![]() We blame McKay mostly, but she deserves some of the discredit herself.Ī fascinating real-life story of the titular reporter (played by Blanchett), whose investigations into the underground drug world in Dublin ultimately got her killed … that’s completely undercut by the fact that Joel Schumacher, still with a little Batman juice left, directs with the subtlety of a blunt object to the windpipe. ![]() She’s too smart for something so inane, and while it’s only a small role in this star-studded dud, this is one of the few times she’s been actively embarrassing on screen. ![]() The notion that morning TV talk-show hosts are a vapid lot is, well, not exactly a damning critique, but like so much of Don’t Look Up, it’s held up as a scathing, startling takedown, and Blanchett plays it with the same level of obviousness. The performance is biting and sharp, whereas her take on Brie Evantee in Don’t Look Up is shallow and lazy. A few years prior to working on this Adam McKay satire, Blanchett played multiple roles in Manifesto – that movie shows up later in this list – and one of her characters in that was a newscaster. All you need to know about Blanchett is that this is probably her worst performance … and she’s still the most interesting thing about this movie. It’s as if Steven Spielberg just said “go for it,” and never let her know that even though she was putting in a ton of effort, no one else had any plans to. Blanchett seems to relish the idea of playing the Soviet villainess here - and she’s the only part of the movie that seems particularly invested - but that doesn’t change the fact that the performance doesn’t really work. This one is probably last, right? It has to be. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) We left out her voice work (including the How to Train Your Dragon pictures), dropped her Australian television productions, and combined all the Tolkien films into one. What’s left stands alongside any film actor on the planet.Ĥ1. Here’s a ranking of Blanchett’s movies released in theaters. But performance is not, and never has been, really, all of who I am.’” You could have fooled us. Just don’t expect her to be the one to make it: “Moviemaking becomes a little pointless after a time,” she told The New Yorker in 2007. “You think, ‘Well, yes, that’s an incredible role, and, yes, it would probably stretch me as an actor. ![]() An argument could be made that she’s the most esteemed actress of her generation. You can’t even pin all her accents down how do you expect to get a bead on the actress herself? She has already won two Oscars and been nominated for four others. When we sat down to rank Blanchett’s movies, we counted 11 different ones, along with a few of indeterminate origin. She also can nail every accent in the book. That’s a combination that’s nearly impossible to come by. “I do like to preserve the mystique of the thing, for myself as much as anyone else,” she has said. She has been forever daring, uncompromising and perpetually, resolutely, herself. The key to Blanchett’s appeal and skill, we’d argue, is her ability to combine relatability and elusiveness: She is always completely present and yet just out of grasp. And she was, of course, just getting started. ![]() She graduated from Sydney’s National of Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992, became the hottest theater actress on the continent by 1994, was starring in big sweeping Hollywood romances by 1997, and nominated for an Oscar by 1998. She has become the rare actor who can headline anything, from weepy dramas to action films to experimental art pieces to silly comedies. Her second film was Oscar and Lucinda, which she stole from Ralph Fiennes at the peak of his stardom ever since, every Cate Blanchett movie has been A Cate Blanchett Movie. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand - two formidable actresses in their own right - in Paradise Road, but that was the last time (even when she was playing smaller roles) she would ever “support” anybody. This article was originally published in 2017 and has been updated to include Cate Blanchett’s latest work.Ĭate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. ![]()
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