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{{Short description|British actress (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Rachel Weisz
| image              = Rachel Weisz-62940.jpg
| caption            = Weisz at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in 2024
| birth_name         = Rachel Hannah Weisz<ref name="Rubinstein">{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=W. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael A. |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-30466-6 |chapter=Weisz, Rachel}}</ref>
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Westminster]], [[London]], UK
| citizenship        = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}}
| alma_mater         = [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]]<br> [[École Philippe Gaulier]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|producer}}
| years_active       = 1992–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Daniel Craig]]|22 June 2011}}
| partner            = [[Darren Aronofsky]] (2001–2010)
| children           = 2
| relatives          = [[Minnie Weisz]] (sister)
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Rachel Weisz|Full list]]
}}
'''Rachel Hannah Weisz''' ({{IPAc-en|v|aɪ|s}};<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/rachel_weisz_is_going_to_start.html |title=Rachel Weisz Is Going to Start Correcting People on How to Pronounce Her Last Name |first=Kyle |last=Landman |work=New York |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021113441/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/rachel_weisz_is_going_to_start.html |url-status=live}}</ref> born 7 March 1970){{refn|name=birthplace|group=note|There are conflicting sources for the year of Weisz' birth. The database entry of the British Film Institute, citing London birth records gives a year of 1970,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/389132 |title=BFI Film & TV Database: WEISZ, Rachel |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108014653/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/389132 |archive-date=8 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as does the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rachel-Weisz |title=Rachel Weisz |last=Bauer |first=Pat |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |edition=Online |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> and the National Portrait Gallery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp09939/rachel-weisz |title=Rachel Weisz (1970–), Actress |publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]] |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> However, some older sources give it as 1971, including her detailed biography at the [[British Film Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weisz, Rachel (1971-) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1174895/index.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241127042832/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1174895/index.html |archive-date=2024-11-27 |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=BFI Screen online |author=[[Alexander Larman]]}}</ref> and a biographic article in ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vulliamy |first=Ed |date=2006-02-03 |title=The Guardian profile: Rachel Weisz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/feb/03/film.edvulliamy |access-date=2025-10-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The ''Evening Standard'' in 2006 claimed that Weisz herself gave 1971 as her year of birth.<ref>''Evening Standard'', 6 March 2006 (Nick Curtis: ''A Taxing Issue for Partygoers; the Oscars Diary'').</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2025}}}} is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Rachel Weisz|several awards]], including an [[Academy Award]], a [[BAFTA Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], and a [[Laurence Olivier Award]]. Films in which she has appeared have grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide.<ref>https://www.the-numbers.com/person/150460401-Rachel-Weisz#tab=acting</ref>

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]]'', and 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 [[List of The Mummy characters#Evelyn Carnahan|Evelyn Carnahan]] in the Hollywood action films ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1999) and ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' (2001).<ref name="hollywood debut">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4619832.stm |title=Weisz's breakthrough to acclaim |date=17 January 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'' (2001), ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' (2002), ''[[Runaway Jury]]'' (2003), ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]'' (2005), ''[[The Fountain]]'' (2006), ''[[Definitely, Maybe]]'' (2008), ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]'' (2009) and ''[[The Whistleblower]]'' (2010).

For her performance as an activist in the 2005 thriller ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'', she won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]], and 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 (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 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (2011), ''[[Denial (2016 film)|Denial]]'' (2016), and ''[[The Favourite]]'' (2018). For her portrayal of [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah Churchill]] in ''The Favourite'', she won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] and received a second Academy Award nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/rachel-weisz-and-richard-e-grant-score-oscar-nominations-899284.html |title=Rachel Weisz and Richard E Grant score Oscar nominations |agency=Press Association |date=22 January 2019 |work=Irish Examiner |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124418/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/rachel-weisz-and-richard-e-grant-score-oscar-nominations-899284.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Weisz portrayed [[Melina Vostokoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Melina Vostokoff]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]'' (2021) and starred as twin obstetricians in the thriller miniseries ''[[Dead Ringers (miniseries)|Dead Ringers]]'' (2023).

==Early life and family==
Weisz was born on 7 March 1970 in [[Westminster]], [[London]], and grew up in [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Aslet |first=Clive |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/04/14/nosplit/fthamstead114.xml |title=Design for living |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 April 2007 |access-date=6 May 2008 |location=London |archive-date=26 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526214921/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=%2Fportal%2F2007%2F04%2F14%2Fnosplit%2Ffthamstead114.xml |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father, George Weisz, was a [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungarian Jewish]] mechanical engineer.<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Applebaum |url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/no-denying-my-heritage-stephen-applebaum-interviews-rachel-weisz-1.430994 |title='No denying my heritage' Stephen Applebaum interviews Rachel Weisz |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |date=20 January 2017 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/5931197/Rachel-Weisz-talks-about-starring-in-A-Streetcar-Named-Desire.html |title=Rachel Weisz talks about starring in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=1 August 2009 |access-date=7 March 2012 |first=Mick |last=Brown |archive-date=12 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112121841/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/5931197/Rachel-Weisz-talks-about-starring-in-A-Streetcar-Named-Desire.html}}</ref> Her mother, Edith Ruth ({{nee}} Teich),<ref>''England and Wales, Death Index, 2007–2017''.</ref> was a teacher-turned-psychotherapist originally from [[Vienna]], Austria.<ref name=thisislondon/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rachel-weisz-5-things-to-know-about-daniel-craigs-new-wife/ |title=Rachel Weisz: 5 things to know about Daniel Craig's new wife |publisher=CBS News |access-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629012403/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20074657-10391698.html |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref> Her maternal grandfather's ancestry was [[History of the Jews in Austria|Austrian Jewish]]; her maternal grandmother was [[Catholic]] and of Italian ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |first=Maureen |last=Dow |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/call-her-mrs-craig-225417 |title=Call her Mrs Craig! |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=23 June 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200116/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/call-her-mrs-craig-225417 |archive-date=18 May 2018 |location=Calcutta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/hollywood_now_chris_pine_rachel_weisz_ari_graynor_plus_so_many_babies/ |title=Hollywood Now: Chris Pine, Rachel Weisz & Ari Graynor, Plus So Many Babies! |access-date=14 January 2019 |date=30 May 2017 |last=Miller |first=Gerri |work=InterfaithFamily}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rachel-weisz-interview-the-actress-on-subverting-hollywood-ageism-by-turning-filmmaker-a6675836.html |title=Rachel Weisz interview: The actress on subverting Hollywood ageism by turning filmmaker |access-date=14 January 2019 |date=2 October 2015 |last=Aftab |first=Kaleem |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Naomi |last=Pfefferman |url=http://jewishjournal.com/current_edition/190066/ |title=The Holocaust defense in the face of 'Denial' |work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|Jewish Journal]] |date=23 September 2016 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Curt |last=Schleier |url=http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2016/09/23/behind-scenes-look-denial/ |title=A Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'Denial' |work=Hadassah Magazine |date=23 September 2016 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> The scholar and [[social activist]] [[James Parkes (priest)|James Parkes]] helped her mother's family to leave Austria for England.<ref name=People-Denial-2016>{{cite news |last1=Gugliemi |first1=Jodi |title=How Rachel Weisz's Mother Escaped the Holocaust — and Why It Connected Her to Her Latest Movie Role |url=http://people.com/movies/how-rachel-weiszs-mother-escaped-the-holocaust/ |access-date=12 October 2016 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=12 October 2016}}</ref> Weisz's mother was raised in the Catholic church and formally [[Conversion to Judaism|converted to Judaism]] upon marrying Weisz's father.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite web |first=Emma |last=Brockes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/10/rachel-weisz-my-parents-were-refugees-brexit-feels-like-a-death |title=Rachel Weisz: 'My parents were refugees. Brexit feels like a death' |work=The Guardian |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=naie>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Harriet |title=Toast of the tomb |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 June 1999 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/jun/13/2 |access-date=12 November 2010 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505040213/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/1999/jun/13/2 |archive-date=5 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Weisz's maternal grandfather was Alexander Teich, a Jewish activist who had been a secretary of the [[World Union of Jewish Students]].<ref name=llev>{{cite book |last=Richmond |first=Colin |author2=Antony Robin |author3=Jeremy Kushner |title=Campaigner against anti-Semitism: the Reverend James Parkes, 1896–1981 |publisher=Vallentine Mitchell |year=2005 |page=312 |isbn=978-0-85303-573-2 |quote=In the 1970s, Edith Ruth Weisz, the mother of Rachel and Minnie, wrote to Parkes about the rescue of her father, Alexander Teich. Parkes, along with Bentwich, had been responsible for bringing Teich out of imminent danger in [[Vienna]].}}</ref><ref name=rasl>{{cite book |last=Chertok |first=Haim |title=He also spoke as a Jew: the life of James Parkes |publisher=Vallentine Mitchell |year=2006 |page=266 |isbn=0-85303-644-6}}</ref><ref name=mrp>{{cite book |last=Parkes |first=James William |title=End of an exile: Israel, the Jews, and the Gentile world |publisher=Micah Publications |year=1982 |page=255 |isbn=0-916288-12-9}}</ref>

