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Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz was born on 7 March, 1970, in London, U.K., to Edith Ruth (Teich), a psychoanalyst, and George Weisz, an inventor. Her parents both came to England around 1938. Her father is a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and her mother, from Vienna, was of Italian and Austrian Jewish heritage. Rachel has a sister, Minnie, a curator and ...
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Actress (55 credits)
Actress (55 credits)
2010
The Simpsons
(TV Series)
Dr. Thurmond
Dr. Thurmond
- How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?
(2010)
... Dr. Thurmond (voice)
1993
Scarlet and Black
(TV Mini-Series)
Mathilde
Mathilde
- Episode #1.3
(1993)
... Mathilde
- Episode #1.2
(1993)
... Mathilde
1992
The Advocates
(TV Series)
Sarah Thompson
Sarah Thompson
- Episode #2.3
(1992)
... Sarah Thompson
- Episode #2.2
(1992)
... Sarah Thompson
- Episode #2.1
(1992)
... Sarah Thompson
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Producer (3 credits)
Producer (3 credits)
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Soundtrack (3 credits)
Soundtrack (3 credits)
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Director (1 credit)
Director (1 credit)
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Writer (1 credit)
Writer (1 credit)
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Thanks (5 credits)
Thanks (5 credits)
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Self (93 credits)
Self (93 credits)
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Archive footage (17 credits)
Archive footage (17 credits)
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Other Works:
2002: TV commercial for Revlon LipGlide. See more »Publicity Listings:
16 Interviews | 16 Articles | 18 Pictorials | 62 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Kenya Campbell | Rachael WeiszHeight:
5' 6" (1.68 m)
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When I'm playing a character, I use the American accent. But when I go back to England, I just glide right back into Englishness immediately. Every actor uses a dialect coach. Every actor, and if they say they don't, they're lying. Everybody does, yeah. You don't want to worry about it. You have someone listening out to check that you're not straying. See more »Trivia:
Her father was born in Hungary and her mother was from Vienna, 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 ... See more »Trademark:
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