Cate Blanchett’s most famous roles – in pictures The Australian actor has received critical acclaim throughout her career, most recently for a production of Gross Und Klein Tweet Cate Blanchett in Big And Small (Gross Und Klein) by Botho Strauss. The Sydney Theatre Company Production is being performed at the Barbican Theatre in London Photograph: Tristram Kenton Blanchett played Jane Winslett-Richardson in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Photograph: EPA Blanchett was one of several actors to play Bob Dylan in the biopic I'm Not There Photograph: Weinstein/Everett /Rex Features Blanchett starred in The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn opposite Leonardo Di Caprio's Howard Hughes Photograph: Miramax/Everett/Rex Features Her role in Elizabeth saw her win a Bafta and a Golden Globe for her performance Photograph: Universal/Allstar With Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Photograph: Lucas Film/Allstar The role of Galadriel in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy brought her a new level of fame Photograph: Mew Line Cinema/Allstar She starred as the eponymous Irish journalist in Veronica Guerin Photograph: Buena Vista/Allstar With Russell Crowe in Robin Hood Photograph: David Appleby/AP With Matt Damon in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr Ripley Photograph: Cinetext/Miramax/Allstar/ She played Magdalena Gilkeson in 2003's The Missing Photograph: Columbia/Allstar Blanchett and Judi Dench starred together in Notes On A Scandal Photograph: Fox Searchlight/Allstar George Clooney and Cate Blanchett as Jake Geismer and Lena Brandt in Steven Soderbergh's The Good German Photograph: Warner Bros/Allstar Blanchett with Ralph Fiennes in Oscar & Lucinda Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar As the eponymous Charlotte Gray in Gillian Armstrong's 2003 film Photograph: Filmfour/Allstar