RECENT CREDITS
Ponyo (FILM)  Aug. 14, 2009
Ponyo (FILM)  Aug. 14, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (FILM)  Dec. 25, 2008
I'm Not There (FILM)  Nov. 21, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2008 Cast as the villian in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"; directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford
2008 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (December)
2008 Re-teamed with Brad Pitt to play lovers in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Robin Hood  2010 -Maid Marian
Actor
Film


Ponyo  2009 -Gran Mamare
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Cancer Vixen   -Cast
Producer, Actor
Film


Indian Summer   -Lady Edwina Mountbatten
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Ponyo  2009 -Voice of Gran Mamare
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The 80th Annual Academy Awards  2008 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


I'm Not There  2007 -Jude
Actor
Film


Elizabeth: The Golden Age  2007 -Queen Elizabeth I
Actor
Film


The 79th Annual Academy Awards  2007 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Notes on a Scandal  2006 -Sheba Hart
Actor
Film


The Good German  2006 -Lena Brandt
Actor
Film


Babel  2006 -Susan
Actor
Film


Little Fish  2006 -Tracy Heart
Actor
Film


The 77th Annual Academy Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


20th Independent Spirit Awards  2005 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Aviator  2004 -Katharine Hepburn
Actor
Film


The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou  2004 -Jane WinslettRichardson
Actor
Film


Coffee and Cigarettes  2004 -Herself
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Missing  2003 -Maggie Gilkeson
Actor
Film


Veronica Guerin  2003 -Veronica Guerin
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Actor
Film


Heaven  2002 -Philippa
Actor
Film


Charlotte Gray  2001 -Charlotte Gray
Actor
Film


The Shipping News  2001 -Petal Bear
Actor
Film


Bandits  2001 -Kate Wheeler
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Man Who Cried  2001 -Lola
Actor
Film


The Gift  2000 -Annie Wilson
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Talented Mr. Ripley  1999 -Meredith Logue
Actor
Film


An Ideal Husband  1999 -Gertrude
Actor
Film


Pushing Tin  1999 -Connie Falzone
Actor
Film


Elizabeth  1998 -Elizabeth I
Actor
Film


Thank God He Met Lizzie  1998 -Lizzie O'Hara
Actor
Film


Oscar and Lucinda  1997 -Lucinda Leplastrier
Actor
Film


Paradise Road  1997 -Susan Macarthy
Actor
Film


Inside the Actors Studio  1995 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Bangers  
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Producer, Actor
Film




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Highlights

2008 Cast as the villian in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"; directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford
2008 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (December)
2008 Re-teamed with Brad Pitt to play lovers in David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
2008 Nominated for the 2008 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Action Star
2007 Reprised her award winning role in the sequal, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; earned Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
2007 Portrayed Bob Dylan at one distinct stage of his life, in Todd Haynes' film "I'm Not There"; received SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress
2006 Co-starred with Brad Pitt to play a tragedy-stricken American couple vacationing in Morocco in Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel"
2006 With husband Andrew Upton, named as joint artistic directors of Australia's Sydney Theatre Company (STC).
2006 Portrayed an art teacher who is arrested for having an affair with a 15-year-old student in "Notes on a Scandal"; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2004 Cast in Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes" a series of short stories that all have coffee and cigarettes in common; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female
2004 Portrayed legendary screen icon Katharine Hepburn opposite Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress
2003 Again portrayed Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2003 Starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in the suspense thriller "The Missing," directed by Ron Howard
2002 Starred in "Heaven," Tom Tykwer's English-language directorial debut
2002 Portrayed slain Irish journalist Veronica Guerin in "Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama
2002 Reprised Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers"
2001 Portrayed the elf queen Galadriel in the Peter Jackson-directed "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings"
2001 Cast as Petal Bear, the wife of Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) in "The Shipping News"
2001 Played the title character in Gillian Armstrong's "Charlotte Gray"
2000 Co-starred as a Russian chorus girl in "The Man Who Cried"; screened at Venice; released in USA in 2001
2000 Cast as a Southern widow with psychic abilities in "The Gift"
1999 Had featured roles in Barry Levinson's "Pushing Tin" and Anthony Minghella's "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
1999 Made London stage debut in the Donmar revival of David Hare's "Plenty"
1998 Played title role in Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth," a film biography of Queen Elizabeth I; received Best Actress Oscar nomination
1997 Feature film debut in "Paradise Road"
1997 Had featured role in the Australian film "Thank God He Met Lizzie"; won Best Supporting Actress Award from Australian Film Institute
1997 Co-starred opposite Ralph Fiennes in "Oscar and Lucinda," directed by Gillian Armstrong
1996 Made film acting debut in the short "Parklands"
1994 TV acting debut in episodes of the Australian series "Police Rescue"
1994 Co-starred in the Australian TV program "Heartland"
1993 Made TV debut in a commercial
1992 Joined Sydney Theatre Company, appeared in "Oleanna," starring opposite Geoffrey Rush
Born and raised in Melbourne
Appeared as an extra in a film made in Egypt while visiting the country on holiday
Attracted attention for her performance in "Electra" at the National Institute of Dramatic Art


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