Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on March 7, 1970, in London, U.K. Her parents, Edith Ruth, a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor, immigrated to England around 1938 to escape the Nazis. Rachel began modeling at age 14 and pursued acting during her studies at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, she co-founded a theater company named “Talking Tongues,” which received the Guardian Award at the Edinburgh Festival for its production of “Washbag.” She further developed her stage career, notably starring in Sean Mathias’ revival of Noël Coward’s “Design For Living,” a role for which she received a Most Promising Newcomer vote from the London Critics’ Circle.

Weisz’s film career started with a minor role in “Death Machine” (1994), leading to her breakthrough in Hollywood with the 1999 adventure film “The Mummy,” where she portrayed Evelyn Carnahan. She reprised this role in the sequel “The Mummy Returns” (2001). Her work in the 2005 thriller “The Constant Gardener” earned her an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. Throughout the 2000s, she appeared in various films, demonstrating her versatility across genres.

Her career continued with diverse projects, including the action film “The Bourne Legacy” (2012) and the fantasy film “Oz the Great and Powerful” (2013). Weisz collaborated with her husband, Daniel Craig, in a Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” (2013), which was a financial success. She garnered further critical acclaim for her role as Sarah Churchill in “The Favourite” (2018), receiving a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and a second Academy Award nomination. In recent years, she has taken on roles such as Melina Vostokoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film “Black Widow” (2021) and starred in and executive produced the thriller miniseries “Dead Ringers” (2023).