Her parents immigrated to the United Kingdom as children around 1938, prior to the outbreak of [[World War II]], in order to escape the [[Nazis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rachel-weisz-won-t-let-go-her-inner-tomboy-wbna24055845 |title=Rachel Weisz won't let go of her inner tomboy |work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|TODAY]] |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lipworth |first=Elaine |date=20 November 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8884891/Rachel-Weisz-Im-still-a-blushing-bride.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8884891/Rachel-Weisz-Im-still-a-blushing-bride.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Rachel Weisz: 'I'm still a blushing bride' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=18 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Whitington |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/i-find-it-absurd-were-talking-about-women-over-40-i-feel-like-saying-there-arent-enough-roles-for-pandas-rachel-weisz-35804846.html |title='I find it absurd we're talking about women over 40... I feel like saying there aren't enough roles for pandas' – Rachel Weisz |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=11 June 2017 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Periel |last=Aschenbrand |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/214906/the-chosen-ones-an-interview-with-rachel-weisz |title=The Chosen Ones: An Interview With Rachel Weisz |work=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> Her younger sister [[Minnie Weisz]] is a [[Fine-art photography|visual artist]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How I make it work: Minnie Weisz |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/how-i-make-it-work-minnie-weisz-sb5wwjmffdp |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=7 February 2010 |access-date=15 January 2025 |location=London}}</ref> Weisz's parents valued the arts; they encouraged their children to form opinions of their own by engaging their participation in family debates.<ref name=talk>{{cite web |year=2010 |url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/rachel-weisz/biography/97 |title=Rachel Weisz Bio |publisher=TalkTalk |access-date=9 February 2011}}</ref> Weisz left [[North London Collegiate School]] and attended [[Benenden School]] for one year, completing [[A-level]]s at [[St Paul's Girls School]].<ref name="Yahoo"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/rachel-weisz-i-was-a-rebel |title=Rachel Weisz: I was a rebel |access-date=30 January 2010 |date=17 November 2010 |publisher=MusicRooms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193854/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/rachel-weisz-i-was-a-rebel |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>

Known for being an "[[English rose (epithet)|English rose]]",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9314282/Rachel-Weisz-reveals-her-love-for-heavy-metal-music.html |title=Rachel Weisz reveals her love for heavy metal music |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |last=Walker |first=Tim |access-date=12 June 2012 |archive-date=16 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616110107/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9314282/Rachel-Weisz-reveals-her-love-for-heavy-metal-music.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=12 June 2012 |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/celebrity/biographies/rachel-weisz |title=Rachel Weisz – Biography |work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811102556/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9314282/Rachel-Weisz-reveals-her-love-for-heavy-metal-music.html}}</ref><ref name="HelloMagazine">[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/rachel-weisz/ "Profile of Rachel Weisz"]. ''Hello''. Retrieved 12 June 2012</ref><ref name="theguardian.com"/> Weisz began modelling at the age of 14.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vogue.it/en/beauty/beauty-news-and-blogs/2010/10/rachel-weisz-for-l-oreal- |title=Rachel Weisz for L'Oreal |first=Alessandra |last=Greco |access-date=9 February 2011 |date=18 October 2010 |work=Vogue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318072259/http://www.vogue.it/en/beauty/beauty-news-and-blogs/2010/10/rachel-weisz-for-l-oreal- |archive-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> In 1984, she gained public attention when she turned down an offer to star in ''[[King David (film)|King David]]'' with [[Richard Gere]].<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/rachel-weisz/biography.html |title=Rachel Weisz Biography |access-date=24 January 2010 |work=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |archive-date=2 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802232335/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/rachel-weisz/biography.html}}</ref>

