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Aliases: Rachel Hannah Weisz , 레이첼 바이스 , Ρέιτσελ Χάνα Βάις , レイチェル・ヴァイス , רייצל וייס , ریچل وایس , راشل وایس , 蕾切尔·薇兹 , 蕾切尔·薇姿 , 瑞秋懷茲

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Westminster, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

Rachel Hannah Weisz (/vaɪs/; born 7 March 1970) is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe 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. She 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), 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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Thunderbolts*
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7

Thunderbolts*

(2025) Melina
Black Widow
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7

Black Widow

(2021) Melina
What If...?
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8

What If...?

(2021) Melina (voice)
The Early Show
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6

The Early Show

(1999) Self
The Mummy
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7

The Mummy

(1999) Evelyn Carnahan
Inspector Morse
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8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Arabella Baydon
Constantine
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7

Constantine

(2005) Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson
Disobedience
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7

Disobedience

(2018) Ronit Krushka

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Melina
2023 Elliot Mantle / Beverly Mantle
2021 Self (archive footage)
Melina (voice)
Melina
Self
2018 Segment: "Coffee to Go"
Lady Sarah
Ronit Krushka
Clare Crowhurst
2017 Rachel
2016 Deborah Lipstadt
Self
Hannah Roennfeldt
Alice Manning
2015 Short Sighted Woman
N/A
Self
Lena Ballinger
2014 Self
2013 Regina Jonas (voice)
Evanora
2012 Dr. Marta Shearing
Rose
2011 Libby Atenton
Hester Collyer
Nancy Pierpan
2010 Kathryn Bolkovac
2009 Abigail Salmon
Hypatia
2008 Penelope Stamp
Self
Summer Hartley
2007 Sue Lynne
Wanda Blinkowski
Herself
Self
Self - Guest
2006 Saphira (voice)
Isabel / Izzi Creo
Self
2005 Tessa Quayle
Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson
2004 Debbie Dingman
2003 Self
Evelyn Ann Thompson
Lily
N/A
Marlee
2002 Rachel
2001 Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri
Tania Chernova
2000 Petula
1999 Angela (segment "Rosebud")
Self
Self
Greta
Evelyn Carnahan
1998 Lauren Hynde
Ag (Agapanthus)
Rosie
Helen
Amy Foster
1997 Prostitute
Marty Pilcher
Self
1996 Dr. Lily Sinclair
Self
Miranda Fox
1995 Junior Executive
1994 Becca
Elaine
N/A
1993 Mathilde de la Mole
Self - Guest
1992 N/A
1991 N/A
1989 Dr. Thurston (voice)
1988 N/A
1987 Arabella Baydon
1953 Self
Elizabeth Taylor
Myra Savage
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2018 Producer
2014 Executive Producer
2003 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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