Cate Blanchett
Another with a line in husky Elfish murmuring, the Sydneysider brings smarts as well as sex appeal. The entrant most likely to finish your crossword for you, Blanchett's willowy beauty and charisma are a throwback to cinema's golden age. At least the Academy thought so, giving her an Oscar for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator. The fact that she looks smoking hot in a man's suit probably didn't hurt.
Most alluring as...
Pipping her power turn as The Virgin Queen - flame-haired, fiery, intolerant of the French - in Elizabeth 1 & 2 is the soft sensuality of Galadriel - fair-haired, serene, intolerant of Orcs - in the Rings trilogy.
Interests include...
Along with playwright husband Andrew Upton, she's artistic director of The Sydney Theatre Company and all-round doyenne of Aussie theatre.
