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My Take
Rachel Weisz strikes me as the rare actress who never let prestige and pleasure become opposing camps. She moves between blockbusters and fiercely intelligent independent films without condescending to either, and her Cambridge-honed intellect shows in how precisely she calibrates every role. The Oscar and the Olivier Award tell you she commands both screen and stage, but what I admire most is her taste: she picks directors and scripts the way a collector picks art, patiently and with conviction. Billions of dollars in box office later, she still feels like a working actress rather than a brand, and that discipline is exactly why she endures.
Overview
Rachel Hannah Weisz (; born 7 March 1970) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Films in which she has appeared have grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rachel Weisz
- Name (Japanese)
- レイチェル・ワイズ
- Reading
- れいちぇる・わいず
- Born
- March 7, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Westminster, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / film director / audiobook narrator / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Cambridge
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
- 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 2005 British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress
- 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- 2002 Theatre World Award
- Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.