Best actress today

Cate has proven through the years (but I don't think of her as old, as she does at times, lol), that the myriad personalities she reveals to us are just the tip of the iceberg that constitutes the entirety of this most complicated, interesting, intelligent human that few probably are allowed to begin to understand. That's a good thing, though. What she has also shown is she can be funny, shy, a fashionista, as you say, articulate, and many other layers beneath. These things are not mutually exclusive and this woman embodies just that.

I agree with everything. Cate is defiantly very talented actress. She is so lovely.

the best eva

She is talented and versatile as an actress. Cate is so layered.

Yes, Cate is wonderful; but not the best as long as Jodi Foster is working.

And then there’s the Commingwoman, Saiorse Ronan.

Cate’s good, but not the best and future best.

PS Streep has always been too studied and mechanical for me. You can see the gears and levers working inside her when are acts. I expect a machine to be organic and visceral, not moribund. When you press on the gas peddle of a Ferrari, you hear the roar of a jungle cat and feel the pure sex of its essence; just like the performances of Foster and Ronan. You don’t hear and feel the clickity-clack of Streep. Blanchett is better than Streep, but no Ferrari; more like a Mustang when compared to her betters.

I'd say yes for sure, definitely top 3 no argument.

Since 1997, she's been knocking out great work. She was fantastic in Paradise Road (1997), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Elizabeth (1998), The Ideal Husband (1999), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), Charlotte Gray (2001), Heaven (2002), Veronica Guerin (2003), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), The Missing (2003), The Aviator (2004), Little Fish (2005), Babel (2006), Notes on A Scandal (2006), I'm Not There (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Blue Jasmine (2013), Carol (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

Those are the films I think she's at the top of her game in imo. Her C.V doesn't have that many duds in them if at all.

I didn't fully warm up to Blanchett until Blue Jasmine - with her magnificent performance there and equally brilliant work in Carol she finally convinced me of what others had seen for years. The best working actress? Nope, I'd give that to Isabelle Huppert, with several other close contenders. But Cate is certainly in the upper echelons.

Thing is Blanchett is also past her prime and already had her day as well, Florence Pugh is the future and the best actress today.