Cate Blanchett showed off a rarely-seen side of herself during a red carpet appearance at the Olivier Awards on Sunday.
The 56-year-old had clearly had enough of the noisy photographers screaming at her to turn to the left, and instead of doing that, she flipped them the finger.
The Australian star gave a cheeky smile as she made the rude gesture while still looking straight ahead.
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Cate Blanchett shared a glimpse of her cheeky side at the 2026 Olivier Awards. (Getty)
At first Blanchett kept her cool, smiling as the cameras flashed, but clearly she wasn’t happy.
The Lord of the Rings star even held up her hand in an effort to get them to stop.
She yelled, “Stop it” at one point as the photographers continued to yell at her.
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Fed up with photographers screaming at her to turn to the left, the Aussie icon flipped them the bird. (Getty)
When she stuck up her middle finger to the pack of photographers, the pack erupted into laughter.
While she stayed stoic at first, the mask dropped and she laughed too.
The moment was an unexpected one from the Australian-born star, but showed that deep down there’s a side of her that’s very relatable.
Blanchett was one of the many stars at the Olivier Awards early this week.
She attended the Royal Albert Hall event alongside Elizabeth Hurley, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rachel Zegler, Rosamund Pike and more stars.
Blanchett was up for the Best Actress Award for her role in The Seagull – which was her first Olivier nomination – but it was Pike who took it home.
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Ahead of the awards show, she spoke about her memories of first moving to the UK decades ago during an event held at Australia House in London.
Cate was nominated for the Best Actress Award for her role in The Seagull. (Marc Brenner)
The Aussie actress recently opened up on moving to the UK decades ago. (Jenny Magee)
“When I came to this country, for better or for worse, I was patted on the head 20 years ago because of the way I spoke, the country I came from,” she said during a panel, alongside celebrated Australian writer Suzie Miller and Aussie director Kip Williams.
”I wasn’t tolerated culturally and it was brutal. It was brutal.
“I mean, I still worked but I worked hard and I thought ‘every day, I’m gonna have to prove myself because I’m not necessarily invited to the table, I’m from the colonies’ … there’s many Australians in the room who would have felt the same.”
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