Rachel Weisz was born on the 7th March, 1971 in London, England to Edith, an Austrian psychoanalyst and George, a Hungarian inventor.
Rachel was a model when she was 14 and began acting during her studies at Cambridge. While there, she formed a theatre company called "Talking Tongues", which won the Guardian Award, at the Edinburgh Festival, for its take on Neville Shouthall's "Washbag". Rachel went on to star on stage in the lauded Sean Mathias revival of Noel Coward's "Design For Living". It was a role that won Rachel a vote for Most Promising Newcomer by the London Critic Circle.
Rachel has starred in many movies, including The Mummy (1999), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and Stealing Beauty (1996). Rachel can next be seen in the movies, The Shape of Things (2003) and About a Boy (2002). Rachel is currently living in London and is single, but has dated Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes.
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