Gorgeous, Smart and Oscar, Too!

You may recognize Rachel Weisz in the 1999 and 2002 box-office hits The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, as Evy or Evelyn O’Connell. Rachel Weisz was born in London, England in 1971. It was not until her college years at the respected prestigious Cambridge University in England, where she pursued interest in acting. She had co- founded a student drama club called Cambridge Talking Tongues, which received critical acclaims for many successful theatre productions. After graduating Cambridge with a degree in English, she further more pursued her acting career. She has appeared in many notable films, which includes: 1996, Stealing Beauty; 1999, Sunshine; 2002, About a Boy; 2002, Confidence; 2003, The Shape of Things; 2005, Constantine; 2006, The Fountain. Having all ready establishing a leading lady, she had several box-office hits to her credit, but it was not until 2005 when Fernando Meirelles, the director of The Constant Gardner, gave Weisz the opportunity of a lifetime to portray Tessa Quayle, a doomed activist in pursuit in alerting publicly of the pharmaceutical industries targeting the African illness. The role brought her an Academy Award ® for Best Supporting Actress.