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Blanchett given honorary Australian doctorate
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November 11, 2012, Sunday
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OSCAR-WINNING Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett has received an honorary doctorate from Sydney University for her services to the arts as director of the city's flagship theatre company, reports said today.
Blanchett, 43, received the doctor of letters in a ceremony at the university's Great Hall yesterday, according to media reports.
"This means a great deal (to) me as someone who didn't complete my arts degree at Melbourne University -- I left to go to NIDA (the National Institute of Dramatic Art)," Blanchett told the Sun-Herald newspaper.
The honor was for Blanchett's "work as an actress and as artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as her advocacy of the importance of the arts in education," according to media reports of the official citation.
Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton are credited with turning around the Sydney Theatre Company's finances during their tenure, which began in 2008 and expires at the end of 2013.
She and Upton announced in January that they would step down as co-artistic directors and CEOs at the end of next year due to Blanchett's overseas film commitments and the pressure of three young children.
Renowned indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who is blind and taught himself to play the guitar, was also honored with a degree for his contribution to music and culture.
Blanchett, 43, received the doctor of letters in a ceremony at the university's Great Hall yesterday, according to media reports.
"This means a great deal (to) me as someone who didn't complete my arts degree at Melbourne University -- I left to go to NIDA (the National Institute of Dramatic Art)," Blanchett told the Sun-Herald newspaper.
The honor was for Blanchett's "work as an actress and as artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, as well as her advocacy of the importance of the arts in education," according to media reports of the official citation.
Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton are credited with turning around the Sydney Theatre Company's finances during their tenure, which began in 2008 and expires at the end of 2013.
She and Upton announced in January that they would step down as co-artistic directors and CEOs at the end of next year due to Blanchett's overseas film commitments and the pressure of three young children.
Renowned indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who is blind and taught himself to play the guitar, was also honored with a degree for his contribution to music and culture.
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