Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett portrayed Hela in Thor: Ragnarok.

Significant roles

• Elizabeth Hashton in Heartland (1994)
• Bianca in Bordertown (1995)
• Rosie in Parklands (1996)
• Lizzie in Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
• Lucinda Leplastrier in Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
• Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998)
• Julie-Anne in Bangers (1999)
• Lady Gertrude Chiltern in An Ideal Husband (1999)
• Connie Falzone in Pushing Tin (1999)
• Meredith Logue in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Lola in The Man Who Cried (2000)
• Annie Wilson in The Gift (2000)
• Kate Wheeler in Bandits (2001)
• Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Charlotte Gray in Charlotte Gray (2001)
• Petal in The Shipping News (2001)
• Philippa in Heaven (2002)
• Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Veronica Guerin in Veronica Guerin (2003)
• Cate in Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
• Magdalena Gilkeson in The Missing (2003)
• Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Jane Winslett-Richardson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
• Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004)
• Tracy in Little Fish (2005)
• Susan in Babel (2006)
• Lena Brandt in The Good German (2006)
• Sheba Hart in Notes on a Scandal (2006)
• Jude in I'm Not There. (2007)
• Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
• Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• Marion Loxley in Robin Hood (2010)
• Marissa Wiegler in Hanna (2011)
• Galadriel in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• Jasmine in Blue Jasmine (2013)
• Dore Strauch in The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
• Galadriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• Claire Simone in The Monuments Men (2014)
• Valka in How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
• Galadriel in The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• Nancy in Knight of Cups (2015)
• Stepmother in Cinderella (2015)
• Carol Aird in Carol (2015)
• Mary Mapes in Truth (2015)
• Kaa in Jungle Book: Origins (2017)
• Valka in How to Train Your Dragon 3 (2017)

Quotes

• "The role in Ragnarok came completely out of the blue. And it’s a gift because the thing that I said to myself this year is that I’m gonna get fit."
• "I’m super, super excited about it. I’ve only done action a couple of times, so it feels like… a departure is too strong a word, but it certainly seems like a change for me. So, I am looking forward to getting really fit, and wearing lycra, and hoping to earn a bit of street cred from my kids. I can’t wait."
• "She’s a little bit cross. She’s been locked away for millennia getting more and more cross, and then, with a mistake, she gets unleashed and she ain’t getting back in that box."
• "There’s so much untapped potential villainy in women. It’s really exciting. I think finally it’s beginning to be acknowledged that women and men want to see a diverse array of characters, and that’s race, gender across the sexual spectrum."
• "Yeah. She’s able to manifest weapons. Her headdress can be weapons. She can manifest weapons out of different parts of her body. I won’t tell you which — I’ll leave that hanging."