10 Roles That Made Us Really Love Rachel Weisz: From ‘The Constant Gardener’ to ‘The Favourite’ | Anglophenia – Anglophenia
Posted By admin on March 5, 2021
Rachel Weisz celebrates her 51st birthday Sunday (March 7), so we're wishing her many happy returns with this guide to some of her most memorable roles. Before we see her again in the Black Widow movie due May 7 here are 10 Weisz career highlights to check out.
The Mummy (1999)
Weisz's movie breakthrough came in this romp of a blockbuster that grossed an impressive $416 million globally. She supplies light relief as Evelyn Carnahan, a talented but accident-prone Egyptologist who accompanies adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and her older brother Jonathan (John Hannah) on an expedition to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead. Once there, they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from 1290 B.C., who brings the Ten Plagues back to Egypt. It's all a bit silly, but such a fun watch that you can't blame Weisz for returning for a 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns.
About a Boy (2002)
Hugh Grant leads this charming comedy-drama as Will Freeman, a wealthy but directionless middle-aged man who forms an unexpected friendship with Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), a 12-year-old boy he meets through a woman he's briefly dating. Weisz has a key supporting role as Rachel, a successful career woman who comes between the duo when she begins a relationship with Will. Some 16 years later, Weisz and a grown-up Hoult would share the screen again in a very different movie, The Favourite.
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Weisz won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her excellent performance in this classy John le Carr adaptation from City of God director Fernando Meirelles. In a succession of revealing flashback scenes, she plays Tessa Abbott-Quayle, the murdered wife of horticulture-loving Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), an initially rather uninspired British diplomat. But as Justin searches for the truth behind Tessa's death, he uncovers both a global drug conspiracy and hard-to-swallow secrets about his wife. It's an intricate, gripping watch.
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
This rather underrated comedy flick gives Weisz a chance to show her playful side. She plays Penelope Stamp, an eccentric millionairess who is targeted by a couple of highly skilled conmen, brothers Stephen and Bloom Bloom (Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody). It's a funny and inventive movie which Weisz really threw herself into: she spent a month perfecting her character's signature card trick, which director Rian Johnson shot in a single continuous take.
The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
Weisz earned a Golden Globe nomination for her powerful performance in this romantic drama film based on a 1952 play by Sir Terence Rattigan. She stars as Hester Collyer, a middle-aged woman who attempts suicide after leaving her husband, wealthy judge Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale), for exciting but unreliable RAF pilot Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). It's an emotionally charged role which the likes of Vivien Leigh, Dame Sheila Hancock, Dame Harriet Walter, and Blythe Danner have played on stage and screen, but Weisz really makes it her own.
Youth (2015)
Directed by The Young Pope creator Paolo Sorrentino, this melancholy comedy-drama film is stuffed with fine performances. Sir Michael Caine stars as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer of classical music vacationing in the Swiss Alps with his movie director friend Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel). Weisz is on point as Fred's daughter, Lena, who has recently been dumped by Mick's son and becomes increasingly exasperated as Fred refuses to perform his most popular song for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. It's a poignant, unusual movie that's well worth seeking out.
The Lobster (2015)
The first English-language film from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos is an extremely surreal dystopian gem. It takes place in a hotel where the overbearing manager (Olivia Colman) informs an arriving guest known only as 101 (Colin Farrell) that he has 45 days to find a mate or he'll be turned into an animal of his choice. Weisz serves as the narrator and also appears in the closing stretch as a short-sighted woman whom 101 falls for. It's a touching performance which injects some warmth into a fascinating and confounding film.
Denial (2016)
This classy courtroom drama tells the somewhat shocking true story of the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd case. Weisz plays Deborah Lipstadt, a highly respected American historian who is sued for libel in the British High Court by Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall). With smart legal advice from her lawyers Richard Rampton and Anthony Julius (Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott), Lipstadt sets about proving that Irving has deliberately distorted evidence to support his outrageous theories. Its a fearsome face-off driven by lots of fine performances.
Disobedience (2017)
Weisz produced and starred in this romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman. She plays Ronit, a New York City photographer who returns to the strict Orthodox Jewish community in north London where she grew up following her father's death. Once there, she rekindles an illicit relationship with Esti (Rachel McAdams), a childhood friend who is now married to her late father's protg, Dovid (Alessandro Nivola). Weisz, who has a Jewish father, clearly relates to the clash between tradition and self-actualization at the heart of the story, and duly turns in a very moving performance.
