Cate Blanchett
A luminous Aussie actress able to embody markedly disparate characters, Blanchett made her mark in her homeland as a formidable leading lady on stage at the Sydney Theatre Company. In 1998, with only...
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05/13/1969
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Firstborn son, Dashiell, was named after crime novelist Dashiell Hammett. |
| Fainted while being fitted for a prosthetic belly to play a pregnant journalist in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and learned a few weeks later that she was with child in real life. < |
| Went into acting after she worked as an extra in a boxing film while on vacation in Egypt. |
| Brought one of Katharine Hepburn's white-silk evening gloves to the 77th annual Academy Awards ceremony for good luck and ended up going home with a statue for her performance as Hepburn in 2004's&nbs |
