Rachel Weisz — Biography
Rachel Hannah Weisz, born on March 7, 1970, is an English performer known for her work across theatre, television, and cinema. During the early years of the 1990s, she launched her career in British theatrical and television productions before transitioning to film with Death Machine in 1994. That same year, she earned recognition from the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for her work in a contemporary staging of Noël Coward's Design for Living. She later took on roles in prestigious theatre productions, notably appearing in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse staging of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer. Her ascent to international prominence occurred through her casting as Evelyn Carnahan in the blockbuster adventure films The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, released in 1999 and 2001 respectively. Throughout the 2000s, she accumulated film credits including Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Runaway Jury, Constantine, The Fountain, and The Lovely Bones. Her portrayal of a dedicated crusader in the 2005 thriller The Constant Gardener earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, while her theatrical interpretation of Blanche DuBois in a 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire brought her the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. The following decade saw her participating in major studio productions such as The Bourne Legacy and Oz the Great and Powerful alongside critically praised independent ventures including The Deep Blue Sea, Denial, and The Favourite. In The Favourite, her performance as Sarah Churchill resulted in a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress and another Academy Award nomination. More recently, she took on the role of Melina Vostokoff within the Marvel franchise with Black Widow and starred as dual medical professionals in the television thriller Dead Ringers. Her personal life included an engagement to director Darren Aronofsky, with whom she shares a son, lasting from 2005 to 2010. In 2011, she married fellow actor Daniel Craig and welcomed a daughter into their family, simultaneously obtaining American citizenship.
