It ought to come as no shock to followers of Cate Blanchett’s fierce pink carpet vogue that her actual property portfolio is simply as fashionable. The Australian-born actor is finest identified for her roles in movies as extensive as Elizabeth, The proficient Mr. Ripley, Beneath the spell of the Ring, Nightmare Alley, and, most lately, Stockroom, however earlier than she achieved fame in Hollywood, Blanchett had constructed up fairly a following within the Sydney theater scene. She studied on the Nationwide Institute of Dramatic Artwork (NIDA) there and is married to acclaimed Australian playwright Andrew Upton.
The pair invested in a number of properties of their dwelling nation of Australia after spending 10 years in Brighton, UK, within the Nineteen Nineties. In more moderen years, they’ve additionally expanded their holdings throughout the pond. “Our spirit is to leap in after which simply preserve going till you may make the factor work or not,” Blanchett as soon as instructed The New Yorkers. “If it does not make sense, pull it aside and attempt to put it again collectively.” Right here we provide a have a look at the couple’s enviable properties, from their first beachfront residence to their present English nation dwelling.
1996
Blanchett and Upton met in 1996 whereas engaged on the set of one in every of her lesser identified Australian movies, Thank God he met Lizzie. instructed Upton The New Yorkers that they have been each “shocked” by the connection that blossomed out of their friendship, and that “three weeks into our relationship, Cate says she thought, oh god, he’ll suggest to me.” (He did, and the couple married in late 1997.) On the time, Blanchett was residing in her first residence, a modest one-bedroom seaside pad in Coogee, Sydney, which she bought 5 years later.
1998
The newlywed couple then purchased a barely bigger two-bedroom residence, additionally in Coogee, which they ultimately bought in 2011.
Late nineties
