Editing Cate Blanchett (section)

==Style and reception==
[[File:Cate Blanchett at the Tropfest Opens (2012) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|upright|Blanchett at the 2012 [[Tropfest]] in Sydney, Australia]]

Blanchett is regarded as one of the finest and most versatile actors of her generation.{{refn|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/cate-blanchett-greatest-living-actor-1234600769/|title=Is Cate Blanchett Our Greatest Living Actor?|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=17 October 2022|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=26 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226154615/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/cate-blanchett-greatest-living-actor-1234600769/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/01/culture.features|title=Cate Blanchett: Life after Elizabeth|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 2000|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211171543/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/01/culture.features|archive-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Merkin">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/magazine/what-the-camera-sees-in-her.html|title=What the Camera Sees in Her|work=[[New York Times]]|first=Daphne|last=Merkin|date=9 November 2003|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=26 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226154836/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/09/magazine/what-the-camera-sees-in-her.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Britannica"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/cate-blanchett-reveling-return-to-the-throne-20071014-ge61p5.html|title=Cate Blanchett reveling return to the throne|work=[[The Age]]|date=14 October 2007|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915013136/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/cate-blanchett-reveling-return-to-the-throne-20071014-ge61p5.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/gross-und-klein-big-and-small|title=Gross und Klein (Big and Small)|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date=16 April 2012|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915013136/https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/gross-und-klein-big-and-small|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/news/one-for-me-cate-blanchett-blue-jasmine|title=One for Me / One for Them: Cate Blanchett|publisher=[[Tribeca Film Festival]]|first=Joe|last=Reid|date=26 July 2013|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915013136/https://tribecafilm.com/news/one-for-me-cate-blanchett-blue-jasmine|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/cate-blanchett-on-truth-and-quentin-tarantino.html|title=Cate Blanchett on Truth, Quentin Tarantino, and Her Very Big Year|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|first=Kyle|last=Buchanan|date=6 October 2015|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418185703/https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/cate-blanchett-on-truth-and-quentin-tarantino.html|archive-date=18 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cate-blanchett-armory-julian-rosefeldt/|title=Cate Blanchett Stars in a Massive Art Installation Coming to New York|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Kara|last=Weisenstein|date=9 August 2016|access-date=14 September 2022|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207225339/https://www.vice.com/en/article/jpvzay/cate-blanchett-armory-julian-rosefeldt|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/theater/blanchett-to-make-broadway-debut-in-play-directed-by-john-crowley.html|title=Cate Blanchett to Make Broadway Debut in Play Directed by John Crowley|work=[[New York Times]]|first=Michael|last=Paulson|date=27 January 2016|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315045111/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/theater/blanchett-to-make-broadway-debut-in-play-directed-by-john-crowley.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/manifesto-trailer-cate-blanchett-13-characters/|title=Watch Cate Blanchett play 13 characters in the Manifesto trailer|work=[[Little White Lies (magazine)|Little White Lies]]|first=Dan|last=Einav|date=18 January 2017|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005051612/https://lwlies.com/articles/manifesto-trailer-cate-blanchett-13-characters/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/cate-blanchett-10-best-films-roles-when-we-have-sufficiently-tortured-each-other-play-a8738646.html|title=Cate Blanchett: 10 of her best films, from Lord of the Rings to Blue Jasmine|work=[[The Independent]]|first1=Alexandra|last1=Pollard|first2=Clarisse|last2=Loughrey|date=24 January 2019|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=26 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226154525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/cate-blanchett-10-best-films-roles-when-we-have-sufficiently-tortured-each-other-play-a8738646.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/05/from-ice-queen-to-hothead-how-cate-blanchett-negotiated-stardom-on-her-own-terms|title=From ice queen to hothead: how Cate Blanchett negotiated stardom on her own terms|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Sarah|last=Hughes|date=5 July 2020|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904210502/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/05/from-ice-queen-to-hothead-how-cate-blanchett-negotiated-stardom-on-her-own-terms|archive-date=4 September 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cate-blanchett-favourite-books-all-time/|title=Cate Blanchett named her favourite books of all time|work=[[Far Out Magazine]]|first=Swapnil|last=Dhruv Bose|date=14 May 2022|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915013125/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cate-blanchett-favourite-books-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/movies/cate-blanchett-tar-reviews/|title=Cate Blanchett Is Getting Some Of The Best Reviews Of Her Oscar-Winning Career For Her New Film, 'Tár'|work=[[Uproxx]]|first=Josh|last=Kurp|date=1 September 2022|accessdate=14 September 2022|archive-date=26 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226154836/https://uproxx.com/movies/cate-blanchett-tar-reviews/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} She is noted for her ability to play characters from many different walks of life, and for headlining and being an ensemble player in a wide range of film genres and production scales, from low-budget independent films to high-profile blockbusters.