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This article was originally published in 2017 and has been updated to include Cate Blanchett’s latest movie, Black Bag.
Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — two formidable actresses in their own right — in Paradise Road, but that was the last time (even when she was playing smaller roles) she would ever “support” anybody. Her second film was Oscar and Lucinda, which she stole from Ralph…
