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Rachel Weisz

By 2nd September 2024Speakers-2024

Rachel Weisz is known for portraying bold characters and working with visionary directors in her award winning career.  Recently, she has added Producer to her credits, winning a Peabody Award in 2024, as she seeks out engaging material with authentic voices through her production company, Astral Projection. An English graduate of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, she co-founded a theater group during her studies called “Talking Tongues”, the winner of the Guardian Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Her stage work includes the off-Broadway production of The Public Theater’s “Plenty” and on Broadway in Mike Nichols’ “Betrayal” as well as the West End revival of “A StreetcarNamed Desire” which won her a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance as Blanche DuBois. Her television and film work includes Dead RingersThe FavouriteDisobedienceThe LobsterThe Mummy and The Constant Gardenerfor which she earned a Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award.