Rachel Weisz: Her Best Roles

Pinterest Rachel Weisz attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California
Rachel Weisz
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Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz was born March 7th, 1970 in London England and is of Austrian-Hungarian descent. She grew up in a family that valued the arts, and first began her career in modeling at age 14. After finishing her degree, Weisz began her acting career in 1992 in both television and film roles.

Pinterest Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser in The Mummy (1999)
'The Mummy'
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'The Mummy'

Rachel's international breakthrough came in 1999 during her role in The Mummy, starring alongside Brendan Fraser where she played "Evelyn", an Egyptologist. The pair would star in the sequel a few years later in The Mummy Returns (2001), which would earn an impressive $433 million in the box office globally.