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Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz (; born 7 March 1970)) gives a year of 1970, as does the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' and the National Portrait Gallery. However, some sources give it incorrectly as 1971, including her detailed biography at the British Film Institute (Alexander Larman: [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1174895/index.html ''Weisz, Rachel (1971–)'']), [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/feb/03/film.edvulliamy a biographic article in ''The Guardian'']. The ''Evening Standard'' of 6 March 2006 (Nick Curtis: ''A Taxing Issue for Partygoers; the Oscars Diary'') claims that Weisz herself gives 1971 as her year of birth.}} is an English actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Weisz began acting in stage and television productions in the early 1990s, and made her film debut in ''Death Machine'' (1994). She won a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her role in the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play ''Design for Living'', and went on to appear in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' drama ''Suddenly Last Summer''. Her film breakthrough came with her starring role as Evelyn Carnahan in the Hollywood action films ''The Mummy'' (1999) and ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), ''About a Boy'' (2002), ''Runaway Jury'' (2003), ''Constantine'' (2005), ''The Fountain'' (2006), ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009) and ''The Whistleblower'' (2010).

For her performance as an activist in the 2005 thriller ''The Constant Gardener'', she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for playing Blanche DuBois in a 2009 revival of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. In the 2010s, Weisz continued to star in big-budget films such as the action film ''The Bourne Legacy'' (2012) and the fantasy film ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013) and achieved critical acclaim for her performances in the independent films ''The Deep Blue Sea'' (2011), ''Denial'' (2016), and ''The Favourite'' (2018). For her portrayal of Sarah Churchill in ''The Favourite'', she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and received a second Academy Award nomination. Weisz portrayed Melina Vostokoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Black Widow'' (2021) and starred as twin obstetricians in the thriller miniseries ''Dead Ringers'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia