The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Australian actress
Cate Blanchett. Among her numerous accolades for her performances, she has received two
Academy Awards, six
AACTA Awards, three
British Academy Film Awards, three
Critics' Choice Movie Awards, three
Golden Globe Awards, four
Helpmann Awards, three
Independent Spirit Awards, three
Screen Actors Guild Awards, and various awards from the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association,
National Board of Review,
National Society of Film Critics,
New York Film Critics Circle, and
Venice Film Festival. Her performance as
Katharine Hepburn in
The Aviator, made her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor. Blanchett is only the third actress, after
Jessica Lange and
Meryl Streep, to win
Best Actress after winning
Best Supporting Actress. She is one of only five actors (and the only actress) in the history of the Oscars to be nominated twice for portraying the same role in two films (
Elizabeth I in the films
Elizabeth and ), and the eleventh actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. She is also the only Australian to win two acting Oscars.