Editing Cate Blanchett (section)

===2008–2011: Directing the Sydney Theatre Company===
Blanchett next appeared in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (2008), as the villainous [[KGB]] agent Col. Dr. [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Irina Spalko|Irina Spalko]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2008/04/17/ford-spielberg-and-lucas-talk-indiana-jones/ |title=Ford, Spielberg and Lucas Talk 'Indiana Jones' |publisher=[[Moviefone]] |date=17 April 2008 |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402190730/http://news.moviefone.com/2008/04/17/ford-spielberg-and-lucas-talk-indiana-jones/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences but was a major box office success, grossing over $790&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2321253889/|access-date=27 October 2020|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526155546/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajones4.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[David Fincher]]'s Oscar-nominated ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', she co-starred with Brad Pitt for a second time, playing the title character's love interest, Daisy Fuller. In the same year, Blanchett voiced the character of Granmamare for the English language version of [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Ponyo]]'', released in July 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/nov/27/hayaomiyazaki |title=English-language cast announced for Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff |work=The Guardian |access-date=30 November 2008 |date=27 November 2008 |location=London |first=Ben |last=Child |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930144632/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/nov/27/hayaomiyazaki |archive-date=30 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Cate Blanchett 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Blanchett at the 2011 [[Sydney Film Festival]]]]

Also in 2008, Blanchett and her husband [[Andrew Upton]] became co-CEOs and artistic directors of the [[Sydney Theatre Company]].<ref name=brw>{{cite web |url=http://www.brw.com.au/p/leadership/cate_blanchett_on_why_being_ceo_2NSYcMtFqq3vGhz3jhnOyL |title=Cate Blanchett on why being CEO is a matter of instinct |work=[[BRW (magazine)|Business Review Weekly]] |date=27 June 2014 |access-date=17 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221307/http://www.brw.com.au/p/leadership/cate_blanchett_on_why_being_ceo_2NSYcMtFqq3vGhz3jhnOyL |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/a-class-act-how-cate-blanchett-saved-stc |title=A class act: the discreet charm of cate blanchett |author=Margot Saville |date=27 June 2014 |work=dailyreview.crikey.com.au |access-date=17 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705181635/http://dailyreview.crikey.com.au/a-class-act-how-cate-blanchett-saved-stc |archive-date=5 July 2015 }}</ref> Blanchett returned to acting in the theatre in 2009 with the Sydney Theatre Company production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', directed by [[Liv Ullmann]]. She starred as [[Blanche DuBois]] alongside [[Joel Edgerton]] as [[Stanley Kowalski]]. Ullmann and Blanchett had been meaning to collaborate on a project since Ullman's intended film adaption of ''[[A Doll's House]]'' fell by the wayside. Blanchett proposed embarking on ''Streetcar'' to Ullmann, who jumped at the opportunity after initial discussion.<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Charlie Rose Show |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564516/ |series=[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]] |network=[[PBS]] |season=12 |number=8 |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315103504/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564516/ |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638158/ |title=Masterclass: Liv Ullmann |series=[[Masterclass (TV series)|Masterclass]] |network=[[HBO]] |season=1 |number=2 |date=25 April 2010 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009192313/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638158/ |archive-date=9 October 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''A Streetcar Named Desire'' production travelled from Sydney to the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] in New York, and the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/a-streetcar-named-desire-with-cate-blanchett-to-play-kennedy-center-and-bam-152707 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire, with Cate Blanchett, to Play Kennedy Center and BAM |work=[[Playbill]] |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205203845/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/a-streetcar-named-desire-with-cate-blanchett-to-play-kennedy-center-and-bam-152707 |archive-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/97633/cate-blanchett-coming-to-bam-and-kennedy-center-in-a-streetcar-named-desire/ |title=Cate Blanchett Coming to BAM and Kennedy Center in A Streetcar Named Desire |publisher=[[Key Brand Entertainment]] |date=25 August 2008 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403010119/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/97633/cate-blanchett-coming-to-bam-and-kennedy-center-in-a-streetcar-named-desire/ |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was a critical and commercial success and Blanchett received acclaim for her performance as Blanche DuBois.{{refn|<ref name=MIL/><ref>{{cite web |title=A Streetcar Named Desire |publisher=[[Sydney Theatre Company]] |url=http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/2009/astreetcarnameddesire |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614153332/http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/2009/astreetcarnameddesire |archive-date=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/is-desire-enough-to-bring-streetcar-to-broadway/ |title=Is Desire Enough to Bring 'Streetcar' to Broadway? |work=The New York Times |author=Healy, Patrick |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908035130/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/is-desire-enough-to-bring-streetcar-to-broadway/ |archive-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyork.usa.embassy.gov.au/nycg/Cul1Wi09.html |title=Blanchett Impresses New York Audience |publisher=Newyork.usa.embassy.gov.au |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145254/http://www.newyork.usa.embassy.gov.au/nycg/Cul1Wi09.