After years of starring in various high-budget movies, Cate Blanchett is now filling in the shoes of a director for an upcoming television drama.

Cate Blanchett was chosen as the director of "Stateless," a television project funded by a state-backed organization called Screen Australia. It will reportedly be produced by NBC Universal's Australian shingle Matchbox Pictures, while the screenplay for the project was written by Elise McCredie.

"Based on real events, Stateless centers on the tragic story of Cornelia Rau, a young German/Australian woman who escaped a frightening cult only to be trapped in a bizarre labyrinth of Oz psychiatric and legal systems," Deadline wrote.

"The story is inspired by Rau, a one-time Qantas air hostess who joined Sydney cult Kenja Communication in 1998 and was later held at the Baxter detention center in South Australia as a suspected illegal immigrant. The series is timely given Australia's current debate over immigration, and is billed as being about 'identity, belonging and the extraordinary lengths people will go to find their place in the world.'"

It is reportedly unclear whether Cate Blanchett will also be appearing in front of the camera aside from being the director of the television drama.

Before "Stateless" came together, Cate Blanchett has also been rumored to be the director of "The Dinner," a project described by The Sydney Morning Herald "as a dark thriller based on a Herman Koch novel about two families who struggle over the course of a meal to make a tough decision affecting their teenage sons."

The Hollywood Reporter noted that Cate Blanchett previously directed a part of Robert Connolly's omnibus feature "The Turning."

The Australian-born actress was last seen as the evil stepmother in "Cinderella." She will reportedly be seen next in lesbian drama "Carol" alongside Rooney Mara. "Carol has already had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.