Quick Facts

Name: Cate Blanchett.

Birth Name: Catherine Elise Blanchett.

Date of Birth: May 14, 1969.

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Haircolour: Natural brown/dark blonde.

Eyecolour: Blue.

Height: 5'8" (1.75m).

Shoe size: 6 (39).

Education: Melbourne University in Melbourne, Australia (majored in Art History).

National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia (graduated in 1992).

Husband: Screenwriter and film editor Andrew Upton. Cate met screenwriter Andrew Upton during the making of Chekov's The Seagull in 1997. The couple married in the Blue Mountains National Park of New South Wales on December 29, 1997.

Father: Robert Blanchett, advertising executive and former Naval officer (passed away in 1979 due to a heart attack).

Mother: June Blanchett, businesswoman and former teacher.

Siblings: Older brother Bob Blanchett (computer programmer) and younger sister Genevieve Blanchett (architect).

Children: Dashiell John Upton (born on December 3, 2001, named after Andrew's favorite novelist, Dashiell Hammett), Roman Robert Upton (born on April 23, 2004 in London), and Ignatius Martin Upton (born on April 13, 2008 in Sydney).