The prospect of being placed in a mental hospital prompts Bernadette to disappear, fleeing secretly to Antarctica herself.

Bee desperately wants to have a family vacation in Antarctica, but the prospect of hauling her family to the South Pole only raises Bernadette’s anxiety level, so she ups her medications to a dangerously high level, forcing an intervention from her family. In Richard Linklater’s latest film, Blanchett plays Bernadette, a reclusive architect who lives in a ramshackle Seattle home with her husband Elgin (Billy Crudup) and teenage daughter Bee (Emma Nelson). Starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne. Writers: Richard Linklater, Holly Gent, Vince Palmo. Some original text written by Tom O’Brien.ĭirector: Richard Linklater. Tour our photo gallery featuring Blanchett’s 16 best feature film performances ranked from worst to best. Beyond the big screen, she received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for playing Phyllis Schlafly in “Mrs. Blanchett has also earned Screen Actors Guild Award nominations with three wins for “The Aviator,” “Blue Jasmine” and as part of the ensemble cast of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003). In 2021, in the span of just a few weeks, she displayed her signature multi-talent: For Adam McKay ’s “Don’t Look Up,” Blanchett turned herself into a cable news host in the vein of Megyn Kelly or Mika Brzezinski to score major laughs in the biting comedy for Guillermo del Toro ’s “Nightmare Alley,” Blanchett transformed into a 1940s femme fatale who gets one over on an overconfident con man ( Bradley Cooper ).īlanchett has two Academy Awards wins for “The Aviator” (2004) and “Blue Jasmine” (2013), prevailing as a supporting actress the first time and then as a lead. For 2022, she received her eighth career Oscar nomination for “TAR.” The sheer versatility she has displayed in her performances on film has especially made her one of the world’s most sought-after screen stars over the past three decades. Few would argue against the idea that Cate Blanchett is one of the great actresses of her generation.

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