What Is Cate Blanchett's Net Worth and Salary?
Cate Blanchett is a highly regarded Australian actress with a net worth of $95 million. She began her career on the Australian stage before transitioning to film in the mid-1990s. Her breakthrough came with the title role in "Elizabeth" (1998), earning her first Oscar nomination.
Blanchett's filmography spans various genres, including fantasy ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy), period dramas ("The Aviator"), and contemporary pieces ("Blue Jasmine"). She has collaborated with renowned directors like Martin Scorsese, Peter Jackson, and Todd Haynes.
Her accolades include two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for "The Aviator" (2004) and Best Actress for "Blue Jasmine" (2013). She has also received numerous Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild awards.
Early Life
Cate Blanchett was born on May 14, 1969, in Melbourne, Australia. Her mother was a property developer, and her father was an American Navy officer. They met when his ship was briefly stationed in Melbourne. Tragically, her father died of a heart attack when Cate was just 10 years old. After high school, Blanchett studied economics and fine arts at the University of Melbourne but dropped out after one year to travel the world. During her travels, she was asked to work as an extra in the Egyptian boxing movie "Kaboria." After her travels, she moved to Sydney and enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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Acting Career
Cate's acting career started onstage in Sydney in the 1992 David Mamet play "Oleanna." She landed her first feature film role in 1997 when she played a supporting role in "Paradise Road." She has had an incredibly successful and prolific career since then. Her first leading role was in the 1997 film "Oscar and Lucinda." She received widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1998 film "Elizabeth," which propelled her to stardom and earned her numerous awards. In 1999, Cate starred opposite Matt Damon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley," earning her second BAFTA nomination.
Blanchett gained an even bigger following and more accolades when she starred in all three "The Lord of the Rings" films. She won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "The Aviator" (2004). She then starred in "Little Fish," which was nominated for 13 Australian Film Institute Awards. Blanchett appeared in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" alongside Brad Pitt. In 2006, she starred in "Babel," which received seven Academy Award nominations. Time magazine named her one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2007. She reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth I in the 2007 sequel "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and earned another Oscar nomination. That year, she also starred in "I'm Not There." In 2008, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She returned to the stage in 2009 to star in the Sydney Theatre Company production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," winning the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
In 2010, she appeared in Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood." She then returned to the stage for two Sydney Theatre Company productions, earning more accolades. In 2013, Blanchett starred in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine," a performance that many critics considered her best to date, surpassing even her work in "Elizabeth." She won over 40 awards, including the Oscar for Best Actress. In 2015, Cate starred in "Knight of Cups," "Cinderella," "Carol," "Truth," and "Manifesto."
In 2017, she returned to the stage in "The Present," which marked her Broadway debut when the play transferred to New York later that year. Her performance garnered her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play, a Drama League Award nomination, and a Drama Desk Award nomination. Blanchett then portrayed the villain Hela in the Marvel film "Thor: Ragnarok," directed by Taika Waititi. In 2018, she starred in "Ocean's 8," the all-female spin-off of the "Ocean's 11" franchise. That year, Forbes estimated her annual earnings at around $12.5 million, placing her as the eighth highest-paid actress in the world. In 2019, she starred in "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" and received her tenth Golden Globe nod for her performance.
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In 2020, Blanchett shifted to the small screen, starring in two miniseries: the Australian drama "Stateless" and the FX/Hulu historical drama "Mrs. America," where she portrayed Phyllis Schlafly. The series debuted in April 2020 to critical acclaim, and Cate was nominated for an Emmy for Best Actress in a Limited Series, losing to Regina King.
Personal Life
Cate has been married to Australian playwright Andrew Upton since 1997. Together, they have three children. For five years, the couple served as co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theater Company.
Real Estate
The family's home base was in Brighton, England, for ten years before moving back to Australia in 2006. They paid $7 million for a mansion in a North Shore suburb of Sydney. They then spent $5 million acquiring and renovating a neighboring property. They listed the home for sale in September 2015 for $14.7 million and sold it two years later for $13 million. Here's a video tour of the property from when it was put on the market by a different owner:
After their tenure as co-creative directors of the Sydney Theater Company ended in 2015, they moved to England, where they paid $4 million for a home in East Sussex.
Activism
Blanchett is a staunch supporter of feminism and women's rights. She is a patron and ambassador of the Australian Film Institute and its academy, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. She is also a patron of the Sydney Film Festival and the developmental charity SolarAid. In 2006, she joined the Climate Project, and in 2007, she became an ambassador for the Australian Conservation Foundation. She was made an honorary life member of the foundation in 2012. In 2014, Blanchett participated in the Green Carpet Challenge. In 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees appointed her a global Goodwill Ambassador.