Weisz went to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], where she read English, [[Matriculation|matriculating]] in 1988. She graduated with upper second-class honours. During her university years she was a contemporary of [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], [[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]], [[Emily Maitlis]], [[Sue Perkins]], [[Mel Giedroyc]], [[Richard Osman]] and [[Ben Miller]] (whom she briefly dated),<ref>{{cite news |author=Gerard Gilbert |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/pedigree-chum-is-alexander-armstrong-the-poshest-man-in-comedy-7543987.html |title=Pedigree chum: Is Alexander Armstrong the poshest man in comedy? – Features – Comedy |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=27 March 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714043019/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/pedigree-chum-is-alexander-armstrong-the-poshest-man-in-comedy-7543987.html}}</ref> and appeared in various student dramatic productions, co-founding a student drama group called Cambridge Talking Tongues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/definitely-maybe-rachel-weisz-interview |first=Jack |last=Foley |title=IndieLondon: Definitely Maybe – Rachel Weisz interview |publisher=Indielondon |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-date=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730005719/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/definitely-maybe-rachel-weisz-interview |url-status=live}}</ref> The group won a ''Guardian'' Student Drama Award at the 1991 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] for an improvised piece written by Weisz herself called ''Slight Possession'',<ref name=ncg>{{cite book |last=Riggs |first=Thomas |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television: Volume 41 of Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television Series |publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning |year=2002 |page=369 |isbn=0-7876-5113-3}}</ref> directed by David Farr.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=9 February 2011 |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/talking-tongues.html |title=Talking Tongues – Complete |publisher=Doollee.com |archive-date=26 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926115914/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/talking-tongues.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 

Weisz then trained under master clown [[Philippe Gaulier]] at [[École Philippe Gaulier]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidlin |first1=Charlie |title=Rachel Weisz |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/interview-rachel-weisz-talks-youth-assembling-a-character-derek-cianfrances-the-light-between-oceans-more-101696/ |website=www.indiewire.com |date=2 December 2015 |publisher=Indie Wire |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dominus |first1=Susan |title=Rachel Weisz is Acting for Herself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/15/t-magazine/rachel-weisz-acting-movies.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
===1990s===
In 1992, Weisz appeared in the television film ''Advocates II'', followed by roles in the ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "[[Twilight of the Gods (Inspector Morse)|Twilight of the Gods]]", and the [[BBC]]'s steamy period drama ''[[Scarlet and Black (TV series)|Scarlet and Black]]'', alongside [[Ewan McGregor]].<ref name="MSNF"/> ''Dirty Something'', a BBC Screen Two, hour-long television film made in 1992, was Weisz's first film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Libardi |first=Manuella |date=2021-07-05 |title=The Transformation Of Rachel Weisz From Childhood To 51 Years Old |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/453460/the-transformation-of-rachel-weisz-from-childhood-to-51-years-old/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Nicki Swift}}</ref>

Weisz's breakthrough role on the stage was that of Gilda in [[Sean Mathias]]'s 1994 revival of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Design for Living]]'' at the [[Gielgud Theatre]],<ref name=esu>{{cite news |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=London's Donmar warehouse season to feature Weisz, West, Molina |work=Playbill |publisher=Playbill, Inc |date=17 April 2009 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128364-Londons-Donmar-Warehouse-Season-to-Feature-Weisz-West-Molina |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192542/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128364-Londons-Donmar-Warehouse-Season-to-Feature-Weisz-West-Molina}}</ref><ref name=wen>{{cite news |last=Flint Marx |first=Rebecca |title=Rachel Weisz bio, movies and television |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/216376/Rachel-Weisz/biography |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103212857/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/216376/Rachel-Weisz/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> for which she received the London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-weisz/bio/170676 |title=TV Guide – Rachel Weisz biography |work=TV Guide |publisher=TV Guide Online Holdings LLC |year=2010 |access-date=26 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223328/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-weisz/bio/170676}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/rachel-weisz/ |title=Rachel Weisz biography |publisher=[[MSN|MSN Movies]] |year=2010 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609122944/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/rachel-weisz/ |archive-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> Her portrayal was described as "wonderful" by a contemporary review.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rupert-graves.com/stage/design.html |publisher=Rupert Graves |title=Stage productions: 'Design For Living' |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828172337/http://www.rupert-graves.com/stage/design.html |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Weisz started her film career with a minor role in the 1994 film ''[[Death Machine]]'';<ref name="MSNF" /> her first major role came in the 1996 film ''[[Chain Reaction (1996 film)|Chain Reaction]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n13_v90/ai_18593909/pg_1 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |work=Jet Magazine |title=Morgan Freeman stars in ''Chain Reaction'': latest movie in the actor's stellar career |year=1996 |access-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907081223/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n13_v90/ai_18593909/pg_1 |archive-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> The film received mostly negative reviews–it holds a 16% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chain Reaction |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072457-chain_reaction/ |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref> and was a minor financial success.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chain Reaction |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chainreaction.htm |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref> She next appeared as Miranda Fox in ''[[Stealing Beauty]]'', directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stealing_beauty/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes – Stealing Beauty (1996) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 January 2011 |archive-date=18 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918194404/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stealing_beauty/ |url-status=live}}</ref> where she was first labelled an "English rose".<ref name="HelloMagazine" />

Weisz found roles in the 1997 American drama ''[[Swept from the Sea]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Swept From The Sea: Overview |publisher=MSN Movies |url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/swept-from-the-sea |access-date=31 January 2010 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609123738/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/swept-from-the-sea |url-status=dead}}</ref> the 1998 British television comedy-drama ''[[My Summer with Des]]'', [[Michael Winterbottom]]'s crime film ''[[I Want You (1998 film)|I Want You]]'',<ref name="indmagaz">{{cite news |last=Forrest |first=Emma |title=Rachel Weisz |work=[[Index Magazine]] |year=2001 |url=http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/rachel_weisz.shtml |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818104832/http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/rachel_weisz.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[David Leland]]'s ''[[The Land Girls (film)|The Land Girls]]'', based on [[Angela Huth]]'s book of the same name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Julia Llewellyn |title=Land girls: disquiet on the home front |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 February 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7332317/land-girls-disquiet-on-the-home-front.html |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205234350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7332317/land-girls-disquiet-on-the-home-front.html |archive-date=5 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1999, Weisz played Greta in the historical film ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1097859-sunshine/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes – Sunshine (1999) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=27 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521210600/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1097859-sunshine/ |archive-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, her international breakthrough came with the 1999 adventure film ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'', in which she played the female lead opposite [[Brendan Fraser]]. Her character, Evelyn Carnahan, is an English [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Alison |title=Great Excavations |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GREAT+EXCAVATIONS%3B+Interview%3A+Rachel+Weisz+Rachel+Weisz+talks+to...-a060531008 |publisher=Trinity Mirror |work=The Birmingham Post |date=26 June 1999 |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023085223/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GREAT%2BEXCAVATIONS%3B%2BInterview%3A%2BRachel%2BWeisz%2BRachel%2BWeisz%2Btalks%2Bto...-a060531008 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> who undertakes an expedition to the fictional ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra to discover an ancient book. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' criticised the direction of the film, writing: "(the actors) have been directed to broad, undisciplined performances [...] Buffoonery hardly seems like Weisz's natural domain, as the actress strains for comic effects that she can't achieve".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Mummy |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117499718&categoryid=31&cs=1 |publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc. |date=2 May 1999 |author=Todd Mccarthy |access-date=26 April 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308040718/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117499718&categoryid=31&cs=1 |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> She followed this up with the sequel ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' in 2001, which grossed an estimated $433 million worldwide,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mummyreturns.htm |title=The Mummy Returns (2001) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|433|2001}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US}} higher than the original's $260 million<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mummy |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mummy.htm |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|260|1999}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{inflation-fn|US}}

