OFM_Blanchett_0824 - FINAL_Dept 7 / 16 / 24 10 : 45 AM Page 2 BRINGING THE HEAT Whether she’s shining in one of her many film projects or using her voice to create positive societal change , two - time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett continues to approach life with intensity . B Y E V A N J A M E S O N Intensity is a word that Cate we are so much better than we make anna Greenblatt , Jamie Lee Curtis and Blanchett is happy to embrace . out . ” Kevin Hart . It follows the story of a While many in the elite of the enter - Whatever it is , this is someone who group of vault hunters who travel to tainment world substitute passion and doesn’t court attention , yet finds it the distant planet of Pandora to find a power on - screen for a life of luxurious ebbing her way regardless . It helps vault rumoured to contain advanced leisure off it , the 55 - year - old actress that she’s a perennial hard worker , a alien technology and riches , facing off appears happy to push to the extremi - fact borne out in an upcoming against various enemies along the way . ties wherever she is , debating and schedule that again sees the popular On the horizon , and slated for a challenging at every point along the actress push her own creative limits in 2025 release , is Father , Mother , Sister , route . the next 18 months . Brother , the comedy - drama anthology It’s not that the fiery Australian has a For the two - time Oscar winner ( for directed by Jim Jarmusch , in which particular ax to grind when it comes to Best Supporting Actress in The Aviator Blanchett stars as Emily , a therapist navi - politics , environmentalism , sustain - and Best Actress in Blue Jasmine ) , a gating complex family dynamics . Then ability , equality , feminism or activism ; busy year has just welcomed in the there’s Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller , she can just see a better place on the dark comedy Rumours . It’s the story of Black Bag , a gripping espionage tale horizon . “ If I didn’t use my voice to try a small town’s secrets unraveling after a that centers on a covert operative to make change or encourage others mysterious event leads to absurd and uncovering a global conspiracy . to , I think that would be really disin - chaotic consequences . Away from the big screen , genuous , ” she says . Then , in August , there’s Border - Blanchett is mother to Dashiell , 22 , “ I hate that whole thing of famous lands , the sci - fi action comedy loosely Roman , 20 , Ignatius , 16 and Edith , 9 , people on their soapboxes — it’s not based on the video game series of the who she and husband Andrew Upton that ; I just feel , sometimes as a society , same name , alongside Jack Black , Ari - adopted in 2015 . O R L A N D O F A M I L Y | A U G U S T 2 0 2 4 | O R L A N D O F A M I L Y M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 1 9