Fascinating Details About The Iconic Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969. Her dad, Robert, was American, from Texas, and dropped out of school as a teen to later join the Navy. While serving, a naval ship that Robert was on broke down in Melbourne, which is where he met Blanchett's mom June, a local school teacher. Robert then returned back to Australia, where he and June got married. 

Blanchett grew up in the suburbs of Melbourne with "a lot of hidden communal spaces," she recalled to 1843 Magazine. According to the future actor, "my childhood was basically me trying to be Trixie Belden or Nancy Drew on my bike, dropping notes that I would then kid myself I hadn't dropped, treating them as clues." She is the middle child in the family, with an older brother Bob and younger sister Genevieve. Aside from some basic facts, Blanchett is hesitant to reveal much about her siblings. "I'm happy to talk about my life, but I feel bad for my family, talking about them, because they're all quite private people," she told Vanity Fair.

After becoming a serious actor, Blanchett still had a childish side to her at times. She admitted that providing the voice of a monkey for Guillermo del Toro's remake of "Pinocchio" was one of the highlights of her career. "You go back to being six years old," she told Porter.

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