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 - www.imdb.com

Rachel Weisz is the raven-haired English beauty who won an Oscar as best supporting actress for the 2005 film The Constant Gardener. Weisz graduated from Cambridge University with accolades for her theatrical skills, then began her professional career in British television. In the early 1990s she appeared on stage and in small movie roles until her early breakthrough appearance in 1996's Stealing Beauty (with Liv Tyler). She became a star as Brendan Fraser's damsel-in-distress in the adventure The Mummy (19 - www.answers.com

British stage and film actress Rachel Weisz stood out from the pack of emerging U.K. actresses in the 1990s with her exotic, decidedly un-British looks, as well as the fierce intelligence of a woman who had been on a fast track to academia before early stage success altered her path. Weisz founded an innovative comedy group at Cambridge, but her film career mainly centered on ambitious, independent dramas until Hollywood invited her into the fray with roles in several comedy and adventure blockbusters. Alte - movies.yahoo.com