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Rachel Hannah Weisz ( ; born 7 March 1970)〔There are conflicting sources for the year of Weisz' birth. In particular her detailed biography of Weisz at the British Film Institute (Alexander Larman: (''Weisz, Rachel (1971–)'' )) states 1971 and so does (a biographic article in ''The Guardian'' ) and several other British newspapers. In particular 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. However, the database entry of the British Film Institute ((【引用サイトリンク】title=BFI Film & TV Database: WEISZ, Rachel )) and a more recent article in ''Time'' magazine (Mary Pols, 26 March 2012, ("Rolling in The Deep" )) give a year of 1970.〕 is an English film and theatre actress as well as a former fashion model who holds both British and American citizenship. Weisz began her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the early 1990s, then started working in television, appearing in the detective drama ''Inspector Morse'', the British mini-series ''Scarlet and Black'' and the television film ''Advocates II''. She made her film debut in the science fiction movie ''Death Machine'' (1994). Her first Hollywood appearance came in the action film ''Chain Reaction'' (1996), opposite Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman. Next, she appeared as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the adventure films ''The Mummy'' (1999) and ''The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Other notable films featuring Weisz are the war film ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), opposite Jude Law; the comedy-drama ''About a Boy'' (2002), opposite Hugh Grant; the supernatural action-thriller ''Constantine'' (2005), pairing her once again with Keanu Reeves; and in the Darren Aronofsky-directed romantic drama ''The Fountain'', opposite Hugh Jackman. For her supporting role in the drama thriller ''The Constant Gardener'' (2005), opposite Ralph Fiennes, she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors' Guild award. In 2006, Weisz received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. She played the Wicked Witch of the East, Evanora, in the fantasy adventure ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). In 2015, she appeared in two films that played at the Cannes Film Festival, ''Youth'' and ''The Lobster''. Weisz also works 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. ==Early life== Weisz was born in Westminster, London, and grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb. Her father, George Weisz, was an inventor from Hungary. Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich), is a teacher-turned-psychotherapist from Vienna, Austria. Her parents fled to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of the Second World War, to escape the Nazis. Her father is Jewish; her maternal grandfather, Alexander Teich, was also Jewish, and had been a secretary of the World Union of Jewish Students. Her mother's ancestry is Austrian Jewish, "Catholic Viennese" and Italian.〔 Weisz's mother was brought up as a Roman Catholic, and, according to ''Vogue'', later converted to Judaism.〔http://www.magxone.com/uploads/2012/06/Rachel-Weisz-Vogue-UK-8.jpg〕 Weisz has a younger sister, Minnie, who is a photographer and curator. Weisz's parents valued the arts and encouraged her and her sister to form opinions of their own by introducing them to family debates. Her parents later divorced. Weisz left North London Collegiate School and attended Benenden School for one year completing A-levels at St Paul's Girls School.〔 Weisz claimed that she was a bad pupil until an English Literature teacher inspired her at the age of 16. Known for being an "English rose" due to her appearance,〔("Profile of Rachel Weisz" ). ''Hello''. Retrieved 12 June 2012〕 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. After leaving school, she entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she graduated with a second-class honours, upper division (2:1) Bachelor of Arts degree in English. During her university years, where she was a contemporary of Sacha Baron Cohen, Alexander Armstrong, Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc, Richard Osman and Ben Miller (whom she briefly dated), she appeared in various student productions, co-founding a student drama group called Cambridge Talking Tongues. It won a ''Guardian'' Student Drama Award at the 1991 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for an improvised piece called ''Slight Possession'', directed by David Farr. The group existed until 1993. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel Weisz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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