Rachel Weisz is an Academy Award-winning actress known for portraying women of incredible spirit and intelligence. She continues to seek out challenging projects and roles on both the screen and stage. Weisz co-stars with Colin Firth in the forthcoming release “The Mercy,” directed by James Marsh. She recently re-teamed with director Yorgos Lanthimos on “The Favourite,” alongside Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Nicholas Hoult. The film, which is currently in post-production, explores the political machinations behind the scenes during the reign of Queen Anne (Colman), the last monarch of the House of Stuarts.
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In 2005 Weisz won a Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden GlobeÂź and an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) for her performance opposite Ralph Fiennes in “The Constant Gardener,” Fernando Meirellesâ film adaptation of the best-selling John le CarrĂ© novel. In 2012 she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for Terence Daviesâ “The Deep Blue Sea,” a film adaptation of Terence Rattiganâs play. Her performance in this independent film also earned her Best Actress awards from The New York Film Critics Circle and the Toronto Film Critics Association.
Previously, Weisz received critical acclaim for her performance in “The Shape of Things,” which also marked her first venture into producing. In 2014 she executive produced “Radiator,” the directorial debut of Tom Browne.
Weiszâs diverse roster of film credits includes Roger Michellâs “My Cousin Rachel,” Mick Jacksonâs “Denial,” Joshua Marstonâs “Complete Unknown,” Derek Cianfranceâs “The Light Between Oceans,” Paolo Sorrentinoâs “Youth,” Yorgos Lanthimosâ 2015 Cannes Jury Prize winner “The Lobster,” Alejandro AmenĂĄbarâs “Agora,” Rian Johnsonâs “The Brothers Bloom,” Wong Kar Weiâs “My Blueberry Nights,” Peter Jacksonâs “The Lovely Bones,” Adam Brooksâ “Definitely, Maybe,” Larysa Kondrackiâs “The Whistleblower,” Jim Sheridanâs “Dream House,” Francis Lawrenceâs “Constantine,” Darren Aronofskyâs “The Fountain,” Gary Flederâs “Runaway Jury,” Chris and Paul Weitzâs “About a Boy,” Jean-Jacques Annaudâs “Enemy at the Gates,” Bernardo Bertolucciâs “Stealing Beauty,” Stephen Sommersâ “The Mummy and “The Mummy Returns,” Tony Gilroyâs “The Bourne Legacy” and Sam Raimiâs “Oz The Great and Powerful.”
Rachel Weisz in Stealing Beauty
In 2016 Weisz starred in the Off Broadway production of the Public Theaterâs âPlenty,â directed by David Leveaux. In 2013 she starred on Broadway in Mike Nicholsâ âBetrayal,â opposite Daniel Craig and Rafe Spall. Before its opening, âBetrayalâ shattered weekly box-office records in previews at the Barrymore Theatre. In 2010 Weisz won the Laurence Olivier Award in the category of Best Actress for her performance as Blanche DuBois in the West End revival of Tennessee Williamsâ “A Streetcar Named Desire.â She previously starred in writer/director Neil LaButeâs staging of his original play âThe Shape of Things,â in both London and New York City. Her performance in Sean Mathiasâ U.K. staging of Noel Cowardâs âDesign for Livingâ earned her the London Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Newcomer. She also starred inthe West End production of âSuddenly Last Summer,â directed by Mathias.
Weisz began her career as a student at Cambridge University, where she formed the Talking Tongues Theatre Group, which performed numerous experimental pieces and won the prestigious Guardian Award at the Edinburgh Festival.