Cate Blanchett's 13 Best Movie Performances: From "Carol" to "Tár"

From the royalty of Elizabeth I to the betrayal of Hela, Australian sensation Cate Blanchett is the one of the most revered performers of her generation with some of the fascinating twists of modern cinema.

Variety ranks his 13 best performances of his career (to date) .

Beloved by critics, audiences and awards bodies, Blanchett has boasted a career dream of budding actors. From the start of her career, we knew we were witnessing one of cinema's most gifted actresses. She debuted in smaller indie projects such as Cherie Nowlan's 'The Wedding Party' and Gillian Armstrong's 'Oscar and Lucinda', it was her masterful turn in Shekhar Kapur's 'Elizabeth' that wowed the cinematic world. , earning him the first of many Oscars. nominations she would receive.

After portraying a different kind of queen, Oscar queen Katharine Hepburn, in "The Aviator she won her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, with more memorable and stunning performances that would earn her nominations, such as her work in Richard Eyre's "Notes on a Scandal," " by Todd Haynes and Kapur's sequel "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", she would win an undeniable Oscar for best actress in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" in 2014. Her last nomination to date was the titular character, the re -pairing again with Haynes for "Carol," alongside an equally invigorating Rooney Mara. This covers works the Academy recognized, not works they missed (i.e. "The talented Mr. Ripley" and "Veronica Guerin").

His more recent works have earned the star some of the best reviews of his career, including by Guillermo del Toro's dark interpretation of "Nightmare Alley" (2021) and the splendor of fictional composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field's "Tár" (2022).

She also exhibited extraordinary work in films that went unrecognized. We will note all the same his work in the field of television with limited series like "Bordertown" with Hugo Weaving, "Stateless" with Yvonne Strahovski, and more recently "Mrs. America,” which earned her two Emmy nominations as Producer and Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

Read Variety's list of Blanchett's 13 best film performances below below, and watch the best scene from each selection.

Honourable mentions: "Babel" (2006), "Bandits" (2001); "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008); “Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” (2004); "The Disappeared" (2003)

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