Rachel Hannah Weisz was born 7 March 1970 is a British actress. Weisz began her acting career in the early 1990s, appearing in Inspector Morse, Scarlet and Black and Advocates II. She made her film debut in Death Machine (1994). Her first Hollywood appearance was in Chain Reaction (1996), opposite Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman. She has worked in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noël Coward’s play Design for Living, which earned her the London Critics’ Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz’s performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer, and their 2009 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Olivier Award for Best Actress. Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London, U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, is of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. Rachel has a sister, Minnie, a curator and photographer. Rachel started modeling 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 Southall’s “Washbag”. Rachel went on to star on stage in the lauded Sean Mathiasrevival of Noël Coward’s “Design For Living”. It was a role that won her a vote for Most Promising Newcomer by the London Critics’ Circle. Weisz was born in Westminster, London, and grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Her father, George Weisz, is a mechanical engineer/inventor from Hungary. Her mother, Edith Ruth , was a teacher-turned-psychotherapist from Vienna, Austria. Her parents left for the United Kingdom around 1938, before the outbreak of the Second World War, to escape the Nazis. Scholar Rev. James Parkes helped her mother and her mother’s family leave Austria for England. Her father is from a Jewish family. Her mother’s ancestry is Austrian Jewish, Viennese and Italian; Weisz’s mother formally converted to Judaism upon marrying Weisz’s father. Weisz’s maternal grandfather was Alexander Teich, who as a Jewish activist had been a secretary of the World Union of Jewish Students. She has a younger sister, Minnie Weisz, who is a photographic artist. Weisz’s parents valued the arts and encouraged their children to form opinions of their own by introducing them to family debates. Weisz left North London Collegiate School and attended Benenden School for one year, completing A-levels at St Paul’s Girls School. Known for being an “English rose”, Weisz started modelling when she was 14. In 1984, she gained public attention when she turned down an offer to star in King David with Richard Gere.
Rachel Weisz Biography |Wiki.
| Name | Rachel Weisz |
|---|---|
| Born Name | Rachel Hannah Weisz |
| Birth Place | London, England, UK |
| Date Of Birth | March 07, 1970 |
| Age | 47 Years |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | 57 Kg |
| Body Measurement | 37-24-35 Hair Color Dark Brown Eye Color Hazel Sexual Orientation Straight Distinctive Features Effervescent smile Long Brown Hair Beautiful Eyes Dress Size 4 (US) Bra Size 34C Shoe Size 9.5 (US) |
| Profession | Actress, fashion model |
| TV Serials | Advocates II Inspector Morse |
| Movie | Death Machine |
| School | North London Collegiate School, St Paul’s Girls School |
| College | Unknown |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Nationality | British and American |
| Home Town | London, England, UK |
| City | London, England, UK |
| Marital Status | Unknown |
| Fathers Name | George Weisz (Inventor) |
| Mothers Name | Edith Ruth (née Teich) (Teacher-turned-psychotherapist) |
| Siblings | Minnie Weisz (Photographer and Curator) |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Ben Miller Alessandro Nivola Sam Mendes |


