Today we offer a closer look atfamous British actress Rachel Weiss. For most domestic viewers, she is known for her roles in such films as The Mummy, The Return of the Mummy, Constantine: Lord of Darkness, as well as My Blueberry Nights and The Devoted Gardener. The actress is the winner of the most prestigious Oscar and Golden Globe film awards.
Rachel Hannah Weiss was born March 7, 1971year in London. Her father, who is a Jew by nationality, together with his family was forced to flee from his native Hungary from the persecution of the Nazis. On the maternal line, Rachel inherited Austrian and Italian blood. Her father was a talented inventor who invented a mechanism for detecting landmines, and also developed gas masks equipped with his own stock of oxygen.
Rachel is a graduate of CambridgeUniversity, where she was engaged not only in the study of English language and literature, but also actively participated in student productions, taking the first steps towards an acting career. During his student years, Weiss, together with a group of like-minded people, founded the Cambridge Speaking Languages Drama troupe, which was awarded the prize of the Edinburgh Festival.
A girl could appear on the big screen as early as1985, when she was offered to shoot in a very popular Richard Gere film later entitled “King David”. However, Rachel's parents were completely against it, and they took on another pretender for the role.
Due to this circumstance the debut of the talentedactress in cinema has been postponed for almost 10 years. It took place in 1993. It was the main role in the English TV show “Red and Black”. Two years later, Weiss appeared on the big screens in the film The Death Machine.
В 1996 году Рэйчел сыграла хоть и не главную, но a very memorable role in the film “Stealing Beauty” by Bernardo Bertolucci. The success of the young actress was reinforced by another film released in the same year called Chain Reaction. On the shooting of this picture, her partner was Keanu Reeves. This was followed by a series of notable roles in the American-made TV series “Fellow Passengers” (1997) and “Land Girls” (1997), as well as in the English drama “I want you” (1998).
Among the actors there is a belief that the firstthe role determines the entire future career. In the case of Rachel Weiss, this principle turned out to be prophetic, because most of her works are associated with participation in mystical paintings. In 1999, the actress starred in two very successful films: “The Mummy” and “The Taste of Sunlight”. Thanks to these roles, Rachel received a truly world-wide fame and entered the list of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. Two years later, the second part of the Mummy is released, which repeats the success of the first film. Rachel offered to shoot in "Mummy-3", but due to the employment in other projects, she was forced to refuse. In fairness it should be noted that this film, despite the brilliant play of Brandan Fraser, turned out to be frankly weak.
Rachel Weiss, whose filmography has already includedseveral very successful films, continues to be actively removed, and with the advent of the new millennium. So, in 2001, she appeared in front of the audience in the role of Tanya Chernova - a Russian girl in the film “The Enemy at the Gates”. Despite the fact that she was a bit like her heroine, thanks to the participation in the project of such great actors as Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes, the film was greeted quite warmly. The following year, Weiss starred in the film “My Boy,” where Tony Collette and Hugh Grant became her casting partners.
The following noteworthy pictures withRachel starred in 2005. We are talking about the films "Constantine: Lord of Darkness" and "The Devoted Gardener", for the minor role in which the actress was awarded the prestigious Academy Award.
In 2007, the premiere of another very successful film with the participation of Rachel - "My Blueberry Nights," directed by Wong Karwai.
Films with Rachel Weiss continue to go onscreens. So, in 2009, the premiere of a large-scale picture with her participation called “Agora” Then followed roles in such films as “Sweet Bones” (2009), “Snitch” (2010), “Moon” (2010), “Colossus” (2010), “Deep Blue Sea” (2011), “Kaleidoscope of Love” (2011), "The Bourne Evolution" (2012), "Burial" (2012), etc.
In 2013, viewers had the opportunity to again see the actress on the big screens in the film “Oz: the Great and Terrible”.
For several years, Rachel Weiss wasin a relationship with director Darren Aronofsky. The couple was engaged, in 2006 they had a son, who was given the name Harry. However, in 2010, former lovers declared their break.
After breaking up with Aronofsky, the actress startedthe novel with Daniel Craig, whom she met on the set of the film back in 2001. However, lovers kept their relationship in secret. In June 2011, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weiss got married, but the ceremony was held in strict secrecy, and information about this fact appeared in the media much later.
