00:00Kate, Kate of the clenched-jawed headburns, enchanting as always."
00:04Welcome to MissMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best moments in Kate
00:08Blanchett's career that turned her from an Australian actor into the queen of the industry.
00:13"'Kate, your temperament is much more that of an actor and less of a movie star.
00:18Do you think that an Oscar or…?"
00:19"'Oh darling, you've caught me on the wrong day.'"
00:2110.
00:23The Machiavellian Vegetarian Plan
00:25In 2016, news broke that Blanchett was doing some DIY by building a pig pen.
00:31Since then, she's spoken about the real reasons for getting the critters, a Machiavellian
00:35Vegetarian Plan.
00:36"'I thought if we had pigs, I would get the kids to bond with the pigs, and I would, if
00:41so facto, turn my kids into vegetarians.'"
00:44For Interview magazine in 2019, when talking to Julia Roberts, Blanchett mentioned her
00:49plan to convert her kids into a plant-diet diet.
00:53She wanted them to get attached to the farmyard animals, then, when the pigs perished, giving
00:57her kids sausages from them.
00:59However, it was unsuccessful as they coped with that revelation just fine.
01:03"'They said, the pigs are at the top, and I thought, this is the moment, they're all
01:07gonna be vegetarians.
01:08And I went, do we have any ketchup?''
01:10In 2024, Blanchett retold the tale on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
01:15She also brought up the darkly amusing detail that the pigs were named after a cigarette
01:19brand.
01:20"'They were called Benson & Hedges, because my husband said, we're gonna smoke them.'"
01:24Number 9.
01:25Oscar Playtime
01:26After watching the first How to Train Your Dragon with her kids, Blanchett had to sign
01:30up to be Hiccup's mother, Valka, in the 2014 sequel.
01:33"'Oh, and I'm up here, I don't even feel a cold, I just feel free.'"
01:40During a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, the Aussie was asked by a journalist
01:45if she would let her kids play with her Oscars.
01:48Without missing a beat, Blanchett replied with laid-back good humor,
01:50"'Every day, mummy sits them down, and I get my two Oscars out, and I let them stroke them
01:56for 15 minutes before they go to school.
01:58Now we know if they're good.'"
02:00During the same conference, another journalist invited Blanchett to Bangladesh.
02:04She enthusiastically agreed, and then quipped she would show his wife how to train her dragon.
02:09"'How do you like training your dragon?''
02:10"'We should probably have this conversation in private, I think.'"
02:13Number 8.
02:14Improvising with Fallon
02:15"'When you go out, like on the street, you're here in New York, you go out to restaurants,
02:18you love…'
02:19"'Oh no, I'm an actress, I don't eat.'"
02:21To keep the interview fresh on his show, The Tonight Show has the segment Emotional Interviews,
02:26where Jimmy Fallon and guests have to improvise a conversation before a ding gives them new
02:31criteria.
02:32In 2017, Blanchett was in the hot seat.
02:34She showed her comedic range right off the bat by slamming Fallon as exes who just ran
02:38into each other with subtle insults.
02:40"'You okay?
02:41I mean, I…'
02:42"'I've never been better, I just, I'm so happy…'
02:43"'My friends have been calling me and saying, you know…'
02:45"'I'm so happy.
02:46I mean, my friends are texting me…'
02:48"'Have you had some work done?''
02:49On top of fake laughing like someone in terrible pain, and giving bad advice about getting
02:54a perm, Blanchett took a few digs at the presidency of Donald Trump, drawing applause from the
02:59audience.
03:00"'I mean, how many times has he been bankrupt?''
03:08Number 7.
03:09A lesson we didn't know we needed.
03:10"'Today I went on Ellen's show and boy was it…'
03:13"'Ugh, embarrassing.'
03:14"'No, it's not.
03:15You're always…'
03:16"'It was fun!'
03:17"'It was fun.'"
03:18In 2018, Blanchett went on to The Ellen DeGeneres Show and played the pun-tastic game Fill in
03:25the Blanchett.
03:26When responding to Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend, blank, R, the actor responded
03:30with, "'Roller coasters!''
03:32But she added an important caveat.
03:34"'Roller coasters are a girl's best friend?'
03:37"'Yeah.
03:38All right.
03:39If you're wearing underwear.'
03:41Blanchett explained her stance by saying when people go to the park, they can look up at
03:45the roller coaster.
03:46There's a possibility they'll see a lot more than they intended if the person on the ride
03:49is going commando.
03:50We definitely noted that.
03:52However, with DeGeneres' bemused reaction, Blanchett was thinking twice about her tangent.
03:56"'It seemed like a good idea, but I really regret this.'"
04:01Number 6.
04:02Disney villain gaze.
04:03"'Oh, now you're signing.
04:05It's actually easy to understand you.
04:07We feel like we're from the same culture, but we're just not.'"
04:11In a move that launched a meme in 2015, when promoting her work in Cinderella, the Aussie
04:15sat down with Andrew Freund during the press junket.
04:18He asked Blanchett about the Disney villain gaze, as in, staring.
04:22However, she was confused and heard, "'Gaze' as in, G, in LGBTQIA+.
