Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz (born 7 March 1970) is an English film and theatre actress and fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, 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 miniseries The Scarlet and the Black, and the television movie Advocates II. She made her film debut in the 1994 film Death Machine, but her breakthrough role came in the 1996 movie Chain reaction, leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films The Mummy, in 1999, and The Mummy Returns in 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 the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

Weisz also worked on theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noel 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 the 2006 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 of 2009.

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Movie		Character	Year
	Chain Reaction	Dr. Lily Sinclair	1996
	The Mummy	Evelyn Carnahan	1999
	Sunshine	Greta	1999
	Enemy at the Gates	Tania Chernova	2001
	The Mummy Returns	Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell/Princess Nefertiri	2001
	About a Boy	Rachel	2002
	Confidence	Lily	2003
	Constantine	Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson	2005
	The Constant Gardener	Tessa Quayle	2005
	The Fountain	Izzi	2006
	Eragon	Stimme von Saphira	2006
	My Blueberry Nights	Sue Lynne	2007
	Definitely, Maybe	Summer Hartley	2008
	The Brothers Bloom	Penelope Stamp	2008
	Agora	Hypatia	2009
	The Lovely Bones	Abigail Salmon	2009
	The Deep Blue Sea	Hester Collyer	2011
	Dream House	Libby Atenton	2011
	Page Eight	Nancy Pierpan	2011
	The Bourne Legacy	Marta	2012
	Oz: The Great and Powerful	Evanora	2013