Rachel Weisz biography, age, husband, daughter, young photos, net worth 2025

Rachel Weisz's biography

Actress Rachel Weisz captured hearts worldwide with her breakout role as Evelyn in the action-horror hit The Mummy in the early 2000s, before delivering powerhouse performances as the tragic Hypatia in Agora and the fierce Tessa in The Constant Gardener. Rachel has been repeatedly named one of the world's most beautiful women, and she seems to only get more stunning and captivating with each passing year. Net worth: $40 million.

Childhood

Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on March 7, 1970, in Westminster to George and Edith Weisz. Rachel spent her childhood in Hampstead where she completed primary school and later attended the prestigious St Paul's Girls School.

Rachel grew up in an affluent Jewish family: her father was a mechanical engineer whose parents emigrated from Hungary, while her mother worked as a psychotherapist and had Austrian Jewish and Italian roots.

George Weisz was Jewish, while Edith was raised Catholic. The couple raised Rachel and her younger sister to respect all faiths while giving them the freedom to choose their own religious path.

Rachel was raised to be a free-spirited individual

Rachel's liberal upbringing and her parents' complete trust shaped her into an independent spirit from a very young age. In 1984, Weisz won a beauty contest in North London and soon gained public attention when she turned down an offer to star in King David with Richard Gere.

Young Weisz made British headlines with critics dismissively claiming it wasn't a smart move for a girl who'd just blown her big chance. As the actress revealed years later, she was simply terrified of the audition because she wasn't sure acting was the right career path for her.

During her study at Trinity Hall College, Rachel took up acting and appeared in various productions of the Cambridge Talking Tongues. In 1991, her troupe including her university friends, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Miller, won a Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Beginning of the career

In 1993, Rachel Weisz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and made her first television appearance in television series Advocates II and Inspector Morse. She then appeared in the miniseries Scarlet and Black alongside Ewan McGregor and Christopher Fulford, who played her character's admirers.

Rachel made her film debut in 1994 with a small role in the cyberpunk horror Death Machine, but just a year later landed a starring role.

Rachel began her acting career with a small role in Death Machine

In Chain Reaction, the young actress played student Lily, who along with her friend Eddie makes a scientific discovery capable of changing the natural order of things. Keanu Reeves starred as Lily's friend, while Morgan Freeman appeared as the young scientist's mentor. The sci-fi action thriller was warmly received by audiences, partly thanks to the charismatic chemistry between Rachel and Keanu, but it was her next project that established Rachel as one of the most talented young actresses of her generation.

Trailer for Chain Reaction

The drama film Stealing Beauty, directed by the established Bernardo Bertolucci himself, came out in 1996. Rachel faced a major challenge, playing the complete opposite of Liv Tyler's gorgeous, innocent 20-year-old – a world-weary, exhausted Miranda searching for love and affection but finding only lust. The movie starred Jason Flemyng, Joseph Fiennes, and Jeremy Irons.

Critics praised Weisz's performance, and she was soon flooded with offers, but Rachel consistently chose complex characters that genuinely interested and challenged her. She appeared in several films from 1997 to 1999, but her most significant projects were drama film Bent, The Land Girls, and a crime film I Want You.

The most prominent roles

Rachel's portrayal of Evelyn in the action-adventure horror films The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, where she starred alongside Brendan Fraser, is rightfully considered a fan favorite. Weisz played a shy intelligent librarian-Egyptologist. Rachel managed to showcase not only her acting talents but also her intelligence. And audiences especially loved her scenes with Brendan Fraser, which were full of chemistry!

The Mummy - Trailer

In the 2000 comedy crime film Beautiful Creatures, Rachel worked alongside Susan Lynch, with both actresses playing desperate women who wanted to get rid of their boyfriends.

Rachel was incredibly believable in her portrayal of a young Russian woman in the war film Enemy at the Gates, which depicts the events surrounding the battle of Stalingrad. Film critics praised her performance as universal and versatile; however, they criticized the film's distortion of historical events and various inconsistencies. Jude Law depicted a shepherd turned sniper in the Red Army, while Joseph Fiennes portrayed Commissar Danilov.

Rachel had a chance to work with Hugh Grant on the set of a romantic comedy film About a Boy. She was cast as a single mother. The film received numerous prestigious nominations and awards and was named the best movie of 2002.

The actress was cast in the legal thriller Runaway Jury, which focuses on the problem of arms dealing and government relations with weapons companies, alongside Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and John Cusack.

2005 stands out as one of the most successful years in the actress's career, primarily due to her receiving an Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Tessa in a political thriller film The Constant Gardener. Her husband was played by the incredible Ralph Fiennes.