Also in 1999, she played the role of Catherine in the [[Donmar Warehouse]] production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'',<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |title=Suddenly, Last Summer |url=http://www.gerardbutler.net/career-achievements/suddenly-last-summer/ |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429210633/http://www.gerardbutler.net/career-achievements/suddenly-last-summer/ |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''What's on Stage'' called her "captivating", stating that she brought "a degree of credibility to a difficult part".<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E2053492516/Suddenly+Last+Summer.html |title=Suddenly Last Summer |publisher=What's on Stage |date=23 April 1999 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035324/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E2053492516/Suddenly%2BLast%2BSummer.html}}</ref> The same year, Weisz appeared in [[Neil LaBute]]'s ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]], then temporarily located in London's [[King's Cross, London|King's Cross]], for which she received a [[Theatre World Award]].<ref name=shape/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/97941/rachel-weisz-to-star-in-londons-streetcar-named-desire/ |title=Rachel Weisz to Star in London's Streetcar Named Desire |date=8 December 2009 |website=broadway.com |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> CurtainUp called her "a sophisticated, independent artist" with "great stage presence".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curtainup.com/shapeofthings.html |title=The Shape of Things |publisher=Curtain Up |date=30 May 2001 |access-date=20 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312165538/http://www.curtainup.com/shapeofthings.html}}</ref>

=== 2000s ===
In 2000, she portrayed Petula in the film ''[[Beautiful Creatures (2000 film)|Beautiful Creatures]]'',<ref name="MSNF">{{cite web |url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-filmography/rachel-weisz/?startingItem=16&ipp=15 |title=Rachel Weisz Filmography |year=2000 |publisher=MSN Movies |access-date=23 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612032638/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-filmography/rachel-weisz/?startingItem=16&ipp=15 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by 2001's ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]'',<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |title=Enemy at the Gates (2001) |access-date=31 January 2011 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/enemy_at_the_gates/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830190925/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/enemy_at_the_gates/ |archive-date=30 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the 2002 comedy-drama ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'', with [[Hugh Grant]], based on [[Nick Hornby]]'s 1998 [[About a Boy (novel)|novel]].<ref>{{cite web |website=The British Comedy Guide |access-date=31 January 2011 |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/film/about_a_boy/ |title=About A Boy}}</ref> In 2003, she played Marlee in the adaptation of [[John Grisham]]'s legal thriller novel ''[[The Runaway Jury]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=The+Runaway+Jury |title=20th-Century American Bestsellers |publisher=The Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215070500/http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=The%2BRunaway%2BJury}}</ref> and starred in the film adaptation of the romantic comedy-drama play ''[[The Shape of Things]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v279419 |title=The Shape of things |website=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024100812/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v279419 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Rachelweisz.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Weisz in 2007]]

In 2004, Weisz appeared in the comedy ''[[Envy (2004 film)|Envy]]''. The film failed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1131155-envy/ |title=Envy (2004) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103042647/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1131155-envy/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' opined that Weisz and co-star [[Amy Poehler]] "get fewer choice moments than they deserve."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117923704/ |title=Envy |work=Variety Magazine |publisher=Reed Business Information |date=29 April 2004 |first=Robert |last=Koehler |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107175349/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117923704/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Her next role was alongside [[Keanu Reeves]] in ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]'', based on the comic book ''[[Hellblazer]]''.<ref name=guardian2>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |title=Girl behaving sensibly |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 January 2001 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jan/09/artsfeatures |access-date=23 May 2007 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720054327/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,419667,00.html |archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> ''[[Film Threat]]'' called her portrayal "effective at projecting scepticism and, eventually, dawning horror".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/7115/ |title=Constantine |first=Pete |last=Vonder Haar |work=[[Film Threat]]|access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-date=22 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922071541/http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/7115/}}</ref>

