Internationally Acclaimed Actor, Producer, and Advocate for Human Rights and Climate Solutions
Cate Blanchett: Biography at a Glance
- Cate Blanchett is an internationally acclaimed actor, producer, and advocate for human rights and climate solutions.
- Her countless extraordinary film performances have garnered Blanchett four BAFTAs, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild awards, as well as numerous award nominations.
- Cate is co-creator and co-host of the Ambie Award-nominated podcast, Climate of Change, which features interviews with experts and special guests discussing the biggest challenges humankind faces with the climate crisis.
- She is also a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a lifetime member of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and was honored with the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
- TIME has named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
Biography
Cate Blanchett is an internationally acclaimed actor, producer, and advocate for human rights and climate solutions. She is the co-founder and Principal of film and television production company Dirty Films, alongside her partners Andrew Upton and Coco Francini, which recently launched Proof of Concept, a program offering financial support, mentorship, and exhibition opportunities to emerging filmmakers. For the company, in 2023 Blanchett produced and appeared in Warwick Thornton’s award-winning The New Boy. She also produced Christos Nikou’s Apple Original Films feature Fingernails, with Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, and Jeremy Allen White, and Noora Niasari’s award-winning debut feature Shayda, starring Zar Amir Ebrahimi.
With Dirty Films her producing credits include Todd Haynes’ Carol & Todd Field’s Tár, Christos Nikou’s Apples, the 10-time Emmy nominated Mrs. America for FX, and producing and co-creating the 13-time AACTA-winning series Stateless for Netflix. She also created and produced the Audible Original podcast Climate of Change, and produced Evolver, a VR interactive experience. Upcoming producing projects with Dirty Films include Peaches starring Emma Corrin and Lucie Zhang, The Champions with director Ben Stiller, and an adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women.
Blanchett’s acting credits include: Tár, Nightmare Alley, Don’t Look Up, Ocean’s 8, Thor: Ragnorok, Carol, Blue Jasmine, I’m Not There, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Notes On A Scandal, The Life Aquatic, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy And The Hobbit, The Good German, The Aviator, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Elizabeth. She has won countless awards including four BAFTAs, two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild awards.
Blanchett served alongside Andrew Upton as co-Artistic Director and co-CEO of the multi-award-winning Sydney Theatre Company (turnover $35M) between 2008-2013, producing 16 shows a year across 4 stages, which toured extensively nationally and internationally. Their most notable productions include; Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Liv Ullman; Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya directed by Tamas Ascher, Steven Soderbergh’s Tot Mom; Benedict Andrew’s highly acclaimed productions of The War Of The Roses, Genet’s The Maids, Bottho Straus’ Gross Und Klein (Big And Small), and the seminal adaptation of The Secret River by Neil Armfield which has since inspired the title-sharing ABC television series; Andrew Upton’s The Present directed by John Crowley for which Blanchett earned a Tony Award nomination. Blanchett also appeared on stage in the adaptation of Martin Crimp’s National Theatre production When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other.
Blanchett and Upton were awarded with the Green Globe Award for their influential work at Sydney Theatre Company, having transformed the company into one of the World’s Greenest Arts Organizations.
Blanchett is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and received the Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos and a lifetime member of the Australian Conservation Foundation, a strong supporter of the Actors Benevolent Fund, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, an AFI Ambassador and Patron of the Sydney Film Festival and the NIDA Foundation, the drama school at which she trained. She is also a member of the Earthshot Prize Council.
She has presided over festival juries in Cannes and Venice, and The Venice Film Festival has twice awarded her with The Volpi Cup for Best Performance. Blanchett holds a BFI Fellowship from the BFI London Film Festival, has received the Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Numerous other accolades include the Kuwait-America Foundation Humanitarian Award, the Honorary Cesar, International Goya and Chaplin Awards. Blanchett has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France, named a Companion of the Order of Australia, presented with a Centenary Medal for service to Australian Society, and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. She lives in the English countryside with her husband, four children, three dogs, two cats, pigs and chickens.
Topics
Climate of Change
Award-winning actor, producer, and environmental advocate, Cate Blanchett explores anxiety and optimism in the face of the climate crisis. Based on the direct conversations she has with visionaries and trendsetters in the climate space, she will discuss the innovative strides it will take to turn the tide on climate change.
Audiences will walk away feeling hopeful, informed, and energized to take action against environmental destruction.
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