Rachel Weisz (1970- )
Rachel Hannah Weisz ( /ˈvaɪs/ / vice /;[1] born 7 March 1970)[2] is an English film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues. The group was awarded the Student Drama Award for the improvised piece Slight Possession during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by The Guardian.
Weisz started working in television, appearing in Inspector Morse, the British mini-series Scarlet and Black, and the television film Advocates II. She made her film début in the film Death Machine (1994), but her breakthrough role came in the film Chain Reaction (1996), leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Fountain and The Constant Gardener, for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild award for her supporting role as Tessa Quayle. She has been labelled an "English rose" since her minor role in Stealing Beauty (1996).
Weisz also works in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play Design for Living, which earned her the London Critics Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz's performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer, and their 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress.
Quotes·Quotations by Rachel Weisz
¶ If you call that a kiss.
¶ It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.
References
[1]^ Landman, Kyle (5 August 2009). "Rachel Weisz Is Going to Start Correcting People on How to Pronounce Her Last Name". New York (New York Media Holdings). Retrieved 7 March 2011.
[2]^ There are conflicting sources for the year of Weisz' birth. In particular her detailed biography of Weisz at the British Film Institute (Alexander Larman: Weisz, Rachel (1971-)) states 1971 and so does a biographic article in The Guardian ("The Guardian profile: Rachel Weisz") and several other British newspapers. In particular The Evening Standard of 6 March 2006 (Nick Curtis: A taxing issue for partygoers; the oscars diary) claims that Weisz herself gives 1971 as her year of birth. Nevertheless according to official records her date of birth was registered in 1970 (see Births from 1968 to 1972 at http://www.findmypast.co.uk or General Records Office Reference: Name: Rachel Hannah Weisz, mothers maiden name: Teich, District: Westminster, Vol: 5e, Page: 2432). In addition the database entry of the British Film Institute ("BFI Film & TV Database: WEISZ, Rachel". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 March 2011.) and a more recent article in Time magazine of 26 March 2012 (Mary Pols: Rolling in The Deep) give 1970 as well.
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