscars, she has won awards throughout the world and her filmography boasts over 60 films. Cate Blanchett is a world unto herself, which we can explore with this (selective) illustrated filmography.
1997
Oscar and Lucinda by Gillian Armstrong
1998
Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Shekhar Kapur
1999
The Talented Mr Ripley by Anthony Minghella
2001
Bandits by Barry Levinson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Peter Jackson
If you’re not totally caught up in your role, then don’t even bother: there’s no chance anyone else will take an interest in your story.
2003
Veronica Guerin by Joel Schumacher
2004
The Aviator by Martin Scorsese
2006
Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Good German by Steven Soderbergh
Notes on a Scandal by Richard Eyre
2007
I'm Not There by Todd Haynes
The roles I play change the way I look at the world. It’s like being an anthropologist or a journalist. Playing a role means facing reality, it means observing what’s going on around you to enrich the character, it means letting the world in more, being less indifferent.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Shekhar Kapur
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by Steven Spielberg
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by David Fincher
2010
Robin Hood by Ridley Scott
2013
Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen
2015
Cinderella by Kenneth Branagh
I don’t regret a thing and am proud of all the films I’ve made. I agreed to play Cinderella precisely because no-one expected me to go there…
Knight of Cups by Terrence Malick
Carol by Todd Haynes
2017
Thor: Ragnarok by Taika Waititi
Manifesto by Julian Rosefeldt
Coming soon…
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Richard Linklater
Ocean's Eight by Gary Ross
The House with a Clock in its Wall by Eli Roth
