Cate Blanchett

Whenever a conversation starts and includes the phrase
"leading actress of her generation,"
sooner or later the talk will turn to Cate Blanchett.


The 39-year-old actress won an Oscar for playing Katharine Hepburn;
she also has been nominated for playing Elizabeth I (twice),
a teacher having an affair with a 15-year-old boy,
and, of all people, Bob Dylan (sort of).

They call that range. 

Blanchett appears next in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (opening Thursday in the Valley)
as the friend and lover of a man (Brad Pitt) who was born old and ages in reverse.
As luck would have it, she received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame the day before
she talked about the film and her career