Summary

Cate Blanchett became the first and only actress to achieve one specific record with her fourth Oscar nominating address 16 years ago . Throughout her decades - spanning life history , Blanchett has given top - tier performances in some phenomenal moving picture . The Australian indigen is one of the most gifted actors run today and has been widely recognized by the Academy for her film work .

In total , Cate Blanchett has eight Oscar nominationsto her name , including two wins . She is also among only 12 actors to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year and remain the only Australian actor with two Oscar win . Blanchett ’s criminal record - breaking first Oscar profits , for play Katharine Hepburn inThe Aviator , made her the first and only actor to win an Academy Award for playing another real - life Oscar victor . Among her telling record and accomplishments isone Oscar feat that no other actress has been able to achieve , and it all begin with her very first Oscar nominating speech 25 years ago .

Cate Blanchett has starred in quite a little of critically acclaimed films and has even won a couple of Oscars . But what are the actress ' best movies ?

Cate Blachett in Elizabeth, Tar, and Thor Ragnarok collage.

Cate Blanchett Is The Only Actress Nominated For Multiple Oscars For Playing The Same Character In Different Movies

Blanchett was nominated twice for playing Queen Elizabeth I in two different movies.

In 1999 , Cate Blanchett received her first Oscar nominating speech for wreak Queen Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur ’s biographical dramaElizabeth , which depicts the early years of the titular monarch ’s reign . Nine years after the handout ofElizabeth , Blanchett reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth I in the follow - up photographic film , Elizabeth : The Golden Age , which explores the latter part of her reign . In 2008 , Blanchett was propose again for Best Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the sequel . She may have lost both clip , but these two nomination made Blanchettthe first and only actress to be name twice for play the same fibre in different movies .

Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn has held an Oscars record for 42 years that only four hold up actor stand a luck of beating anytime soon .

Only 6 Actors In Total Have Ever Been Nominated Twice For Playing The Same Character In Different Movies

The other five actors are all men.

Since 2008 , Cate Blanchett remains the only actress to be nominated twice for playing the same case , butfive male actors have also accomplished this feat . In 1945 , Bing Crosby won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in Leo McCarey’sGoing My mode , then he was nominated again the following year for the sequel , The Bells of St. Mary ’s . Peter O’Toole received nominations for Best Actor for playing King Henry II in bothBecketin 1965 andThe Lion in Winterin 1969 .

Al Pacino was make in 1973 for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Michael Corleone inThe Godfather , then again in 1975 forThe Godfather Part II​​​​​​ , this metre for Best Actor . Paul Newman was the second actor to win at least one of his nominations for playing the same case , though he had to wait 25 year for it . Newman was nominate in 1962 for playing " Fast Eddie " Felson inThe Hustler , then he wonin 1987 for reprising the role inThe Color of Money .

The most recent actor to join the ranks isSylvester Stallone , who also has the largest gap between nominations . In 1977 , he was nominate for Best Actor for his first operation as the titular Rocky Balboa inRocky . Nearly 40 years later , he was make at the 2016 Oscars for repeat the iconic persona in theRockyspinoffCreed , this time for Best Supporting Actor .

Christina Drayton (Katharine Hepburn) sits smiling in a car in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.

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Oscars collage of Paul Newman in The Color of Money, Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth, and Al Pacino in The Godfather

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