"Age depends on personal growth, not years of life."
Cate Blanchett said so.
Years are not "passing" for her, more like gifts,
Add the beauty layer by layer, more and more rich.
Today is her 51st birthday, and we take this as a look back
The 50 most beautiful looks and moments of her "first half of her life".
Blanchett, a ghost horse girl in a polka dot shirt, had only graduated from the Australian National Academy of Dramatic Arts for two years, and had not yet begun to make films, but was active on the theatrical stage, and in a short time gained the attention of critics and the public.
Blanchett, 28 years old, is still a girl, pure and sweet.
She only started acting in films in 1997. In "Old Joy Like a Dream", she marries a wife. Coincidentally, it was also this year that she married producer and screenwriter Andrew Upton in reality.
They met on set a year ago, and at first neither of them liked each other, Upton thought she was too cold, Blanchett thought he was too arrogant, then at a party the two of them played a game of poker to break the prejudice, and three weeks later, Upton proposed, and Blanchett agreed.
The masterpiece "Elizabeth", which made Blanchett famous, was nominated for an Oscar and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Blanchett wears a corset to show the sadness, sacrifice and forbearance of the "Virgin Queen", and alexandra Byrne, the film's costume designer, said: "A lot of actresses, they are more or less overwhelmed by clothes. It's important to let the performance not be overwhelmed, to really put on the clothes and get it out... Blanchett is extraordinary. ”
The first time he appeared at the Venice Film Festival, Blanchett, the red carpet was impeccably beautiful. Although it is not a cheongsam, the pattern of flowers, birds and peonies is very oriental, obviously playing the iron-blooded Queen of England in the movie, but in reality, it is a little more graceful.
For the first time at the Oscars, Blanchett wore Dior Couture, a design from John Galliano, and the hummingbird and floral embroidery on the back was very delicate, and there was a little bit of perspective, light and unforgettable. Casual hairstyle and makeup, leaving only red lips to attract the eye, a kind of effortless beauty.
Despite shining on the big screen in Hollywood, Blanchett didn't give up on her love of the theatrical stage. In 1999, she starred in David Hare's Plenty in London's West End, in which she played the main character, Susan Traherne, a woman who could not adapt to post-war life after the end of World War II. In the photo, Blanchett and director Jonathan Kent are rehearsing at the theater.
"After Elizabeth, I had the opportunity to star in some similar roles and scripts, but I didn't do that. I just wanted to do what I was interested in, so I played some roles that other actresses rejected, maybe the salary wasn't that high, but I inadvertently created a space for myself instead of getting into my comfort zone. I entered the film industry very late, when everyone was saying that I only had 5 years left and that the career of a 32-year-old actress would end. But I'm from the theater and I can do anything on stage. So I feel like I've created a space to explore and not be tied to anything. ”
A simple and cheerful rich woman, unguarded, easily fell in love. The 30-year-old Blanchett played a sweet role, just as convincing and moving. This silhouette of watching a play in the theater makes people trance to see the charm of Hollywood's golden age actresses.
The change came so quickly — followed by "Genius Ripley," in which Blanchett played an ambitious Russian dancer. Blue eyes and red lips, shrewd and snobbish, but also without losing courage and righteousness.
In several films during this period, Blanchett has appeared in retro style - if you are obsessed with her "Carol", don't miss this "Troubled World", a "big heroine" film with a war background.
"Elf Queen", for many fans who love Blanchett, this role is the white moonlight, holiness, and dreams in their hearts, as if such a non-human species really exists in the world. The role also accompanied Blanchett for thirteen years — and in the later prequel The Hobbit series, she also continued to play the Queen of Elves.
As a child, Blanchett was very boyish, and when she went to girls' school, she liked men's clothing, punk and gothic, and shaved her head. In "Speeding Up to Heaven", we finally see the perfect silhouette of her head.
Peter Lindbergh, a German photographer who died last year, shot a series of Blackitett black-and-white blockbusters for the Italian version of VOGUE September in 2003, and the famous uninhibited and disorienting, highly expressive Blanchett was as dramatic as ever in front of the camera.
"Playing Catherine Hepburn is the scariest thing I've ever done, she's so iconic and has so many fans." At the request of director Martin Sr., Blanchett watched 15 Catherine Hepburn films, watched past interviews and memoirs, learned to play golf and tennis, and even took a cold shower like Hepburn.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz's stars are always extraordinarily real. In this photo, 35-year-old Blanchett rides a bicycle, wears canvas shoes, and laughs brightly, like a mischievous boy in adolescence.
