Cate Blanchett in Robin Hood
Cate Blanchett is one of Hollywood's most acclaimed and talented actresses that is currently working in the movie industry today.
In recent years she has mixed and matched her roles moving from fantasy movies, to biopics and dramas showing off her versatility.
After studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney it was in the theatre where she began her career.
And it was opposite Geoffrey Rush in 1993 in Oleanna, performance for which she won the Sydney Theatre critcs' Best Newcomer.
She went on to appear in Hamlet before moving into TV, appearing in Heartland and Bordertown. it wasn't long before the movie industry came calling.
Paradise Road was her first international movie alongside Glenn Close, as well as getting Oscar and Lucinda and Thank God He Met Lizzie under her belt.
But her big breakthrough role came in 1998 when she took on the role of Queen Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's biopic picture Elizabeth.
The movie saw her reunite with Geoffrey Rush and was joined by an acclaimed cast of Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough and Christopher Eccleston.
The movie follows Elizabeth's path to the crown, after being imprisoned in the Tower of London by her half sister Queen Mary I.
In order to survive, let alone to rule, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas: the Court is rife with intrigue; military strategists are risking the lives of young Englishmen; religious leaders at home and abroad place no faith in her; and the man she loves might not be worthy of her trust.
The male-dominated ruling class would appear to have the advantage, but intelligent Elizabeth will deploy whatever means necessary to keep, or take what's rightfully hers.
For her powerful central performance Blanchett showed that she was an acting talent to watch out for, going on to be nominated for her first Best Actress Oscar.
Despite missing out on the Oscar she did pick up the Bafta for her performance as well as a string of critcs' prizes.
Over the next couple of years she went on to star in The Talented Mr Ripley, Pushing Tin, The Gift and Charlotte Gray.
One of her most famous roles came in 2001 came in 2001 when she took on the part of Gladriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, s role she would reprise on two more occasions in 2002 and 2003.
And it was off the back of her mainstream success in The Lord of the Rings that her career has really soared.
Veronica Guerin was first up in 2003 as she took on the role of the Irish journalist whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder.
She went on to be nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance, nominated twelve months later for her role as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator.
The Aviator saw her star alongside Leonardo DiCpario as the movie was a biographical chronicle which charts the early years of famous tycoon, Howard Hughes (1905-1976), whose eclectic career spanned across everything from oil, for which he cared little, to film, casinos, and aviation.
While she missed out on winning out on the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild she got her hands on the big prize as she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
She received critical acclaim for Babel and was nominated for another Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in Notes On A Scandal.
Twelve months later and she found herself in both the Best Actress and Best supporting Actress for her performances in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and I'm Not There.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age picked up where it's predecessor left off and faces a huge threat from Spain.
Blanchett is a powerful embodiment of Elizabeth as the scrip cleverly weaves together her intellect with the bulldog fighting spirit with undertones of womanly anguish and self doubt.
I'm Not There was one of the most interesting movies of 2007 and depicted the ever changing face and musical sound of legend Bob Dylan, is done in a unique way that uses six different actors to depict six distinct stages of Dylan's life and public persona.
She moved into the big budget blockbuster in 2008 when she took on the role of Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The movie was the fourth Indiana Jones movie in the series and went on to be a huge box office success, taking over $786 million despite poor reviews.
The last time that we saw her on the big screen was back in 2008 when she starred alongside Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
But she is back this week in the role of Lady Marian in Robin Hood.
Robin Hood is out now.
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