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Rachel Weisz

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Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz in 2018
Born
Rachel Hannah Weisz

(1970-03-07) 7 March 1970 (age 54)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationEnglish degree
Alma materTrinity Hall, University of Cambridge
OccupationActress
Years active1993 – present
SpouseDaniel Craig (m. 2011–present)
PartnerDarren Aronofsky (2001–2010)
ChildrenSon
Parent(s)George Weisz
Edith Ruth Weisz (née Teich) - now deceased March 2016

Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an Academy Award-winning English actress. She is also a former fashion model. She became famous after her roles in the Hollywood movies The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and has since continued appearing in major movie roles.

Weisz is of Jewish descent.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Death Machine Junior Executive
1994 White Goods Elaine
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 The Land Girls Agapanthus
1999 The Mummy Evelyn Carnahan
1999 Sunshine Greta
1999 Tube Tales Angela Segment: Rosebud
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
2001 The Mummy Returns Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell / Nefertiri
2002 About a Boy Rachel
2003 Confidence Lily
2003 The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson
2003 Runaway Jury Marlee
2004 Envy Debbie Dingman
2005 Constantine Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson / Mammon
2005 The Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle Won Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and SAG Award for supporting role
2006 The Fountain Isabel Creo
2006 Eragon Saphira (voice)
2007 Fred Claus Wanda
2007 My Blueberry Nights Sue Lynne
2008 Definitely, Maybe Summer Hartley
2008 The Brothers Bloom Penelope
2009 The Lovely Bones Abigail Salmon
2009 Agora Hypatia
2010 The Whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac
2011 360 Rose
2011 Dream House Libby Atenton
2011 The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer
2012 The Bourne Legacy Dr. Marta Shearing
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Evanora
2014 Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Herself Documentary
2015 The Lobster Short Sighted Woman
2015 Youth Lena Ballinger
2016 Complete Unknown Alice Manning
2016 The Light Between Oceans Hannah Roennfeldt
2016 Denial Deborah Lipstadt
2017 My Cousin Rachel Rachel Ashley
2017 Disobedience Ronit Krushka Also producer
2017 The Mercy Clare Crowhurst
2018 The Favourite Sarah Churchill
TBA Black Widow Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Advocates II Sarah Thompson Television movie
1993 Inspector Morse Arabella Baydon Episode: "Twilight of the Gods"[2]
1993 Tropical Heat Joey Episode: "His Pal Joey"
1993 Scarlet and Black Mathilde TV miniseries
1994 Seventeen TV short
1994 Screen Two Becca Episode: "Dirtysomething"
1998 My Summer with Des Rosie Television movie
2010 The Simpsons Dr. Thurmond (voice) Episode: "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"
2011 Page Eight Nancy Pierpan Television movie

Theatre

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Year Play Role Theatre
1994 Design for Living Gilda Gielgud Theatre
1999 Suddenly Last Summer Catherine Donmar Warehouse
1999 The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson Almeida Theatre
2001 The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson Promenade Theatre
2009 A Streetcar Named Desire Blanche DuBois Donmar Warehouse
2013 Betrayal Emma Ethel Barrymore Theatre
2016 Plenty Susan Traherne The Public Theater

References

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  1. ↑ The Guardian
  2. ↑ "Twilight of the Gods". 20 January 1993. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via www.imdb.com.

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