Her next appearance, in 2005, was in [[Fernando Meirelles]]'s ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constant_gardener/ |title=The Constant Gardener (2005) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108013158/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/constant_gardener/ |archive-date=8 January 2011}}</ref> a film adaptation of a [[John le Carré]] thriller set in the slums of [[Kibera]] and [[Loiyangalani]], [[Kenya]].<ref name="guardian3">{{cite news |last=Vulliamy |first=Ed |title=The Guardian profile: Rachel Weisz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/feb/03/film.edvulliamy |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |work=The Guardian |date=3 February 2006 |access-date=23 May 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503031030/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/feb/03/film.edvulliamy |archive-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=thisislondon>{{cite news |last=Goodridge |first=Mike |title=The virtues of Weisz |publisher=ES London Limited |work=Evening Standard |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/starinterviews/article-23374776-details/The%20virtues%20of%20Weisz/article.do |location=London |date=16 November 2006 |access-date=23 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524053153/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/starinterviews/article-23374776-details/The%20virtues%20of%20Weisz/article.do |archive-date=24 May 2007}}</ref> Weisz played an activist, Tessa Quayle, married to a British embassy official.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808680118/info |title=The Constant Gardener (2005) |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225165743/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808680118/info |archive-date=25 December 2008}}</ref> The film was critically acclaimed,<ref>{{cite web |access-date=30 January 2011 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-constant-gardener |title=The Constant Gardener |website=[[Metacritic]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201222906/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-constant-gardener |archive-date=1 December 2011}}</ref> earning Weisz the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/78th-winners.html |title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |year=2006 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228050838/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/78th-winners.html |archive-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress]],<ref>{{cite web |access-date=23 February 2011 |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25991 |title=Constant Gardener, The |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |year=2006 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726123324/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/25991}}</ref> and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=Screen Actors Guild |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930172653/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/12th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> UK newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that the film "established her in the front rank of British actors",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/nov/08/awardsandprizes.oscars2006 |title='I'm a storyteller. I don't save lives' |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |work=The Guardian |date=8 November 2005 |access-date=2 February 2011 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910064241/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2005/nov/08/awardsandprizes.oscars2006 |archive-date=10 September 2009}}</ref> while the BBC wrote: "Weisz is exceptional: film star charisma coupled with raw emotion in a performance to fall in love with".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/10/24/the_constant_gardener_2005_review.shtml |title=The Constant Gardener (2005) |first=Andy |last=Jacobs |work=BBC News |date=11 November 2005 |access-date=2 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115181650/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/10/24/the_constant_gardener_2005_review.shtml |archive-date=15 November 2009}}</ref> In 2006, she received the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] [[Britannia Awards|Britannia Award]] for British Artist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=31 July 2012 |url=http://www.bafta.org/losangeles/awards/britannia-awards-winners,1252,BA.html |title=Britannia Award Honorees – Awards & Events – Los Angeles – The BAFTA site |date=2 August 2006 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109061122/http://www.bafta.org/losangeles/awards/britannia-awards-winners%2C1252%2CBA.html |archive-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, Weisz starred in American filmmaker [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s romantic drama ''[[The Fountain (film)|The Fountain]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allmovie.com/work/the-fountain-312594/cast |title=The Fountain – Cast |website=AllMovie |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502165334/http://allmovie.com/work/the-fountain-312594/cast |archive-date=2 May 2009}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' found her portrayal of Queen Isabel "less convincing" than other roles.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 November 2006 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/22/DDGQRMGP7B1.DTL&type=movies |title=Toke-worthy search for fountain of youth |work=The [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]] |first=Ruthe |last=Stein |access-date=20 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019235951/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2006%2F11%2F22%2FDDGQRMGP7B1.DTL&type=movies |archive-date=19 October 2008}}</ref> That same year, she provided the voice for [[Saphira]] the dragon in the fantasy film ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allmovie.com/work/eragon-325766/cast |title=Eragon – cast |website=AllMovie |year=2006 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312102210/http://allmovie.com/work/eragon-325766/cast |archive-date=12 March 2010}}</ref> and rejected an offer to star in ''[[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' due to script issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rachel-Weisz-Leaves-Mummy-3-4912.html |title=Rachel Weisz Leaves Mummy 3 |website=CinemaBlend.com |last=Tyler |first=Josh |date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Beth Hilton |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a95411/weisz-criticised-for-mummy-decision.html |title=Weisz criticised for 'Mummy' decision |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=15 July 2008 |date=7 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605215123/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a95411/weisz-criticised-for-mummy-decision.html |archive-date=5 June 2009}}</ref> The part eventually went to [[Maria Bello]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583041/meet-mummy-sequels-new-leading-lady.jhtml |title='Mummy 3' star Maria Bello talks about taking over for Rachel Weisz, fighting an invisible baddie |publisher=MTV |last=Adler |first=Shawn |year=2008 |access-date=26 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106203846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583041/meet-mummy-sequels-new-leading-lady.jhtml}}</ref> Her subsequent films include the 2007 [[Wong Kar-wai]] drama ''[[My Blueberry Nights]]'',<ref name=weiszroles/> and [[Rian Johnson]]'s 2008 caper film ''[[The Brothers Bloom]]''.<ref name="weiszroles">{{cite news |last=Wise |first=Damon |title=What's wong with this picture? |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/cannes/article1830614.ece |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=News Corporation |date=24 May 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617004751/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/cannes/article1830614.ece |archive-date=17 June 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2007}}</ref> In 2009, she played the lead role of [[Hypatia of Alexandria]] in the historical drama film ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]'', a Spanish production directed by [[Alejandro Amenábar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/may/18/cannesfilmfestival-classics |title=Alejandro Amenabar's Agora: a gift for classicists |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028042332/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/may/18/cannesfilmfestival-classics |archive-date=28 October 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=30 January 2011 |date=1 July 2010 |location=London |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called her portrayal "adept", noting that she imparted "a sympathetic presence".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/movies/28agora.html |title=New York Times – Agora review – love amid the togas and the intolerant |work=The New York Times |access-date=16 February 2011 |first=A. O. |last=Scott |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020191015/http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/movies/28agora.html |archive-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=live |date=28 May 2010}}</ref> That same year, she appeared as [[Blanche DuBois]], in [[Rob Ashford]]'s revival of the play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jul/30/a-streetcar-named-desire |first=Chris |last=Wiegand |title=What to say about ... 'A Streetcar Named Desire' at the Donmar |work=The Guardian |date=30 July 2009 |access-date=7 March 2011 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-date=16 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616014416/http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/jul/30/a-streetcar-named-desire}}</ref> Her performance in the play was praised by critics, the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' noted that she "rises to the challenge magnificently".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/charlesspencer/5930319/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-with-Rachel-Weisz-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-review.html |first=Charles |last=Spencer |location=London |title='A Streetcar Named Desire' with Rachel Weisz, at the Donmar Warehouse – Review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 July 2009 |access-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430022026/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/charlesspencer/5930319/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-with-Rachel-Weisz-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-review.html |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>

===2010s===
[[File:Rachel Weisz 2012.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Weisz at the 2012 [[Deauville American Film Festival]]]]

Weisz starred in the film ''[[The Whistleblower]]'', which debuted at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2010. The film was based on the [[DynCorp#Employee involvement in child sex slave traffic|true story]] of human trafficking by employees of contractor [[DynCorp]]. During its première, the intense depiction of the treatment meted out to victims by the kidnappers made a woman in the audience faint.<ref>{{cite news |first=Melissa |last=Leong |url=https://nationalpost.com/arts/star-rachel-weisz-and-subject-kathryn-bolkovac-on-detaching-themselves-from-the-events-of-the-whistleblower |title=Star Rachel Weisz and subject Kathryn Bolkovac on detaching themselves from the events of 'The Whistleblower' |work=National Post |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]] Inc |access-date=13 April 2011 |date=17 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907081932/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/09/17/star-rachel-weisz-and-subject-kathryn-bolkovac-on-detaching-themselves-from-the-events-of-the-whistleblower/ |archive-date=7 September 2014 }}</ref> ''Variety'' wrote "Weisz's performance holds the viewer every step of the way."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943562?refcatid=31&printerfriendly=true |title=The Whistleblower: A tense, focused piece of storytelling with a powerful sense of empathy |last=Chang |first=Justin |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=8 May 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308060341/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943562?refcatid=31&printerfriendly=true |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> That same year, she guest-starred in the animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in the [[The Simpsons season 22|22nd season]] episode "[[How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/danica-patrick-and-rachel-weisz-to-appear-in-the-simpsons-106434983-237725171 |title=Danica Patrick and Rachel Weisz to appear in 'The Simpsons' |date=1 November 2010 |work=Irish Central |first=Antoinette |last=Kelly |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> Weisz's 2011 roles included an adaptation of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s play ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rachel-Weisz-Set-To-Suffer-In-The-Deep-Blue-Sea-19904.html |last=Rich |first=Katey |title=Rachel Weisz set to suffer in 'The Deep Blue Sea' |publisher=Cinema Blend LLC |date=30 July 2010 |access-date=2 January 2011 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013091014/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rachel-Weisz-Set-To-Suffer-In-The-Deep-Blue-Sea-19904.html}}</ref> [[Fernando Meirelles]]' drama ''[[360 (film)|360]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rachel-Weisz-Starring-In-Psychosexual-360-20750.html |title=Rachel Weisz starring in psychosexual '360' |website=CinemaBlend |date=21 September 2010 |access-date=30 January 2011 |last=Mariani |first=Mike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013091108/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Rachel-Weisz-Starring-In-Psychosexual-360-20750.html |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> the BBC espionage thriller ''[[Page Eight]]'', and the thriller film ''[[Dream House (2011 film)|Dream House]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Catsoulis |first=Jeannette |date=2011-09-30 |title=Moving Out of New York Is Just a Bad Idea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/movies/dream-house-with-daniel-craig-and-rachel-weisz-in-review.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

