Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Acting • Born 1970-03-07

Acting9Westminster, London, England, UK

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

84 credits
About a Boy

About a Boy

Movie • 2002

Rachel

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

Movie • 2001

Tania Chernova

Constantine

Constantine

Movie • 2005

Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson

The Mummy

The Mummy

Movie • 1999

Evelyn Carnahan

The Fountain

The Fountain

Movie • 2006

Isabel / Izzi Creo

Death Machine

Death Machine

Movie • 1995

Junior Executive

The Mummy Returns

The Mummy Returns

Movie • 2001

Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri

Eragon

Eragon

Movie • 2006

Saphira (voice)

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

Movie • 1998

Amy Foster

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

Movie • 2005

Tessa Quayle

My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights

Movie • 2007

Sue Lynne

Envy

Envy

Movie • 2004

Debbie Dingman

Confidence

Confidence

Movie • 2003

Lily

Fred Claus

Fred Claus

Movie • 2007

Wanda Blinkowski

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

Movie • 2003

Evelyn Ann Thompson

The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

Movie • 2008

Penelope Stamp

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

Movie • 2003

Marlee

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

Movie • 2009

Abigail Salmon

Definitely, Maybe

Definitely, Maybe

Movie • 2008

Summer Hartley

Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

Movie • 1996

Dr. Lily Sinclair

Agora

Agora

Movie • 2009

Hypatia

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

Movie • 2006

Self

I Want You

I Want You

Movie • 1998

Helen

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

Movie • 1996

Miranda Fox

Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

Movie • 2000

Petula

The Land Girls

The Land Girls

Movie • 1998

Ag (Agapanthus)

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

Movie • 2012

Dr. Marta Shearing

The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower

Movie • 2010

Kathryn Bolkovac

Sunshine

Sunshine

Movie • 1999

Greta

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

Movie • 2013

Evanora

Dream House

Dream House

Movie • 2011

Libby Atenton

My Summer With Des

My Summer With Des

Movie • 1998

Rosie

The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

Movie • 2011

Hester Collyer

Page Eight

Page Eight

Movie • 2011

Nancy Pierpan

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Movie

Myra Savage

360

360

Movie • 2012

Rose

Going All the Way

Going All the Way

Movie • 1997

Marty Pilcher

The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans

Movie • 2016

Hannah Roennfeldt

The Lobster

The Lobster

Movie • 2015

Short Sighted Woman

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Movie • 2016

Self

Regina

Regina

Movie • 2013

Regina Jonas (voice)

Youth

Youth

Movie • 2015

Lena Ballinger

Dirtysomething

Dirtysomething

Movie • 1994

Becca

This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis

This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis

Movie • 1998

Lauren Hynde

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

Movie • 1999

Angela (segment "Rosebud")

Bent

Bent

Movie • 1997

Prostitute

The Favourite

The Favourite

Movie • 2018

Lady Sarah

Complete Unknown

Complete Unknown

Movie • 2016

Alice Manning

Denial

Denial

Movie • 2016

Deborah Lipstadt

The Mercy

The Mercy

Movie • 2018

Clare Crowhurst

My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel

Movie • 2017

Rachel

Disobedience

Disobedience

Movie • 2018

Ronit Krushka

White Goods

White Goods

Movie • 1994

Elaine

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

Movie • 2018

Segment: "Coffee to Go"

Black Widow

Black Widow

Movie • 2021

Melina

Building A Better Mummy

Building A Better Mummy

Movie • 1999

Self

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Movie • 2007

Herself

Seventeen

Seventeen

Movie • 1994

A Special Relationship

A Special Relationship

Movie

Elizabeth Taylor

Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy

Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy

Movie • 2008

Self

The Mummy 4

The Mummy 4

Movie • 2028

Evelyn Carnahan

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

TV • 1989

Dr. Thurston (voice)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV • 2003

Self

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

TV • 1996

Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV • 1988

The View

The View

TV • 1997

Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV • 1992

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

TV • 1987

Arabella Baydon

The Early Show

The Early Show

TV • 1999

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV • 1993

Self - Guest

The Oscars

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV • 2015

Self - Guest

Scarlet and Black

Scarlet and Black

TV • 1993

Mathilde de la Mole

Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers

TV • 2023

Elliot Mantle / Beverly Mantle

Marvel Studios Assembled

Marvel Studios Assembled

TV • 2021

Self

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

TV • 2007

Self

The Advocates

The Advocates

TV • 1991

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV • 2014

Self

What If...?

What If...?

TV • 2021

Melina (voice)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV • 2015

Self

Vladimir

Vladimir

TV • 2026

M

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Self - Guest

Screen Two

Screen Two

TV • 1985

Becca

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

TV • 1993

Self - Guest