Cate Blanchett is a famous actress. She embodied the cult image of the elf Galadriel, played the main character in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and starred in many more high-profile projects. Kate is interesting to her idols not only on stage, but also in her civic position. The actress stands for gender equality.
Star biography
Kate was born in Australia, in Melbourne in May 1969, in the family of a school teacher and a retired Texas sailor. For the sake of the family, his father moved to Australia and began to actively engage in business. But happiness did not last long - when the last daughter was born, Robert had a heart attack and he died. All the upbringing of three children fell on the fragile shoulders of Kate's mom. The future actress grew up early and she had to earn extra money to get out of financial difficulties.
The future celebrity at school was fond of theater and other works, shaved baldly, had a penchant for informal youth movements, visited both goth and punk, but all this time worked as a nurse to help her family. Having entered the University of Economics after school, Kate dropped out of school a year later to go on a trip around the world.
The creative way of the actress
In 1989, the girl accidentally came to the shooting of the film. It happened in Egypt, and the thought of an acting career captured Kate. Returning to Australia, Kate entered the Sydney Academy, National Institute of Dramatic Art, where she received an acting education. Since 1992, she began performing on the theatrical stage, a year later having received loud recognition in the theatrical environment.
The film debut took place in a small series, and already in 1996 she got the main role. True, in a short film. Success came after the 1997 romantic comedy "Thank God He Met Lizzy." Blanchett was recognized as one of the best actresses of our time, able to cope with complex images and offers fell on her, as if from a cornucopia.
The 1998 film Elizabeth, where Kate played the Queen of England, brought her world fame. Together with this project, the actress played in many others, and therefore she had to leave the theatrical activity. She worked with cult stars - Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp. Some, not too successful pictures, according to critics, were saved only by the game of this amazing actress.
"Aviator" Scorsese brought the actress the first Oscar, and in 2008, the Blanchett star appeared on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Working in Woody Allen's film "Jasmine" earned her a second Oscar. On the account of the actress more than 60 works in the cinema, and almost every one of them is magnificent. In 2008, Kate became the head of the Sydney Theater, where she began her career.
