Blanchett was born in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia to Robert Blanchett, a Texas-born United States Navy Petty Officer who later worked in advertising, and June, an Australian schoolteacher. When Blanchett was 10, she lost her father to a heart attack. She has two siblings; the elder, Bob, is a computer systems engineer, and her younger sister, Geneviève, is a theatrical designer. She is of partial French ancestry. Blanchett attended primary school in Melbourne at Ivanhoe East Primary School before completing secondary education at Methodist Ladies' College, where she explored her passion for acting. She studied economics and fine art at the University of Melbourne before leaving Australia to travel. When she was 18, Blanchett went on a vacation to Egypt. A fellow guest at a cheap hotel in Cairo asked if she wanted to be an extra in a movie, and the next day she found herself in a crowd scene, cheering for an American boxer who was losing to an Egyptian. She walked off from the set. She returned to Australia and later moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art; graduating in 1992 and beginning her career in the theatre. Her first major stage role was opposite Geoffrey Rush in the 1993 David Mamet play Oleanna. She also appeared as Ophelia in an acclaimed 1994–95 Company B production of Hamlet, directed by Neil Armfield, starring Rush and Richard Roxburgh. Blanchett appeared in the mini-series Heartland opposite Ernie Dingo, the mini-series Bordertown and in the Police Rescue episode, "The Loaded Boy". She made her film debut as an Australian nurse captured by the Japanese in a production of Paradise Road directed by Bruce Beresford, co-starring Glenn Close and Frances McDormand. Blanchett's first high-profile role was as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 movie Elizabeth. This role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, losing to Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love. However, Blanchett's performance won her a British Academy (BAFTA) Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama. The following year, Blanchett was nominated for another BAFTA Award for her supporting role in The Talented Mr. Ripley. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for playing Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. This made Blanchett the first person ever to garner an Academy Award for playing a previous Oscar-winning actor/actress.

• September 17, 2009: Battle of the Babes #70: You knew the day was coming where I would full on lose my mind on how to connect three babes together and call it a battle. Then again, I believe that I've already done that several times over and won a place in your good graces...
• February 27, 2009: HOTTIE POLL #51: Online Surveys & Market Research
• February 4, 2009: Cate Does Elle: What can I say that I haven't already said a million times? Cate Blanchett is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life and if she asked me to strip down naked in public, run around and shout out that Egotastic.com is the best...
• December 1, 2008: Blanchett on Vogue: I know these are a little lower resolution than I would normally care to post, but I just love the shots of the gorgeous Cate Blanchett on the upcoming January issue of UK's Vogue magazine. She has the most eloquent of faces, and in...
• September 2, 2008: Cate In Sydney: Other than her goofy looking husband being included, we've received some amazing new shots of my fantasy girl during the weekend and you all know her as Cate Blanchett. Cate was in Sydney during the weekend to celebrate the 2009 Main Stage Season...
• August 5, 2008: Cate Stuns At Helpmann: OMG! Sorry gents but I'd take Cate Blanchett over half the women in Hollywood working today. This woman is the absolutely definition of natural beauty and her accent plus her apparent feisty attitude makes her an absolute gem. With that in mind, I...
• June 4, 2008: 3 Looks: Cate Blanchett: I remember being at a staff dinner last year and when we went around the table talking about celebrity crushes, one guy said Cate Blanchett, and I had no idea what the hell he was smoking. I can't put my finger on exactly what happened since...
• May 21, 2008: Premiere: Indy 4: We're less than 24 hours until the biggest movie of the summer opens (possibly the entire year as well). I for one am on the edge of my seat as I write out this article because I couldn't be more excited. Just thinking about going to the...
• May 18, 2008: Premiere: Indy 4: As we've mentioned already, the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival is now well underway and will be ongoing until next Sunday. As per tradition here at MovieHotties.com, I'll be bringing you updates on all the latest news and...
• May 18, 2008: CAN: "Indy 4" Photocall: As we've mentioned already, the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival is now well underway and will be ongoing until next Sunday. As per tradition here at MovieHotties.com, I'll be bringing you updates on all the latest news and...
• May 14, 2008: Premiere: Blindness: As we've mentioned already, the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival is now well underway and will be ongoing until next Sunday. As per tradition here at MovieHotties.com, I'll be bringing you updates on all the latest news and...
• May 13, 2008: Cate's Cute Baby: Everyone who is a regular visitor to this site knows full well how much I adore Cate Blanchett for her ever-lasting beauty and talent which is what makes this article very special to me. As most of you probably know already, Cate and her husband...
• April 15, 2008: Babies Galore!: Well, really just a couple. Somehow actress Cate Blanchett was able to quietly deliver a baby boy, which she and her husband named Ignatius Martin. Take that, American celebs! The British can saddle their young with old school obnoxious names...
• February 14, 2008: Cate In "Indy 4" Trailer!: My pants are officially soaked gents as I've watched the first trailer for the long-awaited "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" about 6,000 times now and I've practically pissed myself each and every time. It's now my...
• December 13, 2007: Hottie Poll #39: Opinion Polls & Market Research
• December 13, 2007: Golden Globe Babes!: Stop the presses everyone! The "Hollywood Foreign Press" has officially announced the nominees for the 65th annual "Golden Globe" awards which will be debuting on January 13, 2008. It's an absolutely fantastic list of nominees as there have...
• December 5, 2007: "Not There" Premiere: Hold the presses everyone because I am once again going to profess my love for Cate Blanchett.....just kidding. You all know how madly in love I am with her so I'm not going to go into the unnecessary details of how we will one day be married....
• November 21, 2007: Cate Is Bazaar: It's time yet again everybody for another edition of "Seth Gecko Is Obsessed With Cate Blanchett" where I must once again post something that Cate has just done or released regardless of how sexy or important it is. If they released photos of Cate...
• November 16, 2007: Cate Wears Glasses: Yes everybody, I am once again going to say that Cate Blanchett is super-hot and that the world should worship her. I know you're all probably sick of me saying that everytime so i'm just going to move on..SHE IS HOT!! Where'd you go?....hello?...
• November 7, 2007: Cate Opens Armani: It's once again time for another episode of one of our favourite all-time hotties, Cate Blanchett. On today's menu, we're serving a very hot dose of Cate as she attended the opening of "Giorgio Armani" in Japan yesterday. Is there possibly a...
• October 24, 2007: Cate Is A Gem: I'm sorry everybody but I have to once again state the obvious when I say that Cate Blanchett is simply mesmerizing in every way. She has been pretty damn busy lately as she continues to promote "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" all over Europe. In the...
• October 15, 2007: Cate Is Bazaar: I don't need to tell everyone here how much I absolutely love Cate Blanchett both as an actress and as a goddess of a woman so I'll just get right down to business and post yet another terrific photoshoot that she's done. Some very high-resolution...
• October 2, 2007: "Elizabeth" Premiere: We're only a week and a half away from the worldwide release of "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" which is the sequel to the absolutely brilliant "Elizabeth" which released almost 9 years ago. I for one am really excited for this release as I adore...
• September 11, 2007: TIFF Coverage - #2: We're now moving into part #2 of our Toronto International Film Festival coverage as we bring you guys and girls the best and hottest from the premieres and event. In this part, we're pretty excited to bring you exclusive shots from the...