Cate Blanchett · Filmography Ranked
Best Cate Blanchett Films, Ranked by IQ Score
Three decades of the most-formally-disciplined Australian leading actress. Every Blanchett film, ranked.
Cate Blanchett's filmography is the most-canonical late-1990s-emerging-leading-actress catalog. Two Oscars (Best Supporting for The Aviator in 2004, for playing Katharine Hepburn, and Best Actress for Blue Jasmine in 2013). Eight nominations total.
Anchor picks: TÁR (2022) is widely cited as her career-defining performance. Carol (2015), Blue Jasmine (2013), The Aviator (2004) round out the canonical Masterclass-tier entries.
5 titles · ranked by IQ Score
Ranked by IQ Score. None of the 5 titles on this list has yet been re-verified under the current standard; all carry legacy scores, published before August 2026 under our earlier workflow, and are queued for re-verification, children's catalog first. Each title page states its class. About score classes → · Verification status →
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Questions about this ranking
What is the best Cate Blanchett film?
By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, TÁR (2022) anchors the catalog. Carol (2015), Blue Jasmine (2013), and The Aviator (2004) round out the canonical entries, three of which are Oscar-nominated or -winning Blanchett performances.
How many Oscars has Blanchett won?
Two, Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator (2004, playing Katharine Hepburn) and Best Actress for Blue Jasmine (2013). She's been nominated eight times total.
Why is TÁR considered her best?
TÁR (Todd Field, 2022) is the rare Blanchett role where her specific intellectual-cognitive register is the entire dramatic engine of the film. Her Lydia Tár plays piano, conducts (rehearsed for months), speaks German fluently, the performance demands so much specific craft material that it operates as a culminating-career demonstration.
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