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} ''[[The New York Times]]'' critic [[Ben Brantley]] said, "Ms. Ullmann and Ms. Blanchett have performed the play as if it had never been staged before, with the result that, as a friend of mine put it, 'you feel like you're hearing words you thought you knew pronounced correctly for the first time.{{'"}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html |title=A Fragile Flower Rooted to the Earth |work=The New York Times |author=Brantley, Ben |date=3 December 2009 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317130058/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[John Lahr]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' wrote of her portrayal, "with her alert mind, her informed heart, and her lithe, patrician silhouette, [Blanchett] gets it right from the first beat&nbsp;... I don't expect to see a better performance of this role in my lifetime."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/dangerous-liaisons-2 |title=Dangerous Liaisons |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|last=Lahr|first=John|author-link=John Lahr|date=14 December 2009 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316193242/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/12/14/dangerous-liaisons-2 |archive-date=16 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jane Fonda]], who attended a New York show, deemed it "perhaps the greatest stage performance I have ever seen",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.janefonda.com/cate-blanchett/ |title=Cate Blanchett |publisher=Janefonda.com |author=Jane Fonda |date=11 December 2009 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233741/http://www.janefonda.com/cate-blanchett/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Meryl Streep]] declared, "That performance was as naked, as raw and extraordinary and astonishing and surprising and scary as anything I've ever seen&nbsp;... I thought I'd seen that play, I thought I knew all the lines by heart, because I've seen it so many times, but I'd never seen the play until I saw that performance."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/meryl-streeps-complicated-life/story-e6frf92f-1225814962777 |title=Meryl Streep's complicated life |work=[[Herald Sun]] |author=Masterson, Lawrie |date=2 January 2010 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206232310/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/meryl-streeps-complicated-life/story-e6frf92f-1225814962777 |url-status=live }}</ref> Blanchett won the [[Sydney Theatre Awards|Sydney Theatre Award]] for Best Actress in a Leading Role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/streetcar-and-when-the-rain-stops-falling-earn-sydney-theatre-awards-165033 |title=Streetcar and When the Rain Stops Falling Earn Sydney Theatre Awards |work=[[Playbill]] |date=18 January 2010 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204603/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/streetcar-and-when-the-rain-stops-falling-earn-sydney-theatre-awards-165033 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The production and Blanchett received [[Helen Hayes Awards]], for Outstanding Non-Resident Production and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production award, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/ragtime-streetcar-eclipsed-and-antebellum-are-helen-hayes-award-winners-167411 |title=Ragtime, Streetcar, Eclipsed and Antebellum Are Helen Hayes Award Winners |work=[[Playbill]] |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102128/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/ragtime-streetcar-eclipsed-and-antebellum-are-helen-hayes-award-winners-167411 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, Blanchett starred as [[Maid Marian|Lady Marion]] opposite [[Russell Crowe]]'s titular hero in [[Ridley Scott]]'s [[epic film|epic]] ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''. The film received mixed reviews from critics<ref>{{Citation|title=Robin Hood|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/robin-hood|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014239/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/robin-hood|url-status=live}}</ref> but was a financial success, earning $321&nbsp;million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robin Hood|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0955308/?ref_=bo_se_r_2|access-date=10 November 2020|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116052549/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0955308/?ref_=bo_se_r_2|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, she played the antagonist CIA agent Marissa Wiegler in [[Joe Wright]]'s action thriller film ''[[Hanna (film)|Hanna]]'', co-starring with [[Saoirse Ronan]] and [[Eric Bana]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |date=11 October 2014 |title=Hanna: Joe Wright's pride and extreme prejudice – film on TV recap |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/11/hanna-saoirse-ronan-cate-blanchett-joe-wright-film-recap |work=The Guardian |access-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20141015085324/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/11/hanna-saoirse-ronan-cate-blanchett-joe-wright-film-recap |archive-date=15 October 2014}}</ref>

In 2011, Blanchett took part in two Sydney Theatre Company productions. She played Lotte Kotte in a new translation of [[Botho Strauß]]'s 1978 play ''[[Big and Small|Groß und klein]]'' (''Big and Small'') from [[Martin Crimp]], directed by [[Benedict Andrews]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/159672/cate-blanchett-to-star-in-big-and-small-at-londons-barbican-theatre/ |title=Cate Blanchett to Star in Big and Small at London's Barbican Theatre |publisher=[[Key Brand Entertainment]] |date=30 January 2012 |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402205857/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/159672/cate-blanchett-to-star-in-big-and-small-at-londons-barbican-theatre/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> After its Sydney run, the production travelled to London, Paris, the [[Vienna Festival]] and [[Ruhrfestspiele]].<ref name=MIL/> Blanchett and the production received wide acclaim.{{refn|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austria.embassy.gov.au/files/vien/AustralianEmbassyNewsletter_MAY%202012.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134930/http://www.austria.embassy.gov.au/files/vien/AustralianEmbassyNewsletter_MAY%202012.