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Rachel Weisz
Age: 39
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Born: Mar. 7th, 1970
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BIOGRAPHY: Rachel Weisz was born on 7th March 1970, 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 University. While there, she formed a theater company named 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 her a vote for Most Promising Newcomer by the London Critics' Circle.
She has starred in many movies, including The Mummy (1999), Enemy at the Gates (2001), and Stealing Beauty (1996). Rachel can also be seen in the movies The Shape of Things (2003), About a Boy (2002), Constantine (2005), and The Constant Gardener (2005), for which she won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. Currently, she is living with maverick director Darren Aronofsky in Brooklyn and the two of them have a son, Henry Chance.
TRIVIA:
- Lives in New York with director 'Darren Aronofsky' (qv) (2004).
- While filming _The Mummy (1999)_ (qv) and _The Mummy Returns (2001)_ (qv), she formed a strong friendship with fellow co-stars 'John Hannah (I)' (qv) and 'Oded Fehr' (qv). They remain good friends.
- Was offered a large part in the 'Richard Gere' (qv) movie _King David (1985)_ (qv) when she was only 14. Her parents wouldn't let her do it.
- Announced on _"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992)_ (qv) that she was five months pregnant and engaged to 'Darren Aronofsky' (qv). [January 6, 2006]
- Drives an old, black Jaguar 4.2 Sovereign with pepper-pot wheels.
- 'Chris Weitz' (qv), who directed her in _About a Boy (2002)_ (qv), was a classmate of Rachel when she attended Cambridge University.
- Her part in _Eragon (2006)_ (qv) made her one of the first actress in world history to have a leading role as a dragon.
- Grew up a tomboy.
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