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Cate Blanchett
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May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia
Biography:With her regal and elegant visage, Aussie actress "Cate Blanchett" broke through the mob of aspiring actors and instantly ascended the ranks to Hollywood stardom with her Academy Award-nominated turn as Elizabeth I in "Shekhar Kapur"'s "Elizabeth" (1998). Her concomitantly poignant and fierce portrayal won admiration from critics and filmgoers, but she had maintained a low enough profile in years prior (and her celebrity materialized so quickly) that the "Elizabeth" triumph appeared to pull the heretofore unseen actress from out of thin air and caught just about everyone off guard.

Born in Melbourne on May 14, 1969, Catherine Elise Blanchett entered the world as the daughter of an Australian mother and a Texas-born American father, with two siblings. Her dad died of a heart attack when she was ten and her mother subsequently raised her. Blanchett studied economics and fine art at the University of... Full Biography

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