She filmed scenes for ''[[To the Wonder]]'', a 2012 romantic drama film written and directed by [[Terrence Malick]]; her scenes were cut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barry Pepper, Michael Sheen & Amanda Peet Also Cut From Terrence Malick's 'To The Wonder' |work=The Playlist |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/barry-pepper-michael-sheen-amanda-peet-also-cut-from-terrence-malicks-to-the-wonder-20120829 |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |date=29 August 2012 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-date=1 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901004025/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/barry-pepper-michael-sheen-amanda-peet-also-cut-from-terrence-malicks-to-the-wonder-20120829%23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Laura |last=Summers |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=268&articleid=20101005_268_0_BARTLE615180 |title='Untitled' Malick film is official, shooting in Bartlesville |work=[[Tulsa World]] |publisher=World Publishing Co |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923055659/http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=268&articleid=20101005_268_0_BARTLE615180 |archive-date=23 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmratings.com/filmRatings_cara/reports/s10746885.htm |access-date=14 May 2012 |title=To The Wonder |publisher=FilmRatings.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518015117/http://www.filmratings.com/filmRatings_cara/reports/s10746885.htm |archive-date=18 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She has starred in the 2012 action thriller film ''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]'' based on the series of books by [[Robert Ludlum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/first-look-at-rachel-weisz-alongside-jeremy-renner-in-the-bourne-legacy-110247/ |title=First Look At Rachel Weisz Alongside Jeremy Renner In 'The Bourne Legacy' |last=Lyttelton |first=Oliver |website=IndieWire |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223230451/https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/first-look-at-rachel-weisz-alongside-jeremy-renner-in-the-bourne-legacy-110247/ |archive-date=23 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Weisz starred on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] alongside her husband, [[Daniel Craig]], in a revival of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''. It opened 27 October 2013, and closed 5 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daniel Craig Heads Back To Broadway With 'Betrayal' |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/09/18/223752897/daniel-craig-heads-back-to-broadway-with-betrayal |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=18 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109192934/http://www.npr.org/2013/09/18/223752897/daniel-craig-heads-back-to-broadway-with-betrayal |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz to Star in Broadway 'Betrayal' |url=https://variety.com/2013/legit/news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-broadway-1200333595/ |access-date=9 November 2013 |magazine=variety.com |last=Cox |first=Gordon |date=5 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113012356/http://variety.com/2013/legit/news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-broadway-1200333595/ |archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> Box office receipts of $17.5 million made it the second highest grossing Broadway play of 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/07/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-huge-success-betrayal-broadway |title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz claim huge success with Betrayal on Broadway |newspaper=The Guardian |last=Trueman |first=Matt |date=7 January 2014 |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114155126/http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/07/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-huge-success-betrayal-broadway |archive-date=14 January 2014}}</ref> That year, Weisz played [[Wicked Witch of the East|Evanora]] in the fantasy film ''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/rachel-weisz-joins-james-franco-michelle-williams-for-disneys-oz-the-great-and-powerful-com-179307 |title=Rachel Weisz Joins James Franco, Michelle Williams for Disney's "Oz, the Great and Powerful" |last=Gioia |first=Michael |website=Playbill |date=18 May 2011 |access-date=18 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218203154/https://playbill.com/article/rachel-weisz-joins-james-franco-michelle-williams-for-disneys-oz-the-great-and-powerful-com-179307 |archive-date=18 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Rachel Weisz Cannes 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Weisz at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

In 2015, she appeared in drama film ''[[Youth (2015 film)|Youth]]'' and in science fiction film ''[[The Lobster]]''. ''Lobster'' won the Cannes Jury Prize. In 2016, she appeared in the drama film ''[[The Light Between Oceans (film)|The Light Between Oceans]]'', and portrayed Holocaust historian [[Deborah Lipstadt]] in ''[[Denial (2016 film)|Denial]]'', a film based on Lipstadt's book, and directed by [[Mick Jackson (director)|Mick Jackson]].

In 2017 Weisz starred in ''[[My Cousin Rachel (2017 film)|My Cousin Rachel]]'', a drama based on [[Daphne du Maurier]]'s novel, and in 2018 co-starred in a British [[biographical film]] about sailor [[Donald Crowhurst]], ''[[The Mercy]]'', directed by [[James Marsh (director)|James Marsh]].

Weisz's production company, LC6 Productions, released its first feature film, ''[[Disobedience (2017 film)|Disobedience]]'', in 2017, starring Weisz and [[Rachel McAdams]].<ref name=krollvariety>{{cite news |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Rachel Weisz to Produce and Star in Adaptation of Naomi Alderman Novel 'Disobedience' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/rachel-weisz-to-produce-and-star-in-adaptation-of-naomi-alderman-novel-disobedience-exclusive-1201873255/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=turnermm>{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Kyle |title=Weisz Beyond Her Years: From Optioned Novel to Arthouse Drama, Rachel Weisz Nurtured Disobedience at Every Stage |url=https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/news/rachel-weisz-disobedience/ |work=[[MovieMaker]] |date=27 April 2018 |access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> Weisz grew up three [[London Underground]] stops away from the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] neighborhood where the film is set. Raised within [[Judaism]], Weisz never fully connected to her ancestral religion. She claims she was "really disobedient" herself and has never felt she fits in anywhere.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-rachel-weisz-disobedience-20180502-story.html |title=Rachel Weisz takes matters in her own hands in her film 'Disobedience' |last=Kaufman |first=Amy |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, Weisz played [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah Churchill]] in ''[[The Favourite]]'', winning the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] and receiving her second nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