{{refn|<ref name="Grierson"/><ref name="vogue">{{cite web |date=5 January 2018 |title=Cate Blanchett in 10 memorable roles |url=https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/article/story/cannes-2018-cate-blanchett-in-10-memorable-roles/781 |access-date=10 December 2020 |website=Vogue Paris |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813090617/https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/article/story/cannes-2018-cate-blanchett-in-10-memorable-roles/781 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rumbelow|first=Helen|title=Cate Blanchett: My next role? A Trump‑loving anti‑feminist|newspaper=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/cate-blanchett-interview-my-next-role-a-trump-loving-anti-feminist-kbw3jjrvj|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020040406/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cate-blanchett-interview-my-next-role-a-trump-loving-anti-feminist-kbw3jjrvj|url-status=live}}</ref>}} She has also been praised for her mastery over a wide array of diverse accents, including English, Irish, French, and various regional American accents.{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|last=Academy|first=New York Film|date=3 August 2018|title=Actors With the Best Fake Accents in Films|url=https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/actors-best-fake-accents-films/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Student Resources|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020115403/https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/actors-best-fake-accents-films/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Merkin"/><ref name="Grierson"/>}} In a 2022 readers' poll by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine, Blanchett was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.<ref name="empirepoll">{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Travis|first2=Sophie|last2=Butcher|first3=Nick|last3=De Semlyen|first4=James|last4=Dyer|first5=John|last5=Nugent|first6=Alex|last6=Godfrey|first7=Helen|last7=O'Hara|title=Empire's 50 Greatest Actors of All Time List, Revealed|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-actors/|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=20 December 2022|access-date=4 February 2023|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229101239/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-actors|url-status=live}}</ref>

Commenting on her appeal as a screen actor in [[Vulture.com|''Vulture'']], [[Will Leitch]] and Tim Grierson stated that her greatest skill was "her ability to combine relatability and elusiveness: She is always completely present and yet just out of grasp. She has been forever daring, uncompromising and perpetually, resolutely, herself."<ref name="Grierson">{{cite web|last=Grierson|first=Will Leitch, Tim|date=3 November 2017|title=Every Cate Blanchett Performance, Ranked|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/every-cate-blanchett-movie-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019040416/https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/every-cate-blanchett-movie-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html|archive-date=19 October 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Vulture}}</ref> Blanchett's performance in the film [[Carol (film)|''Carol'']] was ranked as the 2nd best movie performance of the decade by [[IndieWire]] in 2019. Writing of her performance in the film, Christian Zilko states, "The greatest performance in a career where almost every role feels like a legitimate contender, Cate Blanchett's take on Carol Aird is a veritable symphony of repressive silence."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ehrlich|first=David|date=23 July 2019|title=The 50 Best Movie Performances of the Decade|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-acting-movies-2010s-performances/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104010746/https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-acting-movies-2010s-performances/|archive-date=4 November 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=IndieWire}}</ref>

Blanchett has been cited in the press as being a style icon and has frequently topped lists of the best dressed women in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=We're Calling It: These Are the 50 Best Dressed Women of 2019|url=https://www.instyle.com/fashion/2019-best-dressed-women|access-date=18 October 2020|website=InStyle|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019091917/https://www.instyle.com/fashion/2019-best-dressed-women|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Friedman|first=Vanessa|author-link=Vanessa Friedman|date=23 December 2019|title=What Does Being Best Dressed Mean?|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/style/International-best-dressed-list-goodbye.html|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019184712/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/style/International-best-dressed-list-goodbye.