Biography

Date of birth: March 07, 1971
Place of birth: London, England
Category: Actor
Nationality: British
Currently seen in: About A Boy (2002)

With her "peaches and cream" complexion and her "perfectly symmetrical eyebrows", Rachel Weisz was hotly tipped to become the latest British actress to make it big in the US, although her Hollywood debut in Chain Reaction (1996) with Keanu Reeves is perhaps best passed over. Back in Britain, Land Girls (1998) was disappointing, but she was given another chance by Hollywood and was highly commended for her role as the prim librarian in the hugely successful The Mummy (1999) and its sequel, The Mummy Returns (2001). She also stars in the epic world war two drama, Enemy at the Gates (2001).

did you know...?

? She loves heavy rock music, particularly Led Zeppelin.
? In a BBC costume drama about the French Revolution, Weisz played an unhinged woman who cradles Ewan McGregor's head after he has been guillotined. The props department didn't have a prosthetic head so McGregor had to spend a few hours under Weisz's skirt, his head popping up through a hole in her lap.