Biography and filmography

Rachel Weisz

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 awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild 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). 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), Definitely, Maybe (2008), 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. 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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Movies (63)

The Mummy: Book of the Dead

The Mummy: Book of the Dead

2027 · Evelyn O'Connell

Black Widow

Black Widow

2021 · Melina

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

2018 · Segment: "Coffee to Go"

La favorita

La favorita

2018 · Lady Sarah

Desobediencia

Desobediencia

2018 · Ronit Krushka, Producer

Una viaje extraordinario

Una viaje extraordinario

2018 · Clare Crowhurst

Mi prima Rachel

Mi prima Rachel

2017 · Rachel

Negación

Negación

2016 · Deborah Lipstadt

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

2016 · Self

La luz entre los océanos

La luz entre los océanos

2016 · Hannah Roennfeldt

Complete Unknown

Complete Unknown

2016 · Alice Manning

La Langosta

La Langosta

2015 · Short Sighted Woman

Youth

Youth

2015 · Lena Ballinger

Radiator

Radiator

2014 · Executive Producer

Regina

Regina

2013 · Regina Jonas (voice)

Oz:  El Poderoso

Oz: El Poderoso

2013 · Evanora

El Legado Bourne

El Legado Bourne

2012 · Dr. Marta Shearing

360. Juego de destinos

360. Juego de destinos

2012 · Rose

The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

2011 · Hester Collyer

Detras De Las Paredes

Detras De Las Paredes

2011 · Libby Atenton

Page Eight

Page Eight

2011 · Nancy Pierpan

The Thief

The Thief

2011 · Director, Writer

The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower

2010 · Kathryn Bolkovac

Desde mi cielo

Desde mi cielo

2009 · Abigail Salmon

Los estafadores

Los estafadores

2009 · Penelope Stamp

Ágora: La caída del imperio romano

Ágora: La caída del imperio romano

2009 · Hypatia

Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy

Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy

2008 · Self

Definitivamente, tal vez

Definitivamente, tal vez

2008 · Summer Hartley

Noches púrpuras

Noches púrpuras

2007 · Sue Lynne

El hermano de Santa

El hermano de Santa

2007 · Wanda Blinkowski

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

2007 · Herself

Eragon

Eragon

2006 · Saphira (voice)

La fuente de la vida

La fuente de la vida

2006 · Isabel / Izzi Creo

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

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

2006 · Self

El jardinero fiel

El jardinero fiel

2005 · Tessa Quayle

Constantine

Constantine

2005 · Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson

La envidia mata

La envidia mata

2004 · Debbie Dingman

Tribunal en Fuga

Tribunal en Fuga

2003 · Marlee

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

2003 · Evelyn Ann Thompson, Producer

Ambiciones secretas

Ambiciones secretas

2003 · Lily

Un gran chico

Un gran chico

2002 · Rachel

La momia regresa

La momia regresa

2001 · Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri

Enemigo al Acecho

Enemigo al Acecho

2001 · Tania Chernova

Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2000 · Petula

Tube Tales

Tube Tales

1999 · Angela (segment "Rosebud")

Building a Better Mummy

Building a Better Mummy

1999 · Self

Sunshine

Sunshine

1999 · Greta

La Momia

La Momia

1999 · Evelyn Carnahan

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

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

1998 · Lauren Hynde

The Land Girls

The Land Girls

1998 · Ag (Agapanthus)

My Summer With Des

My Summer With Des

1998 · Rosie

I Want You

I Want You

1998 · Helen

Swept from the Sea

Swept from the Sea

1998 · Amy Foster

Bent

Bent

1997 · Prostitute

Going All the Way

Going All the Way

1997 · Marty Pilcher

Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

1996 · Dr. Lily Sinclair

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996 · Miranda Fox

Death Machine

Death Machine

1995 · Junior Executive

Dirtysomething

Dirtysomething

1994 · Becca

White Goods

White Goods

1994 · Elaine

Seventeen

Seventeen

1994

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

Séance on a Wet Afternoon

· Myra Savage, Producer

A Special Relationship

A Special Relationship

· Elizabeth Taylor

TV shows (28)