Aussie actress Cate Blanchett says she ‘loves’ raising her three sons.

Blanchett, 40, is mum to three young boys with husband Andrew Upton – Dashiell, seven, Roman, five, and Ignatius, 19 months.

She told PEOPLE: “Having boys is great. It’s a neat position to be in and I love the high energy that comes along in raising boys. It’s fun.”

Blanchett recently finished performing a run of production A Streetcar Named Desire in Sydney and Washington and will soon be taking it to New York.

Talking about performing in the show, she said: “Theatre is an evening event so you can’t put your kids to bed as often as you like, but we seem to find a way to manage.

“The kids have been to New York before and they love it. We have lots of friends who’ve got kids and that helps. But they will come visit me at work.

“We did a show earlier in the year in Sydney and our little child actually watched the show backstage, which is a really interesting and exciting place with people putting on makeup and costumes, so they love it.”