Cate is the C-spelling variant of Kate — from the Greek katharos (pure). **Cate Blanchett (born 1969)** — **Australian actress with eight Academy Award nominations and two wins: Best Supporting Actress for *The Aviator* (2004, playing Katharine Hepburn) and Best Actress for *Blue Jasmine* (2013)**. **Three BAFTAs, four Golden Globes, three SAG Awards, and the Volpi Cup at Venice (2007, 2022)**. **Co-Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company 2008-2012 with husband Andrew Upton**. **Played the elven queen Galadriel across six Peter Jackson Tolkien films (2001-2014)**. **United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador (since 2016) — has visited Lebanese, Jordanian, and Bangladeshi refugee camps**. **Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (2017)**. **Cate Le Bon** — Welsh musician. **Cate Edwards** — daughter of John Edwards.
Subject of countless cinema studies.
Cate reduces to four — the number of two Oscars.