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Actress Cate Blanchett Gets Star On Walk Of Fame

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Dec 5, 2008 4:44 pm US/Pacific

Actress Cate Blanchett Gets Star On Walk Of Fame

LOS ANGELES Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett will receive the 2,376th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday, 20 days before the release of her latest film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Steven Spielberg, who directed Blanchett in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"; David Fincher, the director of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and one of its producers, Kathleen Kennedy, will join Blanchett in speaking at the late-morning ceremony in front of the Egyptian Theatre.

The 39-year-old Blanchett, a native of Melbourne, Australia, won a best supporting actress Oscar for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 Howard Hughes biography, "The Aviator."

She received best actress Academy Award nominations for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1998 film "Elizabeth" and 2007's "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."

Blanchett also received best supporting actress Oscar nominations her role in the 2006 drama, "Notes on a Scandal," as a teacher having an affair with a student; and as a version of singer Bob Dylan in 2007's "I'm Not There."

Blanchett's other prominent credits include the role of High Elf Queen Galadriel in all three "The Lord of the Rings" films, "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Babel."

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