Birth Date: March 7, 1971
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Occupation: Actress
Claim to Fame: The Mummy, 1999
Height: 5'7"
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Brown
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz Links: Rachel Weisz at Babe Invasion Top Celebrity Pages: Rachel Weisz Bomis: Rachel Weisz TeraBabes: Rachel Weisz Rachel Weisz Quotes: "I once made the mistake of telling someone that I always wanted to be a barrister-- and I got a pitying look, followed by an article along lines 'the poor little tart thinks she could get a proper job, but look at the way she photographs"' "I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans." "People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes" |
Trivia:
-Last name is pronounced Vice.
-Studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
-Dated director Sam Mendes [2001]
-Studying English at Cambridge University, Weisz formed the Talking Tongues theater company and at 1991's Edinburgh Festival won a student drama award for a play she wrote and acted in.
-Her mother, Edith, is a Viennese-born psychotherapist (wanted to act herself, encouraged Rachel to try theatre). Her father, George, is a Hungarian-born inventor.
-Rachel has recently become a patron of The X Appeal, which is the official charity of the Royal College of Radiologists.
-Rachel's father invented respirators that supplied their own oxygen
and machines that sense land mines.
Filmography:
Marlowe (2003)
Envy (2003).... Tim's Wife
Runaway Jury, The (2003).... Marlee/Claire Clement/Gabrielle Brant
Confidence (2003) .... Lily
Shape of Things, The (2003) .... Evelyn
About a Boy (2002) .... Rachel
Mummy Returns, The (2001) .... Evelyn 'Evie' Carnahan O'Connell/Princess Nefertiri
Enemy at the Gates (2001) .... Tania Chernova
Beautiful Creatures (2000) .... Petula
Tube Tales (1999) (TV) .... (segment Rosebud)
Sunshine (1999) .... Greta
Mummy, The (1999) .... Evelyn 'Evie' Carnahan
My Summer with Des (1998) (TV) .... Rosie
I Want You (1998/I) .... Helen
Land Girls, The (1998) .... Ag (Agapanthus)
Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Amy Foster
Bent (1997) .... Prostitute
Going All the Way (1997) .... Marty Pilcher
Chain Reaction (1996) .... Dr. Lily Sinclair
Stealing Beauty (1996) .... Miranda
Death Machine (1995) .... Junior Executive
Seventeen (1994) (TV)
White Goods (1994) (TV) .... Elaine
Dirtysomething (1993) (TV) .... Becca
"Scarlet & Black" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Mathilde de la Mole
