Rachel Weisz began her career in theatre and television in the early 1990s, co-founding the student theatre company Talking Tongues while studying at Cambridge. She made her film debut in Death Machine (1994) and rose to fame with The Mummy (1999) and its sequel, becoming a global star.
Her critically acclaimed performance in The Constant Gardener (2005) earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has since starred in The Favourite (2018), Disobedience (2017), and Marvel’s Black Widow (2021). Weisz remains a respected actress balancing mainstream success with independent cinema.