Cate Blanchett Movies

Cate Blanchett in her latest movie, Carol
Cate Blanchett in Carol

Want to know the best Cate Blanchett movies?  How about the worst Cate Blanchett movies?  Curious about Cate Blanchett’s box office grosses or which Cate Blanchett movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Cate Blanchett movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Recently my wife was at work talking to her co-worker, Michael, about our new website Ultimate Movie Rankings.  It was during this discussion that the weak link on our website was exposed yet again…not enough actresses on the website.  Michael wanted to know if we had a Kathy Bates page? a Gwyneth Paltrow page? a Julianne Moore page? a Cate Blanchett page?  The answer was no to every actress he named and a quick look at the site index showed almost 250 actor pages and only 43 actress pages.  So fearing possible litigation we here at Ultimate Movie Rankings have decided to get rid of our Confederate flags and publish more actress pages….so here is our latest actress page….2 time Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett.

Her IMDb page shows over 80 acting credits since1993. This page will rank Cate Blanchett movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  We have separated her 6 Peter Jackson/J.R.R. Tolkien movies into a separate table.  But why?  Well, we will tell you…. her roles in those 6 movies are pretty much cameo roles…. but we acknowledge many many people only know her as Galadriel…so it was either a separate table or not include those 6 movies at all.

Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth....the role that made her a star.
Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth….the role that made her a star.

Cate Blanchett Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Cate Blanchett Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Cate Blanchett movie received.
  • Sort Cate Blanchett movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very very interactive.
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Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in 2004's The Aviator.
Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in 2004’s The Aviator.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Cate Blanchett

1.  Catherine Élise “Cate” Blanchett was born in Australia in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe.

2.  Cate Blanchett’s rise to stardom….Cliff Notes Style. In 1992 David Mamet she appeared in three major stage performances for the Sydney Theatre Company. Oleanna, Electra and Kafka Dances.  She would win the Sydney Theatre’s Best Newcomer for Kafka Dances and Best Actress for Oleanna.  After her success there she started appearing in movies.  In 1998 she got the lead role playing Elizabeth the I in Elizabeth.  The film catapulted her to stardom and her performance garnered wide recognition, earning her a Golden Globe® Award and British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress.  Since then it has been one critically acclaimed performance after another.

3.  Cate Blanchett has been nominated for 6 Oscars® in her career. She won Best Supporting Actress for 2004’s The Aviator and Best Actress in 2013’s Blue Jasmine.  Her other nominations were for 1998’s Elizabeth, 2006’s Notes on a Scandal, 2007’s I’m Not There, and 2007’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

4.  When Cate Blanchett won the Oscar® for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn, she became the first person to give an Oscar®-winning portrayal of a previous Oscar® winner.  She is the only actress to be nominated for an Oscar® twice for playing the same role in two separate films……that would be for her two turns as Elizabeth the I.

5.  Cate Blanchett is only the sixth actress to win both leading and supporting actress Oscars®. The other five are Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, Helen Hayes and Ingrid Bergman.  The only actor to be nominated and win Oscars® for both of the iconoclast New York directors Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen.

6. Cate Blanchett has been nominated for 8 Golden Globes® in her career.  She has won 3 times…1998’s Elizabeth, 2007’s I’m Not There and 2013’s Blue Jasmine.  Her other nominations were for 2001’s Bandits, 2003’s Veronica Guerin,  2004’s The Aviator 2006’s Notes on a Scandal, and 2007’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

7.  Cate Blanchett has been married one time.  She married playwright Andrew Upton in 1997….they have 4 children.

8.  Roles Cate Blanchett turned down or was seriously considered for:  Julia Roberts part in Closer, Nicole Kidman role in Cold Mountain,  Julianne Moore part in Hannibal, Robin Wright role in Unbreakable, Angelina Jolie roles in Taking Lives and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Kate Beckinsale role in Pearl Harbor.

9.  Along with Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett is one of only two actors to appear in all six of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth films: It only took her 8 days to film her part for all three Hobbit movies.

10.  Check out Cate Blanchett‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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Steve’s Cate Blanchett Movie Ranking You Tube Video

 

 

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  3. “In my best Poltergeist little girl voice….”He’s back”. Ok…I have seen 32 of her movies….29 of the ones listed in the video. Favorites include #2 L.O.R. The Two Towers…though her entire role in all the Tolkien movies only took a couple of weeks to shot….still that is my favorite overall Cate movie. Least favorite is probably #36 Ocean’s Nine….really really disliked that movie. #38 Bandits…my sources liked it more than yours did….but far from my favorite Bruce Willis movie. #24 Indy 4…one of my worst experiences watching a beloved franchise going down in flames. She was a good villain in Thor 3….too bad she was not in Avengers Infinity War….apparently in the comics her character is why Thanos is doing all of the stuff in the movie…to impress her. One of my favorite Cate movies is Pushing Tin….which did not make your list…..or I am blind. Voted up…and already shared at U.M.R.”

    My comments on Steve’s Video Channel.

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    1. Hi Bruce, 29 seen out of 40 is very good and beats my 26. Pushing Tin was on my master list for Cate, but when it came to cutting the video down to 40 films it was a low scoring casualty. Sorry about that. Thanks for commenting, appreciate the vote and share.

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