- published: 16 Oct 2015
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Rachel Hannah Weisz (/ˈvaɪs/ VYS; born 7 March 1970) is an English film and theatre actress as well as a former fashion model who holds both British and American citizenship.
Weisz began her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the early 1990s, then started working in television, appearing in the detective drama Inspector Morse, the British mini-series Scarlet and Black and the television film Advocates II. She made her film debut in the science fiction movie Death Machine (1994). Her first Hollywood appearance came in the action film Chain Reaction (1996), opposite Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman.
Next, she appeared as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the adventure films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). Other notable films featuring Weisz are the war film Enemy at the Gates (2001), opposite Jude Law; the comedy-drama About a Boy (2002), opposite Hugh Grant; the supernatural action-thriller Constantine (2005), pairing her once again with Keanu Reeves; and in the Darren Aronofsky-directed romantic drama The Fountain, opposite Hugh Jackman. For her supporting role in the drama thriller The Constant Gardener (2005), opposite Ralph Fiennes, she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild award. In 2006, Weisz received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. She played the Wicked Witch of the East, Evanora, in the fantasy adventure Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). In 2015, she appeared in two films that played at the Cannes Film Festival, Youth and The Lobster.
Actors: William Stone Mahoney (actor), Jon Stahl (actor), Jon Stahl (director), Jon Stahl (writer), Jon Stahl (producer), Todd Zelin (editor), Brent Katz (actor), Marcia T. Mohiuddin (producer), Jennifer Kalison (actress), Kit Paquin (actress), Eric Milano (composer), Khalid Rahmaan (miscellaneous crew), Eric Milano (actor), Marissa Tiamfook (actress), Julie Cohen (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: When 4th grade teacher Jonah Stein falls for the girl his mother sets him up with, he finally seems to have love all figured out--that is, until an unexpected attraction to a fellow teacher forces Jonah to deal head on with his faith, his family, and his quest for true love.
Genres: Comedy,