Cate Blanchett Calls for the End of Televised Awards Shows After Winning Best Actress at Critics Choice Awards 2023

Cate Blanchett made a bold statement after winning the award for Best Actress at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.

The 53-year-old actress called for the end of televised awards shows while accepting the awards on Sunday (January 15) at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

Cate, who won for TAR, started off her speech with a funny anecdote, saying, “This is actually the second award of the evening: Julia Roberts, earlier, presented me with a bottle of mouthwash. So thank you, Julia. This is a poor second.”

She continued by saying the award was “arbitrary, considering how many extraordinary performances” were given by women in the past year. She noted some of the performances that were not nominated, including To Leslie‘s Andrea Riseborough.

Cate then suggested some major changes for awards season.

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“I would love it if we would just change this whole f—ing structure. It’s like what is this patriarchal pyramid where someone stands up here. Why don’t we just say there was a whole raft of female performances that are in concert and in dialogue with one another?” she said.

Cate continued, “And stop the televised horse race of it all. Because, can I tell you, every single woman with a television, film, advertising, tampon commercials — whatever — you’re all out there doing amazing work that is inspiring me continually. So thank you. I share this with you all.”

This is the fourth Critics Choice Award won by Cate following Best Actress for Elizabeth in 1999, Best Acting Ensemble for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2004, and Best Actress in 2014 for Blue Jasmine.

FYI: Cate is wearing a Max Mara dress and Louis Vuitton jewelry.