Hollywood star Cate Blanchett missed out on an Oscar but has won the position of chairwoman at an Australian government summit meeting to chart the country’s future.

Blanchett will chair the “Creative Australia” discussions at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s 2020 Summit in parliament’s Great Hall in Canberra on April 19-20, the government said yesterday.

The chisel-cheekboned actress joins 10 other prominent Australians on an independent steering committee for the summit, billed as a meeting of 1,000 of the nation’s best and brightest minds.

Blanchett, who won an Oscar as best supporting actress in 2005 for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in “The Aviator,” was nominated for two of the golden statuettes this year by was passed over.

The 39-year-old star had been in the running for best actress for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and best supporting actress for here gender-bending performance as a young Bon Dylan I “I’m Not There.”

Source: PhilStar News, SYDNEY (AP)