Editing Cate Blanchett (section)

== Personal life ==
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[[File:Cate Blanchett (6795459727) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Blanchett at the [[1st AACTA Awards|Inaugural AACTA Awards]] in 2012]]

Blanchett is married to playwright and screenwriter [[Andrew Upton]]. They met in Australia in the mid-1990s and married on 29 December 1997.{{refn|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lennan |first1=Jo |title=Cate Blanchett, theatre boss |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2012/02/24/cate-blanchett-theatre-boss |access-date=8 December 2021 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=24 February 2012 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208115913/https://www.economist.com/1843/2012/02/24/cate-blanchett-theatre-boss |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lahr |first1=John |author1-link=John Lahr |title=The Evolution of Cate Blanchett |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/12/disappearing-act |access-date=8 December 2021 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=5 February 2007 |archive-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001031951/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/12/disappearing-act |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Alice |title=Andrew Upton: Life in the shadow of his wife |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/andrew-upton-life-in-the-shadow-of-his-wife-902746.html |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 August 2008 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208121436/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/andrew-upton-life-in-the-shadow-of-his-wife-902746.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Laura |title=Cate Blanchett's Pale Fire |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/3/cate-blanchetts-pale-fire |access-date=8 December 2021 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=March 1999 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208115906/https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/3/cate-blanchetts-pale-fire |url-status=live }}</ref>}} They have three sons,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/12/04/cate-blanchett-and-dashiell-hop-to-it/ |title=Cat Blanchett and Dashiell hop to it |date=4 December 2009 |work=People |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181248/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/12/04/cate-blanchett-and-dashiell-hop-to-it/ |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-blanchett-baby_x.htm |title=Cate Blanchett gives birth to a son |date=26 April 2004 |work=People |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203031323/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-blanchett-baby_x.htm |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/04/13/cate-blanchett-6/ |title=Cate Blanchett welcomes third son, Ignatius Martin |date=13 April 2008 |work=People |access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118111801/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/04/13/cate-blanchett-6/ |archive-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and a daughter, who was adopted in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cate-blanchett-has-adopted-a-779802 |title=Cate Blanchett Has Adopted a Baby Girl |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 March 2015 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306222746/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cate-blanchett-has-adopted-a-779802 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Rothman |work=ABC News |title=Cate Blanchett and Husband Andrew Upton Adopt a Baby Girl |date=6 March 2015 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cate-blanchett-welcomes-daughter/story?id=29443419 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307075802/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cate-blanchett-welcomes-daughter/story?id=29443419 |archive-date=7 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett said that she and her husband had wanted to adopt since the birth of their first son.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2015/03/31/cate-blanchett-on-baby-daughter-edith |title=When Three Became Four |work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |first=Lauren |last=Milligan |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=7 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421121136/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2015/03/31/cate-blanchett-on-baby-daughter-edith |archive-date=21 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After making [[Brighton]], England their main home for nearly 10 years, she and her husband returned to their native Australia in 2006.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Charlie Rose |series=[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]] |url=http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60244479 |season=21 |number=228 |publisher=Charlierose.com |airdate=22 July 2013 |access-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728203446/http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60244479 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindfood.com/article/cate-blanchett-a-wicked-talent/ |title=Cate Blanchett: A wicked talent |publisher=mindfood.com |first=Michele |last=Manelis |date=18 May 2015 |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705154315/http://www.mindfood.com/article/cate-blanchett-a-wicked-talent/ |archive-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett attributed the move to their desire to select a permanent home for her children, to be closer to her family, and to have a sense of belonging to the Australian theatrical community.<ref>{{citation|title=Head First |author=Michael Specter |date=November 2006 |work=Vogue}}</ref> In 2007, she and her family extensively renovated their home in the Sydney suburb of [[Hunters Hill, New South Wales|Hunters Hill]] to be more [[Environmentally friendly|eco-friendly]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/12/12/1102786948082.html |title=Cate buys mansion for $10m |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |first=Hannah|last=Edwards |date=12 December 2004 |access-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026133646/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/12/12/1102786948082.html |archive-date=26 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/cates-green-house/2007/07/07/1183351513267.html |title=Welcome to Cate Blanchett's dream eco-home |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=8 July 2007 |access-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026151831/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/cates-green-house/2007/07/07/1183351513267.html |archive-date=26 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following its sale in 2015, she and Upton relocated back to England and purchased a house in [[Crowborough]], [[East Sussex]], in early 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.domain.com.au/news/cate-blanchett-purchases-6-million-english-manor-highwell-house-20160118-gm7wig/ |title=Cate Blanchett purchases $6&nbsp;million English manor 'Highwell House' |first=Alexandra |last=Spangaro |date=18 January 2016 |publisher=[[Domain Group]] |access-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927155911/https://www.domain.com.au/news/cate-blanchett-purchases-6-million-english-manor-highwell-house-20160118-gm7wig/ |archive-date=27 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Blanchett has spoken about [[feminism]] and politics, telling [[Sky News]] in 2013 that she was concerned that "a wave of [[conservatism]] sweeping the globe" was threatening women's role in society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1143020/cate-blanchett-equality-for-women-being-lost |title=Cate Blanchett: Equality For Women Being Lost |publisher=[[Sky News]] |date=17 September 2013 |access-date=20 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124072155/http://news.sky.com/story/1143020/cate-blanchett-equality-for-women-being-lost |archive-date=24 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also commented on the pressures women in Hollywood face now: "Honestly, I think about my appearance less than I did ten years ago. People talk about the [[Studio system|golden age of Hollywood]] because of how women were lit then. You could be [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Bette Davis]] and work well into your 50s, because you were lit and made into a goddess. Now, with everything being sort of gritty, women have this sense of their use-by date."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neverunderdressed.com/beauty/bespoke/the-golden-age-of-cate-blanchett |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203735/http://www.neverunderdressed.com/beauty/bespoke/the-golden-age-of-cate-blanchett |archive-date=22 February 2014 |title=The Golden Age of Cate |work=Never Underdressed |first=Harriet |last=Walker |year=2014 |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

