Galadriel

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

- Galadriel to Frodo Baggins

Galadriel is the Lady of Lothlórien and a mystical figure in The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. She is a friend to the wizard Gandalf and aids the hobbit Frodo in his quest to destroy the one ring of power. She was played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies.

Biography
Galadriel married her husband Lord Celeborn and together ruled the magical forest Lothlórien. Galadriel, along with the other Elves, received a Ring of Power during the Second Age. Her Ring was called Nenya, the Ring of Water. But during the Dark Lord Sauron's reign with the One Ring, Galadriel did not use her Ring at all.

In the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Galadriel appeared as a member of the White Council with Gandalf, the White Wizard Saruman, and the Half-elven Elrond at Rivendell who all listen to Gandalf's claim of a Necromancer in Dol Guldur is becoming a threat. Galadriel supports his claim of it while Saruman dismisses it. She then speaks to Gandalf stating that if he should ever call her for aide she would answer before departing.

In ''The Hobbit: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Galadriel sends Gandalf a message to investigate Dol Guldur and encounters the Necromancer who was revealed to be the Dark Lord Sauron.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel hosted the Fellowship of the Ring after their escape from the Mines of Moria. Galadriel then allowed Frodo to peer into the Mirror of Gladriel and saw possible events of the future. Frodo then offered her the One Ring she then presented an image of herself corrupted by the Ring then returned to her original form and claimed she past the test and she would return to the east. As the Fellowship departed, she gave each member a gift and an Elven cloak, and outfitted the party with boats and supplies. She gave Frodo a magical phial, which captured the light of Eärendil's star and stated it would be a light for him. She then stood and raised a hand bidding farewell to Frodo.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Galadriel consulted telepathically with Elrond of the growing power of the Enemy and the danger Frodo was in claiming his quest would claim his life and asked him if they should leave the world of Men to their doom. She later sent her warriors to Helm's Deep to assist Aragorn.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, during Frodo's quest he sees a vision of Galadriel offering her hand to help him up which he takes and remembers the phial she gave him. Later after the destruction of Sauron and the Ring, Galadriel, Elrond, and Celeborn board the last Eleven ship and departed Middle-earth and returned to the Undying Lands.