The Favourite (2018)
Weisz reunited with Lanthimos for this bracingly strange and tremendously entertaining period movie. She plays the formidable Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, a courtier who shows her teeth when her lower-ranked cousin Abigail (Emma Stone) threatens to replace her as the favorite of Queen Anne (an Oscar-winning Olivia Colman). All three actresses are fantastic, and Weisz deservedly won a BAFTA (plus Oscar and Golden Globe nominations) for her full-throttle performance as a woman fighting for her position in the Royal household.
Have we missed out one of your favorite Rachel Weisz roles?
More here:
- French PhD Doctorate in Holocaust Denial Revoked [Last Updated On: May 19th, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 19th, 2011]
- Holocaust denial - Chelmno nad Ner [Last Updated On: May 22nd, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 22nd, 2011]
- Anti Semitic Holocaust Denial with David Duke [Last Updated On: May 24th, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 24th, 2011]
- Academic Freedom and Holocaust Denial Newspeak.mov [Last Updated On: May 29th, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 29th, 2011]
- Islamofascist Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: May 30th, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 30th, 2011]
- Iran President on Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: May 30th, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 30th, 2011]
- Iran: Holocaust denial conference underway [Last Updated On: May 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 31st, 2011]
- Confronting Holocaust Denial: A Strategy [Last Updated On: May 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 31st, 2011]
- Deborah Lipstatic On Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: May 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: May 31st, 2011]
- Nick Griffin, Cook Report, 1997 [Last Updated On: June 1st, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 1st, 2011]
- Holocaust denial by Palestinian official, Abd Al-Rahman Abbad [Last Updated On: June 1st, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 1st, 2011]
- Frank Arthur Hooper Closing Arguments Against Brooklyn Jewish Man Leo Frank August 21, 1913 [Last Updated On: June 4th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 4th, 2011]
- Armenian Holocaust DENIAL TACTICS #5-7: Invert truth, seek "debate," obfuscate. teachgenocide.ORG [Last Updated On: June 7th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 7th, 2011]
- DMD and Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: June 7th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 7th, 2011]
- Max Blumenthal interviews Holocaust denier David Irving [Last Updated On: June 8th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 8th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism from Hamas' leader [Last Updated On: June 14th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 14th, 2011]
- Nazi Christmas, OJ and Holocaust Deniers Get Free Speech? [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 15th, 2011]
- Christopher Hitchens on Holocaust Denial, Religion and Free Speech 1/2 [Last Updated On: June 15th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 15th, 2011]
- We're not gonna take it! Stop Armenian Genocide and Holocaust Denial! [Last Updated On: June 24th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 24th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial Seminar Anti Semitic KKK Allies, David Duke [Last Updated On: June 25th, 2011] [Originally Added On: June 25th, 2011]
- Richard Dawkins Compares Creationism to Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: July 3rd, 2011] [Originally Added On: July 3rd, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial is Anti-Semitism [Last Updated On: July 21st, 2011] [Originally Added On: July 21st, 2011]
- The Zionist War on Free Speech [Last Updated On: August 9th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 9th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial Laws ARE Anti-Free Speech [Last Updated On: August 15th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 15th, 2011]
- This Day in Jewish Heritage: Lynching of B'nai B'rith President Leo Frank, August 17, 1915 [Last Updated On: August 17th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2011]
- This Day in Jewish Heritage: Lynching of B'nai B'rith President Leo Frank, August 17, 1915 [Last Updated On: August 17th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2011]
- Anti-Semitism August 17, 1915, the only lynching of a Jew in USA history. Leo M. Frank gets lynched by a Mob. [Last Updated On: August 17th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 17th, 2011]
- This Day in Jewish History, The Conviction of Leo Frank and the Founding of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith October 1913 [Last Updated On: August 26th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 26th, 2011]
- This Day in Jewish History, The Conviction of Leo Frank and the Founding of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith October 1913 [Last Updated On: August 26th, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 26th, 2011]
- Turkey Denial Of Holocaust [Last Updated On: August 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: August 31st, 2011]
- Holocaust deniers are idiots. [Last Updated On: September 4th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 4th, 2011]
- Flashpoint interview: Bradley R. Smith [Last Updated On: September 6th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 6th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial Rabbi Berel Wein [Last Updated On: September 10th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 10th, 2011]
