Portrait of Cate Blanchett - Portrait Story

Cate Blanchett AC (b. 1969), screen and stage actor, graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992, joined the Sydney Theatre Company (STC) and soon received the Sydney Theatre Critics’ Circle award for Best Newcomer. Her early Australian films include Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997). She has since won many film industry awards including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards; for her performance as the young Bob Dylan in I’m Not There (2007) she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. For her role in Blue Jasmine (2013) she not only won the Oscar and the Golden Globe but the New York Film Critics Circle award, the National Society of Film Critics award and the BAFTA. Her performance in Carol (2015) gained her nominations for the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. A leading advocate for the arts in Australia, Blanchett was joint artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company with her husband Andrew Upton from 2008 to 2013 and won worldwide accolades for her performances in STC productions including Uncle Vanya in New York in 2012. Her recent Australian films include The Turning (2013). Blanchett has three honorary doctorates and is a Chevalier d’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

David Rosetzky (b. 1970) collaborated with choreographer Lucy Guerin and composer J David Franzke, and worked closely with Cate Blanchett to produce this video portrait commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery.