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).
Cate Blanchett
Baba Yaga
for Baba Yaga in Tomb Raider (movie trilogy)
Suggested by darksith
The story begins when Lara embarks on her first expedition aboard the Endurance with the intention of finding the lost kingdom of Yamatai. In a storm, the ship is cut in half and threatens to be wrecked. Lara Croft gets on board, but fails to hold on to a group of her friends and falls into the sea. When she reaches the beach of the island, an unknown person knocks her out. Lara subsequently wakes up in an underground shrine where the locals worship a goddess Himiko. When Lara manages to break free from prison, she tries to find her friends. Later, Lara does meet her friend Sam, but she is taken by the islander Mathias to an unknown location. When Lara manages to track down the rest of the group, a manhunt is launched for Sam, during which the group of friends is split up. Lara and Dr. Whitman are kidnapped by unknown Russians and Lara must once again manage to escape. Gradually, she unravels the complex life on the island and discovers who the mythical goddess Himiko is and why there is no way off the island. However, after destroying Himiko and saving Sam, the story ends on an open ended note with Lara's decision not to return home.
