Cate Blanchett offers rare insight into her relationship with motherhood and admits it's 'not all that she is' as she poses for stunning shoot with Harper's Bazaar Spain
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Cate Blanchett offered rare insight into her relationship with motherhood as she posed for a stunning shoot with Harper's Bazaar's Spain. The actress, 55, shares sons, Dashiell, 23, Roman, 20, and Ignatius, 16, with her husband of 27 years Andrew Upton, and they adopted daughter Edith in 2015.
![[The actress told the publication that despite her love and 'adoration' for her family she realises that being a mother is 'not all that she is']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/18/94444697-14318609-image-a-7_1737656248313.jpg)
Cate told the publication that despite her love and 'adoration' for her family she realises that being a mother is 'not all that she is.'. She explained: 'I love my children. Motherhood is a vital part of who I am, but it is not all that I am. 'I think there are many people who are a mother to communities in the workplace. It is equality, it is a sense of care, respect and nurturing.
![[Cate shares son Roman, 20, with her husband Andrew Morton, and they adopted daughter Edith, eight, in 2015 (pictured in February 2024)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/18/94445649-14318609-image-a-6_1737655863628.jpg)
'If we all developed a greater sense of motherhood , in the best possible way, men and women, the world would be a better place.'. Cate Blanchett offered rare insight into her relationship with motherhood as she posed for a stunning shoot with Harper's Bazaar's Spain.
![[The couple are also parents to sons Dashiell, 23, (pictured in 2023) and Ignatius, 16]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/18/94445661-14318609-image-a-19_1737656320522.jpg)
The actress told the publication that despite her love and 'adoration' for her family she realises that being a mother is 'not all that she is'. Cate and Andrew currently reside at a £5million country estate near Crowborough, East Sussex, and in 2020 they purchased a £1.6million holiday home in Cornwall.
![[During the interview, Cate also spoke about her role in psychological thriller Disclaimer, an Apple TV+ series where she stars as a renowned journalist forced to confront her dark past]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/18/94444699-14318609-image-a-5_1737655852712.jpg)
During the interview, Cate also spoke about her role in psychological thriller Disclaimer, an Apple TV+ series where she stars as a renowned journalist who is forced to confront her dark past. Speaking about the show, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination earlier this month, she said: 'I knew from the beginning that it was going to be provocative and polarizing, because it's becoming increasingly clear that there are many wars in the world, but one that's going on is the war of narratives, the battle for a singular truth and who gets to control it.
![[The sighting comes after Cate shocked with dramatic transformation for her next big screen feature]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/18/93344141-14318609-The_sighting_comes_after_Cate_shocked_with_dramatic_transformati-a-21_1737656512628.jpg)