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The 2014 International Best-Dressed List|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2014/07/the-2014-international-best-dressed-list|access-date=18 October 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=30 July 2014|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022045451/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2014/07/the-2014-international-best-dressed-list|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Blanchett was named the third most naturally beautiful woman of all time by a panel of beauty and fashion editors, make-up artists, model agencies and photographers, behind [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Liv Tyler]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 May 2004|title=Audrey Hepburn tops beauty poll|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3763887.stm|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018084402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3763887.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> She was in [[Empire (magazine)|''Empire'']]'s list of the "100 Sexiest Movie Stars of All-Time" in 2007 and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 December 2007|title=Empire's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100sexiest/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Empire|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019082127/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100sexiest/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=7 October 2013|title=The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars: The Women|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest-women/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=Empire|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803055046/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-sexiest-women/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, she was named in ''The Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s listing of "Women in Entertainment Power 100".<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2022 |title=The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 Women in Entertainment Power 100 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/the-hollywood-reporters-2022-women-in-entertainment-power-100/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209183814/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/the-hollywood-reporters-2022-women-in-entertainment-power-100/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2006, a portrait of Blanchett and her family painted by [[McLean Edwards]] was a finalist for the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]]' [[Archibald Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/06/finalists/archibald |title=Archibald Prize 06 |publisher=Art Gallery of New South Wales |access-date=26 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629011906/http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/06/finalists/archibald |archive-date=29 June 2008}}</ref> Another portrait of Blanchett was a finalist for the Archibald Prize in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/29497/ |title=Tim Maguire: Cate, take 1 / Cate, take 2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706012637/http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2014/29497/ |archive-date=6 July 2015 |publisher=Art Gallery of New South Wales |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> Blanchett appeared in a series of [[Commemorative stamp|commemorative postage stamps]] called [[Australian Legends]] in 2009, in recognition of the outstanding contribution made to Australian entertainment and culture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy winners are stamped as 2009 Legends |url=http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH4661%257EMO19,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204091128/http://auspost.com.au/BCP/0%2C1467%2CCH4661~MO19%2C00.html |archive-date=4 February 2009 |work=[[Australia Post]] |access-date=5 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, [[Madame Tussauds Hollywood]] unveiled a wax statue of Blanchett draped in a recreation of the [[Yellow Valentino dress of Cate Blanchett|yellow Valentino dress]] she wore to the [[77th Academy Awards]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.madametussauds.com/hollywood/newsandevents/cate-blanchett.aspx |title=Cate Blanchett Arrives in Hollywood |publisher=[[Madame Tussauds]] |access-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708014759/https://www.madametussauds.com/Hollywood/NewsAndEvents/Cate-Blanchett.aspx |archive-date=8 July 2015}}</ref> In 2019, Blanchett was among the "10 inspirational women honored with a larger-than-life bronze sculpture" as part of the Statues for Equality project, which "aims to balance gender representation in public art and honor women's contributions to society". The bronze statues were unveiled on Women's Equality Day: 26 August 2019 on Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Blanchett's statue is "a creation based on a single image from the 2003 photoshoot by Matt Jones for ''[[Movieline| Movieline's Hollywood Life]]'' magazine."<ref>{{cite web |title=Cate Blanchett gets a sculpture as part of the Statues for Equality project |date=3 September 2019 |url=https://statuesforequality.com/blogs/news/cate-blanchett-gets-a-sculpture-as-part-of-the-statues-for-equality-project |access-date=30 March 2021 |website=statuesforequality.com |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416092455/https://statuesforequality.com/blogs/news/cate-blanchett-gets-a-sculpture-as-part-of-the-statues-for-equality-project |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cate Blanchett |website=statuesforequality.com |url=https://statuesforequality.com/pages/cate-blanchett |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316100307/https://statuesforequality.com/pages/cate-blanchett |url-status=live }}</ref>