=== 2020s ===
In April 2019, Weisz entered talks to join [[Scarlett Johansson]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=3 April 2019 |title='Black Widow': Rachel Weisz Circling Key Role in Marvel's Standalone Film (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rachel-weisz-black-widow-marvel-scarlett-johansson-1203177636/ |access-date=4 April 2019 |magazine=Variety}}</ref> In July of that year, Weisz was announced to play [[Melina Vostokoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Melina Vostokoff]] in the film, which was released on 9 July 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Coggan |first=Devan |date=20 July 2019 |title=Black Widow hits Comic-Con with first details of Scarlett Johansson film |url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/20/black-widow-movie-first-look-scarlett-johansson/ |access-date=21 July 2019 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=23 March 2021 |title=Disney Moves 'Black Widow' to July, Releasing in Movie Theaters and Disney+ Streaming |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/black-widow-release-july-streaming-disney-plus-1234610752/ |access-date=23 March 2021 |website=[[indiewire]]}}</ref> Weisz starred in and executive produced the thriller miniseries ''[[Dead Ringers (miniseries)|Dead Ringers]]'' (2023), a remake of the [[Dead Ringers (film)|1988 film of the same name]] for [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/rachel-weisz-dead-ringers-amazon-annapurna-tv-alice-birch-1203011855/|title=Rachel Weisz To Star In & Produce 'Dead Ringers' TV Series Reboot In Works At Amazon From 'Normal People' Scribe Alice Birch & Annapurna TV|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first1=Justin|last1=Kroll|first2=Nellie|last2=Andreeva|date=18 August 2020|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
<!--Weisz is set to portray actress [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in the biographical drama ''A Special Relationship''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/rachel-weisz-elizabeth-taylor-biopic-a-special-relationship-1203385147/ |title=Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in Biopic 'A Special Relationship' |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rachel-weisz-play-elizabeth-taylor-biopic-1250364 |title=Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in Biopic From 'King's Speech' Producers |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Alex |last=Ritman |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> The film will chronicle Taylor's life and career from actress to activist. It is set to be directed by [[Bert and Bertie]], and produced by [[See-Saw Films]], with a script written by [[Simon Beaufoy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/rachel-weisz-to-play-elizabeth-taylor-in-a-special-relationship-for-see-saw-bert-bertie-simon-beaufoy-afm-1202770276/ |title=Rachel Weisz To Play Elizabeth Taylor In 'A Special Relationship' For See-Saw, Bert & Bertie, Simon Beaufoy – AFM |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |first=Tom |last=Grater |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> Weisz is attached to star alongside [[Colin Farrell]] in ''Love Child'', directed by [[Todd Solondz]].<ref name="vlc">{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/rachel-weisz-colin-farrell-todd-solondz-love-child-cannes-1234996754/ |title=Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell Reunite for Todd Solondz's 'Love Child,' Sales to Launch at Cannes |date=15 June 2021 |magazine=Variety |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> She is also set to star in a film adaptation of ''[[Seance on a Wet Afternoon]]'', based on the 1961 suspense novel of the same name by Mark McShane and directed by [[Tomas Alfredson]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/rachel-weisz-legendarys-seance-on-a-wet-afternoon-tomas-alfredson-1234855948/ |title=Rachel Weisz To Star in Legendary's Adaptation of 'Seance on a Wet Afternoon', Tomas Alfredson To Direct |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |first=Justin |last=Kroll |date=14 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>-->

==Personal life==
In 2001, Weisz began dating the American filmmaker and producer [[Darren Aronofsky]]. They met backstage at London's [[Almeida Theatre]], where she was starring in ''The Shape of Things''. Weisz moved to New York City with Aronofsky the following year;<ref name=shape>{{cite news |first=Craig |last=McLean |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3662519/Labour-of-love.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3662519/Labour-of-love.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Labour of love |access-date=31 January 2011 |date=13 January 2007 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in 2005, they were engaged. Their son was born in May 2006 in New York City.<ref name=usatoday>{{cite news |title=Oscar winner Rachel Weisz has baby boy |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company, Inc |date=1 June 2006 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-01-weisz-baby_x.htm |access-date=23 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1185721,00.html |title=''Rachel Weisz has a boy'' |journal=People |date=1 June 2006 |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-date=8 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308165700/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C1185721%2C00.html}}</ref> The couple resided in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] in [[Manhattan]]. ''Mohel'' [[Philip Sherman (rabbi)|Philip Sherman]] performed their son's [[brit milah]] ([[bris]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Bringing Decades of Experience to the Bris |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/bringing-decades-of-experience-to-the-bris/ |access-date=15 August 2023 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2012-02-01}}</ref> In November 2010, Weisz and Aronofsky announced that they had been apart for months but remained close friends and were committed to bringing up their son together in New York.<ref name=peoplesplit>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20440528,00.html |first=Simon |last=Perry |title=Rachel Weisz & Darren Aronofsky split up |work=People |date=9 November 2010 |access-date=10 November 2010 |archive-date=11 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111171746/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20440528%2C00.html}}</ref>

Weisz and the English actor [[Daniel Craig]] were friends for many years and worked together on the 2011 film ''[[Dream House (2011 film)|Dream House]]''. They began dating in December 2010 and married on 22 June 2011 in a private New York ceremony, with four guests in attendance, including Weisz's son and Craig's daughter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/25/rachel-weisz-daniel-craig-married_n_884653.html |title=Rachel Weisz, Daniel Craig Get Married: Actress, Actor Wed In Secret Ceremony |date=25 June 2011 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=26 June 2011 |archive-date=27 June 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627134733/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/25/rachel-weisz-daniel-craig-married_n_884653.html}}</ref> On 1 September 2018, it was reported that they had their first child together, a daughter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daniel-craig-rachel-weisz-baby-girl-first-child-birth-a8518501.html |title=Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcome first child together |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |last=Javed |first=Saman |date=1 September 2018}}</ref>