That same year, Rachel appeared in the now-iconic occult detective film Constantine, where she once again co-starred with Keanu Reeves. Rachel had to play two characters – a police detective and her twin sister, whose suicide she's investigating. Tilda Swinton was an unexpected, yet perfect casting choice for the Archangel Gabriel, while Lucifer was depicted by Peter Stormare. The film became a genre bestseller and the highest-grossing feature of that season.

Trailer for Constantine

From 2006 to 2011, Weisz appeared in various films, including the epic magical realism romantic drama The Fountain, the romantic My Blueberry Nights, caper comedy-drama The Brothers Bloom, and many others. The supernatural drama The Lovely Bones stands as one of her most prominent works from that period. The actress portrayed a grieving mother of a missing girl (played by Saoirse Ronan), co-starring Mark Wahlberg.

In Alejandro Amenábar's historical drama Agora, which drew criticism from certain Catholic groups for perceived slights against Christians, Weisz portrayed Hypatia, who suffered greatly for her thirst for knowledge.

Snapshot from Agora with Rachel Weisz in a leading role

Rachel Weisz worked with Vanessa Redgrave and David Strathairn on the set of a biographical crime drama The Whistleblower. She collaborated with Bill Nighy on the political drama thriller Page Eight, and with Daniel Craig on the psychological thriller Dream House.

Rachel Weisz with Daniel Craig in Dream House

Weisz co-starred with Tom Hiddleston in a romantic drama The Deep Blue Sea. Her subtle, yet sensual acting yielded her New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress.

Rachel's subsequent projects were undoubtedly triumphant and notable – she played Dr. Shearing in the action thriller The Bourne Legacy, Lena in a comedy-drama Youth, and Hannah in the 2016 romantic tragedy The Light Between Oceans. In the latter, she portrayed a devastated mother who lost and eventually found her baby girl with the help of a nobleman, played by Michael Fassbender, who sacrificed personal happiness and freedom for justice.

According to Zoomboola.com, the romantic drama Disobedience was released in 2017. The plot of the film revolves around a love relationship between two women in a strict Orthodox Jewish community. Rachel McAdams was cast to play Rachel Weisz's love interest.

In the 2017 biographical drama The Mercy, Rachel played the wife of a businessman who, facing bankruptcy, decides to sail around the world on his yacht to save his company. The actress starred opposite Colin Firth and David Thewlis.

The period drama The Favourite became 2018's most anticipated release and was hailed as the film of the year, earning multiple Academy Award nominations. In the intrigue-filled The Favourite, Rachel Weisz portrayed the Duchess of Marlborough opposite Joe Alwyn and Emma Stone, while Queen Anne was played by the amazing Olivia Colman, whose performance brought in the Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress.

Rachel Weisz as Duchess of Marlborough in The Favourite

Rachel Weisz earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, competing against her co-star Emma Stone, who played the commoner Abigail.

Rachel Weisz's personal life

Rachel Weisz started dating Darren Aronofsky in 2001 and moved to New York to be closer to the acclaimed filmmaker and producer. The couple had a son, Henry, in 2006. Rachel and Darren were engaged, although they never got married and split in 2010. In an interview, Rachel admitted she thought she'd never marry, having given up hope and become disillusioned with love.

Despite her doubts, Rachel found her soulmate in Daniel Craig, whom she'd known for years. The actors fell in love while working on the set of psychological thriller Dream House and got married in 2011.

In 2017, pregnancy rumors began swirling around Rachel, and for once they were true: Weisz gave birth to a baby girl in fall 2018, though the happy couple hasn't shared her name publicly.

Rachel was 48 when she became a mother for the second time and Mr. Bond celebrated his fiftieth birthday.

Rachel Weisz today

The American feature film "Black Widow" was set to premiere in 2020. Scarlett Johansson stars in the title role, while Rachel plays Melina Vostokoff, a supporting character.

Black Widow: Trailer

In August 2020, it was announced that Rachel Weisz would star in the adaptation of David Cronenberg's thriller "Dead Ringers."

Gavin Jonathan Young

Whoa! Rachel Weisz starred in Constantine?? Wow, there`s Keanu Reeves in the title role, but I don`t remember her there.

2021-04-19 12:25:49
Mae Fitzgerald

I do not see anything appeasing in the appearance of this girl. She`s ordinary, just like millions of other girls...

2021-04-01 11:49:14
Evan Wyatt Cook

I liked Rachel`s mummy movies! And the films themselves are not bad :)

2021-03-22 10:26:41
Rhonda Anderson

In the movie «Stealing Beauty» Weisz is incredible. This actress is very talented, smart and beautiful!

2021-03-06 11:44:34
William Farmer

Incredible beauty girl Rachel Weisz. No wonder she was repeatedly called one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

2021-02-26 16:17:52

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