Rachel Weisz : Early life and background,Career,Theatre,Film,Personal life,Filmography,Awards and honours

Rachel Hannah Weisz

Weisz at the 2010 TIFF premiere of The Whistleblower.
Born     Rachel Hannah Weisz
7 March 1970 (1970-03-07) (age 41)
Westminster, London, England
Occupation     Actress
Years active     1992–present
Spouse     Daniel Craig (2011–present)
Children     Henry Chance (b. 2006)

Childhood

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Rachel Weisz : Full name Rachel Hannah Weisz.She is an English.She was born in Westminster, London, England, and grew up in the Hampstead Garden Suburb.Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich), is a teacher turned psychotherapist.Her father, George Weisz, was a Hungarian-born inventor and engineer.Her parents fled to England during the Holocaust and Second World War.

Educational Status

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Once Weisz finished her university education, she was offered a place at drama school, but she chose to look for work. In those years, she started taking small television roles.

First On Television/Films

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1992–1998 : She appeared on the 1992 television movie Advocates II, followed by roles in the Inspector Morse episode "Twilight of the Gods", and Scarlet and Black alongside Ewan McGregor.Weisz started her film career with a minor role in the 1994 film Death Machine,but her first major role came in the 1996 film Chain Reaction, which also starred Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman.She next appeared as Miranda Fox in Stealing Beauty, directed by the Italian Academy Award-winner Bernardo Bertolucci.Following this, Weisz found roles in the 1997 American drama Swept from the Sea,the 1998 television comedy-drama My Summer with Des, the Michael Winterbottom's crime movie I Want You,and David Leland's The Land Girls, based on Angela Huth's book of the same name.

In 1999 Weisz played Greta in the historical film Sunshine.The same year, her international breakthrough came with the 1999 adventure movie The Mummy, in which she played the female lead opposite Brendan Fraser. To Be Continued.......