- Mirrored Holocaust Denial video by Speedy2554 [Last Updated On: September 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 18th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial Mirror-Original by Speedy2554 [Last Updated On: September 20th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 20th, 2011]
- Holocaust 'Legend': From Lithuania with Denial [Last Updated On: September 28th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 28th, 2011]
- Christopher Hitchens on Holocaust Denial, Religion and Free Speech 2/2 [Last Updated On: September 30th, 2011] [Originally Added On: September 30th, 2011]
- Magus Rants: Holocaust Denial [Last Updated On: October 7th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 7th, 2011]
- Conspiracy Gatekeepers Holocaust deniers [Last Updated On: October 10th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 10th, 2011]
- Fun with holocaust deniers, part 2 [Last Updated On: October 12th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 12th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial As Academic Orthodoxy (1 of 14) - Video [Last Updated On: October 18th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 18th, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial - Video [Last Updated On: October 19th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 19th, 2011]
- The 'Holocaust Denial' Debate. - Video [Last Updated On: October 21st, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 21st, 2011]
- Belgium: Politician Roeland Raes sentenced for alleged 'holocaust denial' - Video [Last Updated On: October 23rd, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 23rd, 2011]
- Holocaust Denial Discussed on Iranian TV There Were No Gas Chambers; You Cannot Squeeze 2000 Jews into 100 Square Meters - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2011]
- "Occupy Melbourne" Openly Admits its Anti-Jewish Agenda - Video [Last Updated On: October 28th, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 28th, 2011]
- Holocaust denier confronts death camp survivor - Excerpt from DENIAL - Video [Last Updated On: October 31st, 2011] [Originally Added On: October 31st, 2011]
- Mark Weber: Holocaust Denial - Apr 7, 2009 - Video [Last Updated On: November 4th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 4th, 2011]
- Holocaust deniers are idiots - Video [Last Updated On: November 9th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 9th, 2011]
- Denial Fiend - Horror Holocaust preview - Video [Last Updated On: November 24th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 24th, 2011]
- What do Holocaust Deniers believe? - Video [Last Updated On: November 30th, 2011] [Originally Added On: November 30th, 2011]
- Briefing on Confronting Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial - Video [Last Updated On: December 1st, 2011] [Originally Added On: December 1st, 2011]
- German DJ fired over Holocaust denial - Video [Last Updated On: December 29th, 2011] [Originally Added On: December 29th, 2011]
- Farrakhan " These Satanic Jews " Holocaust denial - Zionist smashing - Video [Last Updated On: January 3rd, 2012] [Originally Added On: January 3rd, 2012]
- Richard A. Widmann - Holocaust Denial and Anti-Semitism - Video [Last Updated On: January 13th, 2012] [Originally Added On: January 13th, 2012]
- Bald Neo-Nazi Ben White Dominated by JDL UK in Amnesty International event - Video [Last Updated On: January 26th, 2012] [Originally Added On: January 26th, 2012]
- Obama pledges to combat denial on Holocaust commemoration day [Last Updated On: January 27th, 2012] [Originally Added On: January 27th, 2012]
- World observes Holocaust Remembrance Day: Poland, Russia, Argentina, UN, [Last Updated On: February 8th, 2012] [Originally Added On: February 8th, 2012]
- Standing for Truth- 175 Years of Emory - Video [Last Updated On: February 12th, 2012] [Originally Added On: February 12th, 2012]
- Joni's Holocaust Denial part 1 of 2: King David Hotel Bombing [Last Updated On: June 21st, 2012] [Originally Added On: June 21st, 2012]
- C2CAM Lizard Man, Reptoids, and Mutilations Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Angels or Shapeshifting Aliens Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Bloodline Conspiracy Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM The Annunaki and Humankind Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Flying Saucers Special with Stanton Friedman Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Planet X and Sumerian Tales Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Multiverse and Parallel Worlds Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Ghosts and the Spirit World Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Solomon, Knights Templar and White Gold Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Star Visitors Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Bermuda Triangle and Coral Castle Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM Jim Morrison and The Doors Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- C2CAM The Lost Ark of the Covenant Discussed Main Show Only - Video [Last Updated On: October 24th, 2012] [Originally Added On: October 24th, 2012]
- Pope Calls Holocaust Denial Intolerable And Unacceptable - Video [Last Updated On: November 5th, 2012] [Originally Added On: November 5th, 2012]
- Spain anti-Semitism new legislation - Video [Last Updated On: November 11th, 2012] [Originally Added On: November 11th, 2012]
- European Jewish Union meets Marine Le Pen - Video [Last Updated On: November 13th, 2012] [Originally Added On: November 13th, 2012]
- Holocaust Denial Awarness - Video [Last Updated On: January 19th, 2013] [Originally Added On: January 19th, 2013]
- Islamic Jew-hatred in the Middle Eastern Media, Part 4: Holocaust Denial - Video [Last Updated On: February 8th, 2013] [Originally Added On: February 8th, 2013]
- From the Ashes of History Holocaust Denial in the 21st century part 2 - Video [Last Updated On: February 11th, 2013] [Originally Added On: February 11th, 2013]
Comments