Cate Blanchett looks glamorous in a dramatic black gown with ruffled cape as she attends the closing ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival
Famed Australian actress Cate Blanchett turned heads as she hit the red carpet for the closing ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
The 56-year-old Oscar winner looked glamorous in a sleeveless black custom Louis Vuitton gown, which featured a long train and a cape of ruffled chiffon.
Wearing her trademark blonde locks in an eye-catching swept back hair-do, the Hollywood great waved and smiled as she entered the auditorium to present the Cannes' top prize the Palm d'Or.
The Melbourne-born star accessorised with an elegant set of diamond and ruby earrings and completed her look with an understated soft glam makeup.
Cate was later seen on stage smiling broadly as she handed over the coveted prize alongside French actress Juliette Binoche to acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi for his searing drama It Was Just an Accident.
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It comes after Cate's long-time co-star Richard Roxburgh cheekily revealed she will happily 'make a complete idiot of herself' when on set.
The 63-year-old Australian actor recently discussed his experiences working with Cate on the A Life of Greatness podcast last month.
'Cate is incredibly brave. She is so happy to make a complete idiot of herself. She will do things in the rehearsal room,' Richard began.
'I remember we were doing a play at the Sydney Theatre Company. She would do things on the rehearsal floor.
'You just think "Oh my God". Totally shameless and unguarded.'
His remarks coincide with Cate's reputation for being a bold actress who works extremely hard to get into character.
Richard has co-starred in three movies with Cate, including the 1997 drama film Oscar and Lucinda, and also appeared on stage with her in several productions.
In 2017, they were co-stars in the Broadway show The Present, which is an adaption of an Anton Chekhov play, adapted by Cate's husband Andrew Upton.
The pair celebrated their time together on the show with the unveiling of their caricatures at the world-famous Sardi's Restaurant in New York City.
It follows reports that Cate has plans to retire from showbusiness, after decades in the industry.
The Oscar-winning actress hesitated about her job title during a recent interview with Radio Times and explained: 'It's because I'm giving up [acting]. My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious.'
The Melbourne-born actress insisted she still had 'a lot of things I want to do with my life'.
The Little Fish star, who recently starred in an adaptation of Chekov's The Seagull at the Barbican, London, did not give a time frame for her departure from the entertainment industry.
But it is not the first time that she has threatened to quit her career despite international acclaim.
Cate told Vanity Fair in 2023 that she has often toyed with the idea of walking away from her acting work.
Despite her latest declaration, the Lord of the Rings star recently featured in her first radio play on Radio 4, in a 90-minute monologue titled The Fever.
Written by Wallace Shawn, Cate played an unnamed traveller who fell ill in a foreign country riven by civil war.
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