04:28Once she realized and explained her confusion, she threw in a limp wrist, which made Blanchett
04:32go viral.
04:33"'Oh, you mean the gaze.
04:35Not the gaze.'
04:37"'I didn't know.
04:38Well, Lady Tremaine, maybe if she was gay, maybe she would have been happier.'"
04:41During the same junket, while talking to Rotten Tomatoes, Blanchett discussed the chore she
04:46despises.
04:47In a hilarious anecdote, she explains her hatred of clearing up her dog's poop after
04:51being traumatized as a kid.
04:52At one point, the bag was the size of a toddler.
04:54"'I had the raining stuff at the bottom, and then they had the stuff that had been
04:58there for three weeks.
04:59I picked it.
05:00But it, that's my trauma.'"
05:03Number 5.
05:04Blasting onto the world stage.
05:06We know what you're thinking.
05:08When did the reign of Blanchett begin?
05:10Well, back in 1998.
05:12She starred in the title role in Elizabeth.
05:14"'Forgive me, madam, but you're only a woman.'
05:16"'I may be a woman, Sir William, but if I choose, I have the heart of a man.
05:25I am my father's daughter.
05:28I am not afraid of anything.'"
05:30Set during the rise of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland, the Aussie's phenomenal
05:35work catapulted her into stardom as film critics rained down praise for her.
05:39As a result, Blanchett ended up winning a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role
05:43and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.
05:47"'This is common sense, which is a most English virtue.'"
05:54She also got an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
05:57On top of this, when Blanchett reprised the role for 2007's Elizabeth, The Golden Age,
06:01she became the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar for portraying the same character
06:06in different films.
06:07"'And when this day of battle is ended, we meet again in heaven, or on the field of victory.'"
06:214.
06:22Oscar record breaker
06:232021 was a stellar year in Blanchett's career.
06:26Blanchett appeared in not one, but two films that were nominated at the Oscars for Best
06:30Picture.
06:31"'Tell them everything we did.'
06:32"'Did what?'
06:33"'Tell me.'
06:34"'We did it together.'
06:35"'I'm sorry, Mr. Carlyle, but have we met anywhere other than this office?'
06:42Firstly, she was in Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley, alongside Bradley Cooper.
06:47Then Blanchett followed it up in the satirical hit Don't Look Up.
06:50"'She really thought I loved you.'"
06:51"'Really?
06:52Wow.
06:53That's wild.'"
06:54While Blanchett didn't win anything personally, the nominations alone set her up as an Oscar
07:05record breaker.
07:06Since 1949, Olivia de Havilland, of Gone With the Wind fame, has held the record of a female
07:12actor who's starred in the most Oscar nominations for Best Picture with nine projects.
07:17Blanchett took over the record with nine so far.
07:20"'Is that French?'
07:23"'Yes, it is.
07:26It means the angels soar to the heavens.'"
07:323.
07:34Queen of Self-Deprecating Humor
07:35We knew we were in for a treat when Hoda Kotb introduced the segment as she suppressed
07:39laughter.
07:40In 2018, Blanchett and Sarah Paulson arrived on Today to promote their work in Ocean's
07:458.
07:46Kotb had little to do as the magic between the pair, who were channeling sister energy,
08:04did all the work.
08:05Making one joke after another as they mocked themselves and each other, the host was cry-laughing
08:09throughout, causing her mascara to run.
08:22The chaos of the segment was amazing, as Blanchett sat on Paulson's knee, and the two jested
08:27about their Oscar and Emmy awards.
08:29Some argued the duo barely promoted the film, however, we'd retort watching their chemistry
08:33made us want to see it.
08:352.
08:51First Oscar Win and Becoming a Pioneer
08:53After missing out on her first Oscar after 1998's Elizabeth, she finally got the chance
08:58to take the famous golden statue home after her performance in 2004's The Aviator.
09:04Based on the life of Howard Hughes, Blanchett was cast as Katharine Hepburn.
09:15Her in-depth research and mimicking the legend's mannerisms led to the Aussie actor receiving
09:20a mountain of praise for her work.
09:22As such, Blanchett picked up an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
09:39Blanchett's win was more than reaching the top of her industry.
09:42She also made history by becoming the first to receive an Oscar for portraying an Oscar-winning
09:46female actor, as Hepburn had won four during her illustrious career.
09:50Blanchett was the first Australian to win this category.
10:211.
10:22First Best Actress Oscar and Another Record
10:25It's not just the supporting role that garners Blanchett with awards.
10:29After her standout performance in 2013's Blue Jasmine, she was set to leave a massive legacy
10:33in the industry once again.
10:50At the 86th Academy Awards, Blanchett took home the prestigious Best Actress award.
10:56As a result, she became the first Australian female actor to win both categories at the
11:00Oscars.
11:01On top of that, at the time of writing, Blanchett's the only Aussie to have won two acting Oscars.
11:20On the Ellen DeGeneres Show after the ceremony, the actor stated that she took her Best Actress
11:25award to bed with her.
11:32If a current actor was to portray Cate Blanchett in a biopic, who would you cast?
11:37Jennifer Lawrence?
11:38Margot Robbie?
11:39Amanda Seyfried?
11:40Or someone else?
11:41Let us know below!
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