theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Rachel Hannah Weisz
Birth Date:
  • 7 March 1971
Birthplace:
  • London, England, UK
Quotes:
  • "People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes."
  • "There's a lot of contemporary actresses I admire, but there's practically no one who's made a color movie whose career I'd want... I don't feel very modern at all."
Factoids:
  • Last name is pronounced "Vice".
  • Was the 2005 face of Revlon.
  • Awarded the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in Noël Coward's Design for Living.
Education:
  • St. Paul's Girls School, London
  • Trinity Hall, Cambridge University -- English
Family:
  • Father: George -- Hungarian inventor
  • Mother: Edith -- Austrian psychoanalyst
  • Sister: Minnie Weisz, younger
  • Son: Henry Chance Aronofsky, b. 2006; father is David Aronofsky
Significant Other(s):
  • Sam Mendes -- director (dated, 2001)
  • Darren Aronofsky -- director (engaged, 2006)
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2010: SIN CITY 2
  • 2009: DIRT MUSIC, AGORA, THE LOVELY BONES
  • 2008: THE COLOSSUS, THE BROTHERS BLOOM, DEFINITELY, MAYBE
  • 2007: FRED CLAUS, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
  • 2006: ERAGON (voice), THE FOUNTAIN
  • 2005: THE CONSTANT GARDENER, CONSTANTINE
  • 2004: ENVY
  • 2003: RUNAWAY JURY, CONFIDENCE, THE SHAPE OF THINGS (also producer)
  • 2002: ABOUT A BOY
  • 2001: THE MUMMY RETURNS, ENEMY AT THE GATES
  • 2000: BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, THIS IS NOT AN EXIT...
  • 1999: SUNSHINE, THE MUMMY
  • 1998: I WANT YOU, THE LAND GIRLS
  • 1997: SWEPT FROM THE SEA, BENT, GOING ALL THE WAY
  • 1996: CHAIN REACTION, STEALING BEAUTY
  • 1995: DEATH MACHINE
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