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| Cate Blanchett Bio:
She was born on May 14, 1969 in Clayton, Victoria,
Australia
She is known
all around the globe as one of the finest
female performers of all time.
She graduated from Australia's National
Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and in a little over a year
had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating
from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theater Company's
production of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls. then played
Felice Bauer, the bride in Timothy Daly' s Kafka Dances,
winning the 1993 New Comer Award from the Sydney
Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there
Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's
searing polemic Oleanna, also for the Sydney Theater
Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award,
her second award that year. She then co-starred in the
ABC Television's prime time drama "Heartland, " again
winning critical acclaim. More recently, in 1995, she was
nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as
Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theater Company's
production of Hamlet. Other theatre credits include Helen
in the Sydney Theater Company's Sweet Phoebe,
Miranda in The Tempest and Rose in The Blind Giant is
Dancing, both for the Belvoir Street Theater Company.
Cate is also known for her charitable
work on behalf of children's and
women's causes.
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Lady Galadriel Bio
She is of the Elven race, grandmother to Arewn Evenstar, queen of the kingdom of Lothlorien, wife to king Celeborn, and a being of great power in her own right.
Gladriel is like Frodo, a ring bearer, she carries 'Nenya' the ring of adamant, and with Frodo's 'ring' in hand she has the potential
to become more powerful than even the Dark Lord Sauron. But Gladriel refuses Frod's ring even when he offers it willingly, knowing that
it is to dangerous and must be destroyed. In turn, she showers the members of the 'Fellowship' with many magical elven gifts.
Such as Elven Cloaks which will make each member of the Fellowship almost invisible to their enemies, elvish waybread a bite of which can
sustain a full grown man, and three Elven boats which will be critical to their journey....
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