Born Rachel Hannah Weisz7 March 1970 (1970-03-07) (age 41)
Westminster, London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992–present
Spouse Daniel Craig (2011–present)
Partner Darren Aronofsky (2002–2010)
Children Henry Chance Aronofsky (b. 2006)
Rachel Hannah Weisz (play /ˈvaɪs/ / vice /; born 7 March 1970) is an English film and theatre actress and fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues. The group was awarded the Student Drama Award for the improvised piece Slight Possession during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by The Guardian.
Weisz started working in television, appearing in Inspector Morse, the British mini-series The Scarlet and the Black, and the television movie Advocates II. She made her film début in the 1994 film Death Machine, but her breakthrough role came in the 1996 movie Chain Reaction, leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films The Mummy, in 1999, and The Mummy Returns in 2001. Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Fountain and The Constant Gardener, for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for her supporting role as Tessa Quayle.
Weisz also works in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noel Coward's play Design for Living, which earned her the 'London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz's performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer, and their 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2009.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Death Machine Junior Executive
1996 Chain Reaction Dr. Lily Sinclair
1996 Stealing Beauty Miranda Fox
1997 Bent Prostitute
1997 Going All the Way Marty Pilcher
1997 Swept from the Sea Amy Foster
1997 I Want You Helen
1998 My Summer with Des Rosie
1998 Land Girls, TheThe Land Girls Ag (Agapanthus)
1999 Mummy, TheThe Mummy Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan
* Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
* Nominated — Empire Award for Best British Actress
1999 Sunshine Greta Nominated — Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
1999 Tube Tales Angela
2000 Beautiful Creatures Petula
2000 This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis Lauren Hynde
2001 Enemy at the Gates Tania Chernova Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actress
2001 Mummy Returns, TheThe Mummy Returns Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell
Princess Nefertiri
2002 About a Boy Rachel
2003 Confidence Lily
2003 Shape of Things, TheThe Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson Also Producer
2003 Runaway Jury Marlee
2004 Envy Debbie Dingman
2005 Constantine Angela Dodson/Isabel Dodson Nominated — Teen Choice: Movie Scream Scene
2005 Constant Gardener, TheThe Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
London Film Critic's Circle Award for British Actress of the Year
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006 Fountain, TheThe Fountain Izzi/Isabella I of Castile
2006 Eragon Saphira
2007 Fred Claus Wanda
2007 My Blueberry Nights Sue Lynn
2008 Definitely, Maybe Summer Hartley (Natasha)
2009 Brothers Bloom, TheThe Brothers Bloom Penelope
2009 Lovely Bones, TheThe Lovely Bones Abigail Salmon
2009 Agora Hypatia Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress
2010 Whistleblower, TheThe Whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac
2011 Page Eight Nancy Pierpan
2011 Dream House Libby Attenton
2011 Deep Blue Sea, TheThe Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer Post-production
2012 Untitled Terrence Malick project Dinah Post-production
2012 360 Rose Post-production
2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful Evanora Filming
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