Curiosidades de Cate Blanchett

She's one of five actors who have received an Oscar nomination for playing the same role in two films.

She's the only actress who has received two Oscar nominations for playing the same role in two different films.

Her father was an American police officer who later worked as an advertising executive in Australia and her mother was a schoolteacher.

Her vocation as an actress came after participating as an extra in a film in Egypt.

In 1993, she was the first person to win the Sydney Theatre Critic's Circle Theatre award for Best Newcomer (for her role in "Kafka Dances"), and Best Lead Actress (for her role in David Mamet's "Oleanna", with the Sydney Theatre Company, opposite Shine (1996) star Geoffrey Rush in the same year.

After completing work on the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics.

She was considered for the role of Clarice Starling in 'Hannibal' (2001). The part eventually went to Julianne Moore.

She was originally going to play the role of Anna in Mike Nichols's latest film 'Closer' (2004), but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out, so it was recast with Julia Roberts instead.

She won Best Female Actor, Helpmann Award for her performance in "Hedda Gabler".

She was considered for the role of Jane Smith in Sr. y Sra. Smith (2005), instead of Angelina Jolie.