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Gross und klein – Wiener Festwochen featuring Cate Blanchett and the Sydney Theatre Company |publisher=Austria.embassy.gov.au |access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatredelaville-paris.com/spectacle-bigandsmalllucbondy-340 |title=Big and Small – Spectacles – Théâtre de la Ville |publisher=[[Théâtre de la Ville]] |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181251/http://www.theatredelaville-paris.com/spectacle-bigandsmalllucbondy-340 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=12414 |title=Barbican – Sydney Theatre Company : Big and Small (Gross und Klein) |publisher=[[Barbican Centre]] |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311011057/http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=12414 |archive-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aussietheatre.com.au/news/easter-success-stcs-gross-und-klein-big-and-small-a-triumph-in-paris |title=Easter Success: STC's Gross und Klein (Big and Small) a triumph in Paris |publisher=Aussietheatre.com |date=8 April 2012 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150302/http://aussietheatre.com.au/news/easter-success-stcs-gross-und-klein-big-and-small-a-triumph-in-paris |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/14/cate-blanchett-on-stage-gross-und-klein_n_1514595.html |title=Cate Blanchett On Stage: 'Gross Und Klein' Review |work=HuffPost |author=Tucker, Matthew |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180533/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/14/cate-blanchett-on-stage-gross-und-klein_n_1514595.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} Blanchett was nominated for the [[Evening Standard Theatre Awards|''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards]] for Best Actress,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-adrian-lester-and-his-writer-wife-lolita-chakrabarti-shortlisted-8306478.html |title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Adrian Lester and his writer wife Lolita Chakrabarti shortlisted |work=London Evening Standard |date=12 November 2012 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153422/http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-adrian-lester-and-his-writer-wife-lolita-chakrabarti-shortlisted-8306478.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and won the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sydney-theatre-companys-big-and-small-starring-cate-blanchett-opens-in-lond-192498 |title=Sydney Theatre Company's Big and Small, Starring Cate Blanchett, Opens in London April 14 |work=[[Playbill]] |date=14 April 2012 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924204710/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sydney-theatre-companys-big-and-small-starring-cate-blanchett-opens-in-lond-192498 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Helpmann Award]] for Best Actress.<ref name="Helpmann" /> She then played Yelena, opposite [[Hugo Weaving]] and [[Richard Roxburgh]], in Andrew Upton's adaptation of [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', which travelled to the Kennedy Center and the [[New York City Center]] as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/features/article/a-letter-from-australia-love-never-dies-annie-cate-blanchett-david-williams-187066 |title=A Letter From Australia: Love Never Dies, Annie, Cate Blanchett, David Williamson and More |work=[[Playbill]] |date=1 February 2012 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122505/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/a-letter-from-australia-love-never-dies-annie-cate-blanchett-david-williams-187066 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The production and Blanchett received critical acclaim,{{refn|<ref name="Haun"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-cate-blanchett-20120715-story.html |title=In the moment with Cate Blanchett |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Charles |last=McNulty |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=26 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526204316/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/14/entertainment/la-et-cm-cate-blanchett-20120715 |archive-date=26 May 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2012/july/tomcast-uncle-vanya,-plus-reviews |title=Tomcast: Uncle Vanya, Plus Reviews |publisher=[[Sydney Theatre Company]] |date=27 July 2012 |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312194946/https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2012/july/tomcast-uncle-vanya,-plus-reviews |archive-date=12 March 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} with ''The New York Times''{{'}} Ben Brantley declaring, "I consider the three hours I spent on Saturday night watching [the characters] complain about how bored they are among the happiest of my theatregoing life&nbsp;... This Uncle Vanya gets under your skin like no other I have seen&nbsp;... [Blanchett] confirms her status as one of the best and bravest actresses on the planet."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/theater/reviews/chekhovs-slugfest-with-pratfalls.html |title=Chekhov's Slugfest, With Pratfalls |work=The New York Times |author=Brantley, Ben |date=7 August 2011 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405121957/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/theater/reviews/chekhovs-slugfest-with-pratfalls.html |archive-date=5 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Washington Post''{{'}}s Peter Marks dubbed the production Washington, D.C.'s top theatrical event of 2011.<ref name="Haun"/> Blanchett received the [[Helen Hayes Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production, and the Helpmann Award for Best Actress.<ref name="Helpmann">{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/cate-blanchett-wins-fourth-helpmann-award/story-fni0fcgk-1227028292059 |title=Cate Blanchett wins fourth Helpmann Award |work=[[Herald Sun]] |date=18 August 2014 |access-date=1 March 2015 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103210352/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/cate-blanchett-wins-fourth-helpmann-award/story-fni0fcgk-1227028292059 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2012/legit/news/hayes-names-theater-award-winners-1118053056/ |title=Hayes names theater award winners |work=Variety |date=24 April 2012 |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207073326/http://variety.com/2012/legit/news/hayes-names-theater-award-winners-1118053056/ |archive-date=7 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>