Dressed as Alexander McQueen, Blanchett was on the cover of the English VOGUE for the second time. In this cover interview, Blanchett was asked how it felt to lose after being nominated for an Oscar for the first time in 1999, and she said: "I think it was so nice that I didn't win, my husband said to me at the time, he said 'infinite proximity is much better than final arrival, because once you arrive, all you have to do is leave.'" ’”
Wearing Valentino's pale yellow taffeta dress, Blanchett won her first little golden man, and her efforts in the role of Catherine Hepburn finally paid off, and when she gave the acceptance speech on stage, Blanchett thanked the director Martin Sr. and joked: "I hope my son can marry your daughter." ”
Blanchett once again returned to the theatre stage as Hedda Gabler, the "father of modern theatre", in Hendda Gabler' 1890 work, creating a controversial and modern, tragic female character. Blanchett said in an interview: "My favorite part of live performance is that the doors are closed, the lights are closed, and the audience has to be respectful of what's happening on stage. ”
"My husband was funny to see me dressed up as Dylan, and he didn't really want to kiss me when I was full of stubble – it felt a little weird!" This unusual Bob Dylan biopic brings in different actors to play him at different times, the most amazing of which is the hermaphrodite, female dressed as Blanchett.
Comparison of Blanchett and Bob Dylan
Once again nominated for an Oscar for playing Bob Dylan, Blanchett wore a $200,000 Armani Privé dress on the red carpet, which consisted entirely of Swarovski crystals.
On December 5, 2008, Blanchett became the 2376th person to remain on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Directors Spielberg and David Finch both attended her ceremony. The queen really has a row of noodles.
The love classics in the hearts of countless people, a man who looked like an old man from birth gradually rejuvenated, and the other is a ballet girl who is getting old like everyone else, they meet briefly in time, and inevitably go to two extremes. Brad Pitt said of Blanchett: "The role of dancer is a perfect fit for her because she has an elegance that cannot be ignored. ”
At the time, Blanchett was about to turn 40, a number that was somewhat sensitive to her, as her father died of a heart attack when she was 40. In a cover interview, she said: "There was a sacred period in the past when mourning was a necessary part of experiencing grief; death was not considered pathological or antisocial. But that's gone completely. Now we are all afraid of aging, afraid of death. The film (The Wonders of Benjamin Barton) takes death as the theme, and I want people to feel and vent their emotions to the fullest. ”
The third time on the cover of the British vogue, although the cover is unremarkable, but this inner page is quite well received, and it is also rare to see Blanchett's "cute" side.
Dressed in Givenchy couture, designed by Riccardao Tisci, it's a set of looks that Blanchett himself likes very much: "I can't believe I can see such a design in real life. ”
This time, the white robe still comes from Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, a pure white with metal epaulettes, the holy and noble elf queen.
The role of Jasmine was like a beam of light for Blanchett— she was ready to leave the Sydney Theatre Company before filming and no longer hold the position of artistic director (she and her husband co-held it), but she wasn't sure that after she returned to the big screen in her 40s, there was a so-called "film career" waiting for her, "and yet Blue Jasmine fell on me." ”
With "Blue Jasmine", Blanchett, after wearing Armani Privé won the Golden Globe for the second time, delivered a speech on stage to a minute and a half, and the urging music of "Hurry up" sounded, and Blanchett joked: "Can anyone hear this music?" Or do they suddenly feel like you're going to have to speed up because of an anxiety attack? ”
Finally, Blanchett became an Oscar queen, wearing Armani Privé studded with $100,000 Swarovski crystals, and when she received the award, she said: "For the idea that we in the industry are still stupidly clinging to the idea that female-centered movies are not paid attention to, I would say that this is not the case, the audience will choose what they want to see, in fact, women's movies are profitable." 」 ”
The production cost of "Blue Jasmine" was only $18 million, but it ended up grossing nearly 100 million yuan worldwide. In non-commercial films, that number is staggering.
This issue of L'Uomo Vogue is australian-themed, with Blanchett on the cover as one of the most influential Australians. Back head + suit, the momentum of the "Demon King" is about to come out.
Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Zhou Xun, the same frame of these three powerful actresses has been talked about for a long time, wearing a suit, wearing a watch, heroic.
Although in Hollywood, Blanchett has been doing what he can for the Australian film and theatre industry. For the Australian Academy Awards, she wore an Alexander McQueen Kimoo-style dress.
Unexpectedly, after being shouted at by everyone for hundreds of years, the stepmother actually successfully turned over here in Blanchett, no one praised under Cinderella's stills, but the villain snatched the protagonist's aura, and the audience was overwhelmed and shouted: "Stepmother you are good or bad, but please love."
Just before the film's release, Blanchett adopted a baby girl — the three children she had given birth to before were boys, and finally ushered in a young daughter, happy naturally needless to say, just "I was stunned when I changed my diaper, what should I do?" ”
At every big moment, Blanchett basically chose Armani Privé as his robe. At this time, Blanchett was about to celebrate her 46th birthday, and she said: "The years of an actress are like the year of a dog (a dog's year is equivalent to several years of a person), so I am at least 120 years old." ”
Finally waited for the same-sex film starring Blanchett, or her most suitable 50s retro style. People who have seen it have reached a consensus: as long as the demon king wants, straight bent man and woman, she can take it.
