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| 1 | Shared the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's 2016 Hollywood issue with, Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlotte Rampling, Lupita Nyong'o, Brie Larson, Alicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Helen Mirren, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz. |
| 2 | 22nd June 2011 She married James Bond actor Daniel Craig. |
| 3 | Became an American citizen in 2011. |
| 4 | Was replaced by Drew Barrymore in Miss You Already (2015) after she backed out of the project. |
| 5 | Was the 127th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Constant Gardener (2005) at The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) on March 5, 2006. |
| 6 | Is one of 6 actresses to have been pregnant at the time of winning the Academy Award; the others are Eva Marie Saint, Patricia Neal, Meryl Streep, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Natalie Portman. Neal is the only to have not accepted her award in person as a result of her pregnancy. Weisz was 7 months pregnant with her son Henry when she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Constant Gardener (2005). |
| 7 | Can be seen in audience on Bryan Adams music video "There Will Never Be Another Tonight". |
| 8 | Manila, The Philippines: Started filming for The Bourne Legacy (2012). [January 2012] |
| 9 | She appeared in two movies in 2005 that have the word "Constant" in their titles: Constantine (2005) and The Constant Gardener (2005). |
| 10 | Named one of the "most desirable" women for 2013 in Askmen's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women. |
| 11 | Was cast in Mozart and the Whale (2005), alongside Josh Hartnett, however she had to drop out, due to schedule conflicts, and was replaced by Radha Mitchell. |
| 12 | Was considered for Cate Blanchett's role of Lady Marion in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010). |
| 13 | Has a tattoo of a ladder on her hip. |
| 14 | Ranked as having one of the "most beautiful faces" for 18 consecutive years by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #51 in 2013, #59 in 2012, #48 in 2011, #20 in 2010, #19 in 2009, #2 in 2008, #6 in 2007, #6 in 2006, #7 in 2005, #7 in 2004, #5 in 2003, #7 in 2002, #8 in 2001, #10 in 2000, #18 in 1999, #22 in 1998, #23 in 1997, and #30 in 1996. |
| 15 | Ranked #82 in the FHM (German edition) list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World in 2009. |
| 16 | Ranked #22 in the Maxim Hot 100 Women list in 2001 and #93 in 2003. |
| 17 | Her publicist confirmed that Weisz married Daniel Craig in a secret ceremony in New York City, with just Craig's daughter Ella, Weisz's son Henry and two close friends as witnesses. |
| 18 | One of People magazines Most Beautiful People in the world 2011. |
| 19 | Was in consideration for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead. |
| 20 | Was in a relationship with Darren Aronofsky (May 2002-November 2010). |
| 21 | Was one month pregnant with her son Henry when she completed filming on Eragon (2006). |
| 22 | Returned to work two months after giving birth to her son Henry in order to begin filming My Blueberry Nights (2007). |
| 23 | The role of Hypatia in Agora (2009) was written with her in mind. |
| 24 | Her part in Eragon (2006) made her one of the first actresses in history to have a leading role as a dragon. |
| 25 | Chris Weitz, who directed her in About a Boy (2002), was a classmate of Rachel when she attended Cambridge University. |
| 26 | Voted #63 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World of 2009. |
| 27 | Grew up a tomboy. |
| 28 | Her parents escaped to England from central Europe before the start of WWII. |
| 29 | Ranked #44 on Glamour Magazine's Most Glamourous Women in the World list (2009). |
| 30 | Was originally considered for the role of Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) but later backed out due to scheduling conflicts. The part was then given to Cate Blanchett. |
| 31 | Ranked #85 on Askmen.com's 100 Most Desirable Women in the World (2008). |
| 32 | Had a role in the film Smart People (2008), but dropped out before filming began. As a result, Sarah Jessica Parker was given her role. |
| 33 | Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#37). [2007]. |
| 34 | Beat out Nicole Kidman for the role of Georgie Jutland in Dirt Music (2011). |
| 35 | Very good friends with the Fiennes family having worked with both Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001) and twice with Ralph Fiennes in Sunshine (1999) and The Constant Gardener (2005). |
| 36 | Has a younger sister named Minnie Weisz. |
| 37 | While filming The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), she formed a strong friendship with fellow co-stars John Hannah and Oded Fehr. They remain good friends. |
| 38 | Is semi fluent in German. |
| 39 | Divides her time between New York and London, where she has a home on the same street as fellow British actor and good friend Jude Law. |
| 40 | Her father was born in Hungary and her mother was born in Austria. Both moved to the U.K. around 1938, because of the Nazi threat. Rachel's paternal grandparents, Yair Weisz (from Pressburg) and Katherine Glickel Sternberg (from Budapest), were both Ashkenazi Jews. Rachel's maternal grandfather, Alexander Teich, was an Austrian Jew, and Rachel's maternal grandmother, Anna Bassi, who was Catholic, had Austrian and Italian ancestry. Rachel's mother formally converted to Judaism when marrying Rachel's father. |
| 41 | She was offered the role of "Becky" in Clerks II (2006). She couldn't do it because of scheduling conflicts. The role eventually went to Rosario Dawson. |
| 42 | Was offered a large part in the Richard Gere movie King David (1985) when she was only 14. Her parents wouldn't let her do it. |
| 43 | Is very good friends with fashion designers Narciso Rodríguez and Donna Karan. |
| 44 | Good friends with fellow British actors Jude Law and Susan Lynch, and Ian McKellen. |
| 45 | Her favorite movie is Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's psychedelic 1970 masterpiece Performance (1970). |
| 46 | Was a radical feminist at University. |
| 47 | Replaced Kate Moss as the new face of the Burberry campaign. |
| 48 | Invited to join AMPAS in 2006. |
| 49 | Rachel and her fiancé, Darren Aronofsky, became the parents of a son, Henry Chance on May 31, 2006. |
| 50 | When asked who her idols were, she named Gena Rowlands, Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson, Shirley MacLaine, Ingrid Bergman, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. |
| 51 | Announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) that she was five months pregnant and engaged to Darren Aronofsky. [January 6, 2006] |
| 52 | Is the face of Revlon (2005). |
| 53 | Drives an old, black Jaguar 4.2 Sovereign with pepper-pot wheels. |
| 54 | Ranked #30 in Stuff magazine's 102 Sexiest Women in the World (2002). |
| 55 | Lived in New York with director Darren Aronofsky (2004). |
| 56 | Educated at the prestigious St Paul's Girls School in London. Was in the same class as actress Emily Mortimer. |
| 57 | She was awarded the 1994 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in Design for Living. |
| 58 | 1998: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by the European Film Promotion Board. |
| 59 | Her father invented respirators that supplied their own oxygen and machines that sense land mines. |
| 60 | She has recently become a patron of The X Appeal, which is the official charity of the Royal College of Radiologists. |
| 61 | Studying English at Cambridge University, Weisz formed the Talking Tongues theater company and at 1991's Edinburgh Festival won a student drama award for a play she wrote and acted in. |
| 62 | Studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. |
| 63 | She pronounces her last name "Vice." |
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