Blanchett was the first ambassador and has been a [[Patronage|patron]] of the [[Australian Film Institute]] and its academy, the [[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts]], since 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aacta.org/about-us/our-people/|title=About Us - Our People|publisher=[[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts|AACTA]]|access-date=13 April 2021|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202192953/https://www.aacta.org/about-us/our-people/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is also a patron of the [[Sydney Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/sydney-film-festival-to-kick-off-with-hanna-premiere-20110511-1eidu.html |title=Sydney Film Festival to kick off with Hanna premiere |date=11 May 2011 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227145000/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/sydney-film-festival-to-kick-off-with-hanna-premiere-20110511-1eidu.html |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and of the [[Venice Biennale#Australia|Australian Pavilion]] in the [[Venice Biennale]], speaking at its opening at the Venice Giardini in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/media-releases/launch-of-the-new-australian-pavilion-in-the-historic-venice-biennale-gardens/ |title=Launch of the new Australian Pavilion in the historic Venice Biennale Gardens |publisher=[[Australia Council for the Arts]] |date=23 April 2015 |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529221544/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/media-releases/launch-of-the-new-australian-pavilion-in-the-historic-venice-biennale-gardens/ |archive-date=29 May 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett spoke at former [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Gough Whitlam]]'s state funeral in 2014, and at the [[Margaret Whitlam]] dinner and fundraiser event hosted by politician [[Tanya Plibersek]] in June 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cate-blanchett-to-speak-at-tanya-plibersek-fundraiser-20150529-ghcpkx.html |title=Cate Blanchett to speak at Tanya Plibersek fundraiser |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=29 May 2015 |access-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529122417/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cate-blanchett-to-speak-at-tanya-plibersek-fundraiser-20150529-ghcpkx.html |archive-date=29 May 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Blanchett became a spokeswoman for and the face of [[SK-II]], the luxury skin care brand owned by [[Procter & Gamble]], in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/cate-blanchett-pictures-hair_n_2228419.html|title=Cate Blanchett On Her Teenage Goth Years, Making Worst-Dressed Lists And More (Photos)|author=Kitchens, Simone|date=4 December 2012|work=HuffPost|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129130728/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/cate-blanchett-pictures-hair_n_2228419.html|archive-date=29 January 2015|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/cate-blanchett-beauty-secrets-010413|title=Beauty diary: SK-II face Cate Blanchett|author=Kerry Pieri|date=4 January 2013|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204140853/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/cate-blanchett-beauty-secrets-010413|archive-date=4 December 2013|access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref> and brand ambassador for [[Armani|Giorgio Armani]] fragrances for women in 2013, being paid $10&nbsp;million for the latter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cate Blanchett Glows in $10 Million Armani Scent Campaign {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cate-blanchett-glows-10-million-606542|access-date=9 December 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 August 2013|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416093153/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cate-blanchett-glows-10-million-606542|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Armani announced Blanchett would become the first beauty ambassador for the company, representing it globally by absorbing responsibilities for skincare and make-up, in addition to her previous 2013 commitments to fragrances.<ref>Francesca Wallace (22 May 2018) — [https://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/news/cate-blanchett-is-the-new-face-of-giorgio-armani-beauty/news-story/0e64b96dc7ef84631060472094219a30 news] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227233019/https://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/news/cate-blanchett-is-the-new-face-of-giorgio-armani-beauty/news-story/0e64b96dc7ef84631060472094219a30 |date=27 February 2020 }}, published by [[Vogue Australia]] - accessed 27 February 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Weil|first1=Jennifer|date=1 February 2019|title=Exclusive: Cate Blanchett on Armani Perfume and Acting|url=https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/fragrance/exclusive-cate-blanchett-on-armani-perfume-and-acting-1202993666/|access-date=9 December 2020|website=WWD}}</ref> In 2022, [[Louis Vuitton]] announced Blanchett as its new house ambassador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziamagazine.com/us/articles/cate-blanchett-louis-vuitton/|title=Cate Blanchett Has Been Named Louis Vuitton's Newest Ambassador|author=Jessica Bailey|accessdate=15 July 2022|work=[[Grazia]] USA|date=28 June 2022 }}</ref>