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Rachel Weisz

Acting 56 years old Westminster, London, England, UK ★ 9.1
Born: March 7, 1970

Biography

Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/; born 7 March 1970) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Weisz began acting in stage and television productions in the early 1990s and made her film debut in Death Machine (1994). She won a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her role in the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play Design for Living. She went on to appear in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' drama Suddenly Last Summer. Her film breakthrough came with her starring role as Evelyn Carnahan in the Hollywood action films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns(2001). Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including Enemy at the Gates (2001), About a Boy (2002), Runaway Jury (2003), Constantine (2005), The Fountain (2006), The Lovely Bones (2009) and The Whistleblower (2010).

For her performance as an activist in the 2005 thriller The Constant Gardener, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For playing Blanche DuBois in a 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. In the 2010s, Weisz continued to star in big-budget films such as the action film The Bourne Legacy (2012) and the fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) and achieved critical acclaim for her performances in the independent films The Deep Blue Sea (2011), Denial (2016), and The Favourite (2018). For her portrayal of Sarah Churchill in The Favourite, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received a second Academy Award nomination. Weisz portrayed Melina Vostokoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow (2021) and starred as twin obstetricians in the thriller miniseries Dead Ringers (2023).

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Known For

The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri 2001
Constantine
Constantine Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson 2005
The Mummy
The Mummy Evelyn Carnahan 1999
Page Eight
Page Eight Nancy Pierpan 2011
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction Dr. Lily Sinclair 1996

Jimmy's Seen (2)

Black Widow
Black Widow Melina 2021
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (84)

The Mummy 4
The Mummy 4 Evelyn Carnahan 2028
Vladimir
Vladimir M 2026
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers Elliot Mantle / Beverly Mantle 2023
What If...?
What If...? Melina (voice) 2021
Black Widow
Black Widow Melina 2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
Marvel Studios Assembled Self 2021
Let's Dance
Let's Dance Segment: "Coffee to Go" 2018
The Favourite
The Favourite Lady Sarah 2018
Disobedience
Disobedience Ronit Krushka 2018
The Mercy
The Mercy Clare Crowhurst 2018
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel Rachel 2017
Denial
Denial Deborah Lipstadt 2016
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible Self 2016
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans Hannah Roennfeldt 2016
Complete Unknown
Complete Unknown Alice Manning 2016
The Lobster
The Lobster Short Sighted Woman 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Youth
Youth Lena Ballinger 2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
Regina
Regina Regina Jonas (voice) 2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz the Great and Powerful Evanora 2013
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy Dr. Marta Shearing 2012
360
360 Rose 2012
The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer 2011
Dream House
Dream House Libby Atenton 2011
Page Eight
Page Eight Nancy Pierpan 2011
The Whistleblower
The Whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac 2010
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones Abigail Salmon 2009
Agora
Agora Hypatia 2009
The Brothers Bloom
The Brothers Bloom Penelope Stamp 2008
Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy
Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy Self 2008
Definitely, Maybe
Definitely, Maybe Summer Hartley 2008
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights Sue Lynne 2007
Fred Claus
Fred Claus Wanda Blinkowski 2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth Herself 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Eragon
Eragon Saphira (voice) 2006
The Fountain
The Fountain Isabel / Izzi Creo 2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener Self 2006
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle 2005
Constantine
Constantine Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson 2005
Envy
Envy Debbie Dingman 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson 2003
Confidence
Confidence Lily 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury Marlee 2003
About a Boy
About a Boy Rachel 2002
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri 2001
Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates Tania Chernova 2001
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures Petula 2000
Tube Tales
Tube Tales Angela (segment "Rosebud") 1999
The Early Show
The Early Show Self 1999
Building A Better Mummy
Building A Better Mummy Self 1999
Sunshine
Sunshine Greta 1999
The Mummy
The Mummy Evelyn Carnahan 1999
This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis
This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis Lauren Hynde 1998
The Land Girls
The Land Girls Ag (Agapanthus) 1998
My Summer With Des
My Summer With Des Rosie 1998
I Want You
I Want You Helen 1998
Swept from the Sea
Swept from the Sea Amy Foster 1998
Bent
Bent Prostitute 1997
Going All the Way
Going All the Way Marty Pilcher 1997
The View
The View Self 1997
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction Dr. Lily Sinclair 1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty Miranda Fox 1996
Death Machine
Death Machine Junior Executive 1995
Dirtysomething
Dirtysomething Becca 1994
White Goods
White Goods Elaine 1994
Seventeen
Seventeen 1994
Scarlet and Black
Scarlet and Black Mathilde de la Mole 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992
The Advocates
The Advocates 1991
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Dr. Thurston (voice) 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 1988
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse Arabella Baydon 1987
Screen Two
Screen Two Becca 1985
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Séance on a Wet Afternoon Myra Savage
A Special Relationship
A Special Relationship Elizabeth Taylor

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (1)

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