Age: 57
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Catherine Elise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Australian-British and American actor, voice actress and producer. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Blanchett is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention as Elizabeth I in the drama film Elizabeth (1998), for which she won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actress, and received her first of seven Academy Award nominations. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic former socialite in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Blue Jasmine (2013). Blanchett's other Oscar-nominated roles include Notes on a Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Carol (2015). Her highest-grossing films include The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Cinderella (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018). Blanchett has performed in over 20 theatre productions. From 2008 to 2013, she and her husband, Andrew Upton, were the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during that period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya and The Maids, garnering several theatre awards and nominations. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 in The Present, for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. Blanchett has also received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Limited Series as producer for the FX/Hulu historical drama miniseries Mrs. America (2020).
Episode 1 narrates the creation, while the 2nd one recounts the arrival of darkness, The Great Darkness, tasked with restoring balance against the light of the source. Episode 3 tells the tale of the transformation of the source into the being known as The Presence, simultaneously giving birth to Paradise. Following a rebellion by Lucifer, the Hell and demons were born. Episode 4 narrates how The Presence gave birth to the Greek gods, tasked with representing different forms of life. The episode recounts the famous myth of Cronus devouring his children. In episode 5, Aztar, an angel of Lucifer, comes to seek forgiveness from The Presence, who turns him into its spirit of vengeance, The Spectre. Episode 6 recounts the creation of the Parliaments of Life (including the Parliament of Trees), where the gods represent the beliefs of humans and the representations of The Presence, while the parliaments act to protect the world. Episode 7 narrates the creation of magic. The Presence brings the goddess Hecate to life, based on its Greek gods. Witnessing this, The Great Darkness creates the Upside Down Man, the opposite of Hecate's light. The Phantom Stranger also appears at the same time as an eye of The Presence. Episode 8 tells the story of the creation of the Lords of Order and Chaos, as well as the first confrontation between the two sides.
