Rachel Weisz

BIOGRAPHY

Best remembered for her role of Evelyn Carnahan in the 1999 movie The Mummy, Rachel Weisz is a British film and theater actor, who started her acting career with television shows. Before appearing on television, Weisz was an active part of theater and performed at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. While she made her television debut in 1993 with the detective drama series Inspector Morse, her debut movie was the 1994 Japanese-British sci-fi action-horror Death Machine in 1994. She has appeared in movies like I Want You, Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Constant Gardener, and . Even after becoming a successful movie actor, Weisz continued to be a part of theater and went on to win the Olivier Award for Best actor for her performance in Tennessee Williams' 2009 revival of the 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire.
Did you Know?
- Weisz was offered the role of Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, however, due to date issues she had to opt out of the movie. The role finally went to Cate Blanchett.

- She was expecting her first child while filming Eragon in 2006.

- She holds both American as well as British citizenship.