Cate Blanchett is an Academy Award-winning Australian actress and theatre director best known for appearing as Elizabeth I of England in the flick ‘Elizabeth’ and as Katharine Hepburn in the movie ‘The Aviator’. Besides her work in films, Blanchett has also enjoyed an extensive career in theatre and is a four-time Helpmann Award winner for ‘Best Female Actor in a Play’. She first became interested in acting while in college but was confused about pursuing it professionally. She enrolled at the University of Melbourne to study economics but dropped out soon in order to pursue an acting career. She then flew overseas and took acting classes before landing her first acting role. Within years, she established herself successfully not only in her native country but also on an international level. As of March 2018, she is the only actress to receive Academy Award nominations for playing the same role in two movies (she played Elizabeth I in both ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’). Also, she is the only Australian artiste to receive two Academy Awards for acting.