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1. Cate is the first performer to be awarded an Academy Award for playing a previous Oscar-winning actor - Katharine Hepburn.

2. Cate graduated from Sydney's NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) in 1992.

3. Cate's father, Robert Blanchett, was a former Naval officer.

and her older brother, Bob, who is a computer programmer and a younger sister, Genevieve who is a theater designer.

4. Cate gave birth to her son Dashiell John on December 3, 2001 and her son Roman Robert on April 23, 2004.

5. After completing work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics.

6. Has said, "If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!"

7. Was the original 'Tim-Tam' girl in the series of commercials promoting the product.

8. Has said, "I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset."

9. Has been quoted as saying, "You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."

10. Has said "Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned (and) we should not turn a blind eye to them."

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