Cate met Andrew Upton in Australia and two weeks after they met he proposed. A few weeks after that they married. Blanchett has managed to preserve the privacy of rest of her family: her mother, Joan; her elder brother, Bob; and her younger sister Genevieve.

Indian director Shekhar Kapur is ecstatic about his plans for a sequel to Elizabeth with Hollywood beauty Cate Blanchett reprising her Oscar- nominated role as the virgin Queen of Britain. The film's makers are using the working title Golden Age for the movie which focuses on the middle years of the controversial royals reign - she sat on the throne from 1558 - 1603.

"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!" "If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."