Blanchett feels judged by mums

C *ate Blanchett *feels her parenting skills are being judged by other mothers.

The Australian actress has three children - Dashielle, 12, Roman, 10 and Ignatius, 6 - and says she's held to a different set of standards compared with the majority of parents.

Blanchett, who is married to theatre boss *Andrew Upton *, reflected: "You know (the other mums) are observing how you parent. They don't know how you cram everything in to make space for your kids like any working parent."

Blanchett, 45, admits it's stressful trying to juggle her Hollywood career with raising her children.

"Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company," she added to Porter magazine.

"They (the other mothers) assume you have a nanny and a driver and a chef. Who gives a s… whether I do or not?

"The fact is I don't but, you know, there is a certain circle of people - and we all get insecure - who then ask 'Why can't she brush her hair?' You just have to shrug that off."