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Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz was born in London, on the 7th March 1971, to an Austrian mother and Hungarian father. A former child model , she studied English at Cambridge University, where she began her acting career. Her theatre company, Talking Tongues, won the Guardian Award at the Edinburgh festival in 1991.
Her first starring role was in Death Machine in 1994. Other notable roles include Stealing Beauty (1995), The Mummy (1999) , Enemy At The Gates (2001), About A Boy (2002), The Shape Of Things (2003), Constantine (2005) and The Constant Gardener (2005), for which she won an Academy Award.
She lives in Brooklyn with her fiance Darren Aronofsky and their son, Henry Chance, who was born on 31st May 2006.



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Rachel Weisz - news / articles


  • Weisz goes back to Egypt for Agora - 14 March 2008
    She may have battled The Mummy for the last time but it seems Rachel Weisz is not done with the Land of the Pharaohs just yet, having reportedly signed up to star in ancient Egyptian thriller Agora. -Weisz, whose other hits include Enemy At The Gates, About A Boy and


  • Weisz signs up for The Lovely Bones - 13 June 2007
    English actress and recent star of The Fountain, Rachel Weisz, is to star in an adaptation of a widely popular novel entitled The Lovely Bones, it emerged today.-Weisz, who also counts movies such as The Mummy and The Constant Gardener on her CV, will play the mother


  • Maria Bello to replace Weisz in Mummy 3 - 16 May 2007
    Former ER star Maria Bello is to replace British actress Rachel Weisz in the third Mummy instalment, it has emerged.-Although Brendan Fraser is set to return for the sequel, Weisz recently announced she would not be reprising her role as beautiful and clever adventure

Rachel Weisz - what members say


  • The Land Girls
  • The Land Girls review by A customer from Shrewsbury, UK
    Rated - 4 stars A warm hearted romance set in great West Country locations 12 November 2004
    ... outselling Titanic in some cinemas. Of the three main actresses in the film Rachel Weisz has had the most success with the two 'Mummy' films and other Hollywood roles. ...  
  • The Mummy
  • The Mummy review by Jennifer Morgan from Bristol, England
    Rated - 5 stars One of the best adventure movies you will see. 10 September 2007
    ...which makes it fun to watch. I love the brother and sister relationship between Rachel Weisz and John Hannah their constant bickering was really entertaining. The romance b...  
  • About A Boy
  • About A Boy review by A customer from DEVIZES
    Rated - 4 stars 27 September 2004
    ... There are also solid performances from Toni Collette as the boy's mother and Rachel Weisz as Huge's girlfriend, both delivering faultless Brit accents. Newcomer Nichola...  

Rachel Weisz - filmography


  • The Lovely Bones
  • The Lovely Bones (2009)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Rachel Weisz,  Susan Sarandon
    Director: Peter Jackson
    Certificate: TBC
    A young girl who was brutally raped and murdered, watches the effects of her death on her family from Heaven, as her parents drift apart, her father becomes obsessed with vengeance and her sister grows into the woman she would never be. Based on the Alice Sebold novel.
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 4 members
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  • Eragon - BLU-RAY Version
  • Eragon - BLU-RAY Version (2006)
    Starring: Edward Speleers,  Djimon Hounsou,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Stefen Fangmeier
    Certificate: PG
    Based on the first novel in Christopher Paolini's popular INHERITANCE trilogy, ERAGON is a fantastical adventure in a vein similar to that of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. A classic story of a quest driven by destiny and set in a land where elves, magicians, and humans ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 1,301 members
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  • Envy
  • Envy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ben Stiller,  Jack Black,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 12
    Sensible, hardworking Tim is climbing the managerial ladder, while daydreamer Nick can't seem to stay focused on the tasks at hand. But all of that changes when one of Nick's seemingly hairbrained ideas--a spray that makes dog poop disappear--takes off, making him filthy rich. Rather than leaving ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 996 members
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  • Runaway Jury
  • Runaway Jury on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Gene Hackman,  Dustin Hoffman
    Director: Gary Fleder
    Certificate: 15
    Director Gary Fleder (THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, KISS THE GIRLS) tackles best-selling novelist John Grisham's tale of jury manipulation in RUNAWAY JURY. Jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) can spin any jury in favour of his client. At least he always could before. But his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 3,353 members
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  • Shape Of Things
  • Shape Of Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Gretchen Mol,  Paul Rudd,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: 15
    Rachel Weisz, Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, and Frederick Weller star in Neil LaBute's adaptation of his own stage play, which also featured all four actors. The film focuses on the unlikely romance between precocious art grad student Evelyn (Weisz) and shy English undergraduate Adam (Rudd). As their ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 55% from 182 members
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  • Confidence
  • Confidence on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Edward Burns,  Rachel Weisz,  Andy Garcia
    Director: James Foley
    Certificate: 15
    Ed Burns gives arguably the best performance of his career in James Foley's fast-moving CONFIDENCE. Foley, who directed David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, has learned much from his mentor, making a who's-conning-whom film worthy of the master of the genre. Burns plays Jake Vig, the leader of a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 63% from 1,302 members
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  • About A Boy
  • About A Boy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Nicholas Hoult,  Toni Collette
    Director: Chris Weitz,  Paul Weitz
    Certificate: 12
    Boxset featuring the Bridget Jones saga (original film and sequel) together with another British comedy, ABOUT A BOY. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY - Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a pretty and neurotic thirty-something singleton who vows to take control of her life after being humiliated by handsome, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 6,290 members
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  • The Mummy Returns
  • The Mummy Returns (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Brendan Fraser,  John Hannah,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: 12
    Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come back for another exciting go-round, this time trying to prevent ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 7,080 members
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  • Sunshine
  • Sunshine on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Jennifer Ehle,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: István Szabó
    Certificate: 15
    Director Istvan Szabo's SUNSHINE is an epic tale that follows the Hungarian Jewish family the Sonnenscheins through five generations spanning more than 100 years, from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, exploring the history, politics, world wars, social diaspora, and economic shifts that influence ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 491 members
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  • The Mummy
  • The Mummy (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Brendan Fraser,  Rachel Weisz,  John Hannah
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: 15
    In the 1920s, a group of archaeologists led by adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) discovers the mummified body of Imhotep, an Egyptian priest who was cursed for falling in love with the Pharoah's mistress. When they accidentally resurrect him, the battle for survival begins, as the mummy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 7,981 members
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