Weisz has been featured on the covers of magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=January 2010 Vogue with Rachel Weisz |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/091210-january-2010-vogue-with-rachel-weis.aspx |date=19 December 2010 |access-date=9 February 2011 |first=Lauren |last=Milligan |work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue UK]] |publisher=Condé Nast Publications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213125707/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/091210-january-2010-vogue-with-rachel-weis.aspx |archive-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She served as a [[Artistic inspiration|muse]] to the fashion designer [[Narciso Rodriguez]],<ref>{{cite news |access-date=24 January 2011 |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2008/05/14/designer-focus-narciso-rodriguez |title=Designer focus: Narciso Rodriguez |work=Vogue |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] Publications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829060235/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2008/05/14/designer-focus-narciso-rodriguez |archive-date=29 August 2012 |url-status=live |date=18 May 2008}}</ref> and was named [[L'Oréal]]'s global ambassador in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.marketingupdate.co.za/?IDStory=31040 |title=Rachel Weisz is L'Oreal Paris' new global ambassador |work=Marketing Update |publisher=Digital Media & Marketing Association |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=2 September 2014 |archive-date=2 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902212906/http://www.marketingupdate.co.za/?IDStory=31040}}</ref> Weisz learned [[karate]] for her role in ''[[The Brothers Bloom]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2008/movies/49548/ |title=Funny Girl? |date=19 August 2008 |magazine=[[New York Magazine]] |first=Logan |last=Hill |access-date=9 June 2023 }}</ref> A British citizen by birth, Weisz became a [[Citizenship of the United States|naturalised American citizen]] in 2011.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-27-2011/rachel-weisz |title=Rachel Weisz on the Today Show |date=27 July 2011 |work=The Daily Show |access-date=4 August 2011 |archive-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020204735/http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-27-2011/rachel-weisz}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
| ''[[Death Machine]]''
| Junior Executive
|
|-
| ''White Goods''
| Elaine
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Chain Reaction (1996 film)|Chain Reaction]]''
| {{sortname|Dr. Lily|Sinclair|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Stealing Beauty]]''
| {{sortname|Miranda|Fox|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1997
| ''[[Bent (1997 film)|Bent]]''
| Prostitute
|
|-
| ''[[Going All the Way]]''
| {{sortname|Marty|Pilcher|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Swept from the Sea]]''
| {{sortname|Amy|Foster|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| ''[[I Want You (1998 film)|I Want You]]''
| Helen
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Land Girls|The Land Girls (film)}}''
| Agapanthus
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''{{sortname|The|Mummy|The Mummy (1999 film)}}''
| {{sortname|Evelyn|Carnahan|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''
| {{sortname|Greta|Sors|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Tube Tales]]''
| Angela
| Segment: ''[[Tube Tales#Rosebud|Rosebud]]''
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Beautiful Creatures (2000 film)|Beautiful Creatures]]''
| Petula
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Enemy at the Gates]]''
| {{sortname|Tania|Chernova|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Mummy Returns}}''
| {{sortname|Evelyn|Carnahan / Nefertiri|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''
| Rachel
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| ''[[Confidence (2003 film)|Confidence]]''
| Lily
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Shape of Things}}''
| {{sortname|Evelyn Ann|Thompson|nolink=1}}
| Also producer
|-
| ''[[Runaway Jury]]''
| Marlee
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Envy (2004 film)|Envy]]''
| {{sortname|Debbie|Dingman|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]''
| {{sortname|Angela and Isabel|Dodson|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Constant Gardener|The Constant Gardener (film)}}''
| {{sortname|Tessa|Quayle|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''{{sortname|The|Fountain}}''
| Queen Isabel / Izzi Creo
|
|-
| ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]''
| [[Characters in the Inheritance cycle#Saphira|Saphira]] (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Fred Claus]]''
| Wanda
|
|-
| ''[[My Blueberry Nights]]''
| {{sortname|Sue|Lynne|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''[[Definitely, Maybe]]''
| {{sortname|Summer|Hartley|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Brothers Bloom}}''
| Penelope
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''{{sortname|The|Lovely Bones|The Lovely Bones (film)}}''
| {{sortname|Abigail|Salmon|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]''
| [[Hypatia]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''{{sortname|The|Whistleblower}}''
| {{sortname|Kathryn|Bolkovac}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
| ''[[360 (film)|360]]''
| Rose
|
|-
| ''[[Dream House (2011 film)|Dream House]]''
| {{sortname|Libby|Atenton|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Deep Blue Sea|The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film)}}''
| {{sortname|Hester|Collyer|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| ''{{sortname|The|Bourne Legacy|The Bourne Legacy (film)}}''
| {{sortname|Dr. Marta|Shearing|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[To the Wonder]]''
| Dinah
| Scenes deleted<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rachel Weisz says she was cut from Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder' |url=https://ew.com/article/2012/08/29/rachel-weisz-says-she-was-cut-from-terrence-malicks-to-the-wonder/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=EW.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]''
| [[Wicked Witch of the East|Evanora]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''{{sortname|The|Lobster}}''
| Short Sighted Woman
|
|-
| ''[[Youth (2015 film)|Youth]]''
| {{sortname|Lena|Ballinger|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| ''[[Complete Unknown]]''
| {{sortname|Alice|Manning|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Light Between Oceans|The Light Between Oceans (film)}}''
| {{sortname|Hannah|Roennfeldt|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Denial (2016 film)|Denial]]''
| {{sortname|Deborah|Lipstadt}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[My Cousin Rachel (2017 film)|My Cousin Rachel]]''
| {{sortname|Rachel|Ashley|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| ''[[Disobedience (2017 film)|Disobedience]]''
| {{sortname|Ronit|Krushka|nolink=1}}
| Also producer
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Mercy}}''
| {{sortname|Clare|Crowhurst|nolink=1}}
|
|-
| 2018
| ''{{sortname|The|Favourite}}''
| {{sortname|Sarah|Churchill|Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough}}
| 
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''
| {{sortname|Melina|Vostokoff|Melina Vostokoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)}}
|
|-
| TBA
| {{pending film|The Mummy 4}}
| Evelyn Carnahan
| Upcoming film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''Advocates II''
| {{sortname|Sarah|Thompson|nolink=1}}
| [[Television film]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
| {{sortname|Arabella|Baydon|nolink=1}}
| Episode: "[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Series 7 (1993)|Twilight of the Gods]]"
|-
| ''[[Tropical Heat]]''
| Joey
| Episode: "His Pal Joey"
|-
| ''[[Scarlet and Black (TV series)|Scarlet and Black]]''
| Mathilde
| [[TV miniseries]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''Seventeen''
|
| TV short
|-
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Becca
| Episode: "Dirtysomething"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[My Summer with Des]]''
| Rosie
| Television film
|-
| 2000
| ''[[This is not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis|This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis]]''
| {{sortname|Lauren|Hynde|nolink=1}}
| Television program
|-
| 2010
| ''{{sortname|The|Simpsons}}''
| {{sortname|Dr.|Thurston|nolink=1}} (voice)
| Episode: "[[How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?]]"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Page Eight]]''
| {{sortname|Nancy|Pierpan|nolink=1}}
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| ''[[Dead Ringers (miniseries)|Dead Ringers]]''
| {{sortname|Elliot and Beverly|Mantle|nolink=1}}
| Lead role; also executive producer 
|-
| ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]''
| {{sortname|Melina|Vostokoff|nolink=1}} (voice)
| Episode: "[[What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?]]"
|-
| TBA
| {{pending series|[[Vladimir (TV series)|Vladimir]]}}
| 
| Upcoming series; also executive producer
|}
{{pending films key}}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Play
! Role
! Theatre
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Design for Living]]'' || Gilda || [[Gielgud Theatre]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' || Catherine || [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' || Evelyn Ann Thompson || [[Almeida Theatre]]
|-
| 2001 || ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' || Evelyn Ann Thompson || Promenade Theatre
|-
| 2009 || ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' || [[Blanche DuBois]] || [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' || Emma || [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Plenty (play)|Plenty]]'' || Susan Traherne || [[The Public Theater]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Rachel Weisz}}

==See also==
*[[List of British Academy Award nominees and winners]]
*[[List of Jewish Academy Award winners and nominees]]
*[[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
*[[List of actors with three or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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