Rachel Weisz was born on 7th March 1971, in London, England, to Edith, an Austrian psychoanalyst and George, a Hungarian inventor.

Rachel was a model when she was 14 and began acting during her studies at Cambridge University. While there, she formed a theater company named Talking Tongues, which won the Guardian Award, at the Edinburgh Festival, for its take on 'Neville Shouthall' 's "Washbag". Rachel went on to star on stage in the lauded Sean Mathias revival of Noel Coward's "Design For Living." It was a role that won her a vote for Most Promising Newcomer by the London Critics' Circle.

She has starred in many movies, including The Mummy, Enemy at the Gates, and Stealing Beauty. Rachel can also be seen in the movies The Shape of Things, About a Boy, Constantine, and The Constant Gardener, for which she won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. Currently, she is living with maverick director Darren Aronofsky in Brooklyn and the two of them have a son, Henry Chance.



She pronounces her last name "Vice." Dated director Sam Mendes. [2001] Lives in a US$450,000 London apartment and drives a Jaguar. Her father invented respirators that supplied their own oxygen and machines that sense land mines. She was awarded the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in Design for Living. Lives in New York with director Darren Aronofsky (2004). Drives an old, black Jaguar 4.2 Sovereign with pepper-pot wheels. Announced on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) that she was five months pregnant and engaged to Darren Aronofsky. [January 6, 2006] Rachel and her fiancé, Darren Aronofsky, became the parents of a son, Henry Chance on May 31, 2006. Replaced Kate Moss as the new face of the Burberry campaign. Her favorite movie is Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's psychedelic 1970 masterpiece Performance (1970). Is very good friends with fashion designers Narciso Rodríguez and Donna Karan. She was offered the role of "Becky" in Clerks II (2006). She couldn't do it because of scheduling conflicts. The role eventually went to Rosario Dawson. Divides her time between New York and London, where she has a home on the same street as fellow British actor and good friend Jude Law. While filming The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), she formed a strong friendship with fellow co-stars John Hannah and Oded Fehr. They remain good friends. Very good friends with the Fiennes family having worked with both Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001) and twice with Ralph Fiennes in Sunshine (1999) and The Constant Gardener (2005). Won her Oscar for playing a pregnant woman in The Constant Gardener (2005) while she was pregnant in real-life with her first child. Had a role in the film Smart People (2008), but dropped out before filming began. As a result, Sarah Jessica Parker was given her role. Was originally considered for the role of Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) but later backed out due to scheduling conflicts. The part was then given to Cate Blanchett. Her parents escaped to England from central Europe before the start of WWII. Voted #63 in FHM 100 Sexiest 2009. Her part in Eragon (2006) made her one of the first actress in world history to have a leading role as a dragon. Good friends with Ian McKellen. Replaced Eva Green as Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener (2005) after Green dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.