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13
November 2006
Cate
Blanchett Swaps Film For
Theatre
Cate
Blanchett
says she is putting her
film career on hold to
become artistic director
of an Australian theatre
company.
Cate
Blanchett will take up
her post at the Sydney
Theatre Company in
January 2007 with her
playwright husband,
Andrew Upton.
"It's
an absolutely firm
commitment, and it is
not one that Andrew nor
myself have made
lightly," she
said.
The
actress says she and her
husband plan to take
three months off a year
to work on other
projects.
"Sometimes
I may take that up,
sometimes I may not, but
my primary
responsibility is to
co-manage and lead this
company whilst also
maintaining my own
engagement as an
artist," Cate
said.
The
37-year-old, whose
portrayal of Katharine
Hepburn in The Aviator
won her the Oscar for
best supporting actress
in 2005, called the
appointment "the most
exciting thing that has
ever
happened".
The
star added that if any
offers were good enough
to lure her away from
it, she would seriously
consider
them.
One
of Cate Blanchett's
first major acting roles
was for the Sydney
Theatre Company 13 years
ago when she co-starred
in a production of
Oleanna.
The
mother of two is due to
direct her first
production for the
company, A Kind of
Alaska.
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