Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/;[3] born 7 March 1970[note 1]) is a British 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, and 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).[6] 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, and 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.[7] 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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Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/; born 7 March 1970) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several...
World Union of Jewish Students. Her older sister, RachelWeisz, is an Academy Award-winning actress. Weisz received an MA in Communication Art and Design...
screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, RachelWeisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki...
stage production at the National Theatre Studio, where he first met RachelWeisz, who would become his second wife. Craig was featured in the poorly received...
Retrieved February 22, 2018. Kroll, Justin (October 4, 2016). "Rachel McAdams to Star With RachelWeisz in Love Story Disobedience (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived...
and the United States, the film stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and RachelWeisz. Set in early 18th century Great Britain, it examines the relationship...
Cousin Rachel premièred at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, starring Hannah Yelland as Rachel. Roger Michell's My Cousin Rachel, starring RachelWeisz, Sam Claflin...
following is a list of awards and nominations received by British actress RachelWeisz who is known for roles on the stage and screen. She has received two...
Canadian biographical drama film directed by Larysa Kondracki and starring RachelWeisz. Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan wrote the screenplay, which was inspired...
(who had also starred in The Firm and The Chamber), Dustin Hoffman and RachelWeisz. An adaptation of John Grisham's 1996 novel The Runaway Jury, the film...
subsequent attempts to cover up his failure. The film stars Colin Firth, RachelWeisz, David Thewlis and Ken Stott. It is one of the last films scored by Icelandic...
comedy-drama film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film stars RachelWeisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, and Robbie...
"RachelWeisz has a boy". People. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2017. Perry, Simon (November 9, 2010). "Rachel...
the story focuses on the rivalry between the Duchess of Marlborough (RachelWeisz) and her younger cousin, Abigail Hill (Emma Stone), to be court favourites...
film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, RachelWeisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, Freddie Boath...
Neil LaBute, based on his play of the same name. It stars Paul Rudd, RachelWeisz, Gretchen Mol and Fred Weller. The story is set in a small university...
written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and RachelWeisz. Blending elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction...
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