Cate Blanchett: From Oscar-winning acting to refugee advocacy
Video duration 25 minutes 35 seconds
The double Academy Award winner discusses how advocating for refugees at UNHCR has changed her outlook.
With an acting career spanning over 30 years, Cate Blanchett is considered one of the greatest actors of her generation. But she also plays important non-fiction roles.
In 2016, Blanchett became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR.
She has since traveled to Bangladesh where she met Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar; Lebanon, where she met Syrians forced from their homes by war; and most recently to Jordan, which hosts more than 743,000 refugees.
We caught up with her to discuss the UN’s operations and how the refugees she met have changed her perspective.
Cate Blanchett talks to Al Jazeera.