List of awards and nominations received by Cate Blanchett


The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Australian actress Cate Blanchett. Among her numerous accolades for her performances, she has received two Academy Awards, six AACTA Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Helpmann Awards, three Independent Spirit Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, and Venice Film Festival. Her performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator, made her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. Blanchett is only the third actress, after Meryl Streep and Jessica Lange, to win Best Actress after winning Best Supporting Actress. She is one of only six actors in the history of the Oscars to be nominated twice for portraying the same role in two films, and the eleventh actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. She is also the only Australian to win two acting Oscars.
Blanchett received Premiere magazine's Icon Award in 2006. In 2008, she received the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Modern Master Award in recognition of her accomplishments in the film industry. Also in 2008, she was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. She received Women in Film and Television International's Crystal Award for excellence in the entertainment industry in 2014. In 2015, Blanchett was honoured at the Museum of Modern Art's Film Benefit for her outstanding contributions to the industry. She received the British Film Institute Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film, presented to her by fellow actor Ian McKellen. Blanchett was the recipient of the AACTA Longford Lyell Award for her "outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Australia's screen environment and culture". In 2016, she received the Costume Designers Guild Lacoste Spotlight Award, in honour of an "enduring commitment to excellence" and her "appreciation for the artistry of costume design and collaboration with the Costume Designers".
In June 2017, Blanchett was named a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the performing arts and as a supporter of humanitarian and environmental causes, which entitles her to use the post-nominal letters "AC" after her name. Blanchett was appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture in 2012, in recognition of her significant contributions to the arts. Blanchett was awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society by the Australian government. She has been presented with a Doctor of Letters from University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, and Macquarie University, in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to the arts, philanthropy, and the community.

Major Awards

OrganizationsYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Academy Awards1999Best ActressElizabeth
Academy Awards2005Best Supporting ActressThe Aviator
Academy Awards2007Best Supporting ActressNotes on a Scandal
Academy Awards2008Best Supporting ActressI'm Not There
Academy Awards2008Best Actress'
Academy Awards2014Best ActressBlue Jasmine
Academy Awards2016Best ActressCarol
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards1997Best Supporting ActressThank God He Met Lizzie
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards1998Best Lead ActressOscar and Lucinda
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards2005Best Lead ActressLittle Fish
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards2005News Limited Readers' Choice Award
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards2008Best International Lead Actress'
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards2015Longford Lyell Award
British Academy Film Awards1999Best Actress in a Leading RoleElizabeth
British Academy Film Awards2000Best Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Talented Mr. Ripley
British Academy Film Awards2005Best Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Aviator
British Academy Film Awards2008Best Actress in a Supporting RoleI'm Not There
British Academy Film Awards2008Best Actress in a Leading Role'
British Academy Film Awards2014Best Actress in a Leading RoleBlue Jasmine
British Academy Film Awards2016Best Actress in a Leading RoleCarol
Golden Globe Awards1999Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaElizabeth
Golden Globe Awards2002Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyBandits
Golden Globe Awards2004Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaVeronica Guerin
Golden Globe Awards2005Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureThe Aviator
Golden Globe Awards2007Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNotes on a Scandal
Golden Globe Awards2008Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureI'm Not There
Golden Globe Awards2008Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama'
Golden Globe Awards2014Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaBlue Jasmine
Golden Globe Awards2016Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaCarol
Golden Globe Awards2020Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
Helpmann Awards2005Best Female Actor in a PlayHedda Gabler
Helpmann Awards2009Best Female Actor in a PlayThe War of the Roses Cycle
Helpmann Awards2011Best Female Actor in a PlayUncle Vanya
Helpmann Awards2012Best Female Actor in a PlayBig and Small
Helpmann Awards2014Best Female Actor in a PlayThe Maids
Helpmann Awards2016Best Female Actor in a PlayThe Present
Primetime Emmy Awards2020Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Television MovieMrs. America
Primetime Emmy Awards2020Outstanding Limited Series Mrs. America
Screen Actors Guild Awards1999Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleElizabeth
Screen Actors Guild Awards2002Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureBandits
Screen Actors Guild Awards2002Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of '
Screen Actors Guild Awards2003Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of '
Screen Actors Guild Awards2004Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of '
Screen Actors Guild Awards2005Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureThe Aviator
Screen Actors Guild Awards2005Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of The Aviator
Screen Actors Guild Awards2007Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of Babel
Screen Actors Guild Awards2007Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureNotes on a Scandal
Screen Actors Guild Awards2008Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureI'm Not There
Screen Actors Guild Awards2008Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture'
Screen Actors Guild Awards2009Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Screen Actors Guild Awards2014Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion PictureBlue Jasmine
Screen Actors Guild Awards2016Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion PictureCarol
Tony Awards2017Best Actress in a PlayThe Present

Miscellaneous Awards

State and academic honours

Country or organizationYearAward or Honor
Australia2001Centenary Medal
Australia2017Order of Australia
France2003Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - Chevalier
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce2008Hollywood Walk of Fame
Macquarie University2014Honorary Doctor of Letters
Norway2006Ibsen Centennial Commemoration Award
University of New South Wales2009Honorary Doctorate of Letters
University of Sydney2012Doctor of Letters