To see how popular a love movie is, look at how hot the CP is outside the play - because of "Carol", the "magic rabbit" CP was born, the inside and outside of the play are pleasing to the eye, sparks, and even there are rumors that Blanchett has a homosexual love. But in Cannes Blanchett clarified, and with a sharp turn, threw out the famous sentence, "But in 2015, the point should be, 'Who cares?'" (It's 2015, shouldn't the focus be 'who cares?') ）
The magic rabbits hugging each other on the red carpet, even the back shadow is a landscape.
Blanchett on the red carpet is always perfect, and a reporter once asked her, it must be so glorious, is it difficult? Her answer was only a capital "NO." It turns out that Blanchett, who wears Derek Lam's private clothes and goes out on the street, is also unsustainable in his daily life.
The December 2015 issue of W Magazine is arguably the most artistic and groundbreaking cover film Blanchett has ever photographed, transforming herself into Antoni de Saint-Exupéry's "Little Prince", which vividly interprets the theme of "The Art of Fashion".
Speaking about the understanding of 'art', Blanchett said: "Art should be a provocation, not an education. I'm sure Picasso's sculptures wouldn't have been understood in the first place. And I've always found criticism interesting. Like art, cinema should not be absolute and should not succumb to market research with 'right intentions'. ”
With Carol, Blanchett was nominated for an Oscar for the sixth time, and although he didn't win, the floral-embellished Armani Privé dress was the undisputed red carpet winner.
"At this age, I will try to do the best I can. I don't dress for other people, I can't fully agree with other people's views on beauty, I just want to feel good about myself. ”
Director Del Kathryn Barton, inspired by the Australian red-backed spider mating ceremony, made this surrealist short film to convey female power, "The poetry of female power is inherent in the universe, even a fundamental force. Blanchett, on the other hand, used her strong physical expressiveness to play a humanoid spider.
Blanchett was the first celebrity to wear Gucci's Spring '17 collection, and after a decade of working with stylist Elizabeth Stewart, they've proven who the best red carpet partners are.
"In the digital age, you're going to be magnified, every pore of yours is going to be magnified, but you have to forget, I'm, I think my skin is in good shape... When you walk on the red carpet, you have to learn to make yourself comfortable in this environment. ”
In this shoot, Blanchett counted his own style icons: first David Bowie, the unquestioned genius, and Annie Leibovitz, a legendary photographer with a consistent personal style and a close friend of Blanchett' who collaborated many times; then Stella McCartney, who was challenging to look forward to fashion sustainability; and Giorgio Armani, Devote your life to design and art.
Blanchett, who chaired the Cannes jury for the first time, chose Stella McCartney's nude pink suit during the photocapulation session on the first day of the jury.
In response to a reporter's question, Blanchett said: "It's a huge responsibility, we have nine people trying to find balance and reach a consensus artistically, Cannes has always been diverse. The final Palme d'Or went to Kore-eda's "Thief Family," a result that was expected for Blanchett, who loves Asian movies and has a deep sense of family themes.
Officially stepping onto the Red Carpet in Cannes, Blanchett opted for The Givenchy's 18-Spring-Summer Couture, lace-embellished jumpsuit that are smart and premium.
The premiere of "Black Party" and the gradient rainbow skirt still comes from Givenchy Couture. Even in black and white, the color transition of the dress is very harmonious.
Leaving the best at the last – the closing ceremony finale, Chairman Blanchett appeared in Alexander McQueen, the huge red bow decoration too eye-catching.
As one of the most beautiful women in a suit, in "Hidden Sky: Beauty Plan", Blanchett let everyone be addicted to the eyes and changed into no less than ten suits, but the most crazy thing was that after she changed out of the motorcycle suit, she wore this sequin jumpsuit to appear at the moment, carelessly chewing gum, killing a piece.
It is rare that Blanchett is neither a judge nor a contestant, and appears on the red carpet purely as a beauty spokesperson, wearing Armani Privé on the red carpet for the premiere of "A Star Is Born".
The 50-year-old Blanchett is still out of the question, and she attended the British Fashion Awards as a guest of Giorgio Armani, once again beating Film. A woman can even be powerful in her gentle appearance, which is really an energy field that can be released after years of precipitation.
This year, Blanchett returned to the theatre stage again, performing "When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other" in London, and she also had doubts after acting for more than half of her life: "When I wore my underwear on stage, I thought, 'Why? Why am I not feeding chickens or reading Proust? ’”
She can't stop creating, which is perhaps the best proof that she has a strong artistic vitality.
Before the pandemic spread, Blanchett showed up on the London Fashion Week Roksanda runway, where she greeted another "witch" Anna Wintour. Since 2000, Blanchett has appeared on the cover of the American version of VOGUE five times, and the two are also old acquaintances.
At the end of the article, we would like to share a passage from Blanchett about "getting old":
"I think that as a society, we need to move away from the idea of 'old age', we no longer know the previous generations, we no longer live with them, and as a result we become more afraid of aging." You know, how interesting my mom and grandmother are, how alive they are, and I've loved listening to them tell stories since I was a kid. So getting older is never scary for me. ”
Yes, we can't stop on the road to getting old, but we can find and find more interesting things to fill ourselves, no longer be bothered by the number of age, and use wisdom and talent to harvest more of the beauty of life.
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