Editing Rachel Weisz (section)

===1990s===
In 1992, Weisz appeared in the television film ''Advocates II'', followed by roles in the ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' episode "[[Twilight of the Gods (Inspector Morse)|Twilight of the Gods]]", and the [[BBC]]'s steamy period drama ''[[Scarlet and Black (TV series)|Scarlet and Black]]'', alongside [[Ewan McGregor]].<ref name="MSNF"/> ''Dirty Something'', a BBC Screen Two, hour-long television film made in 1992, was Weisz's first film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Libardi |first=Manuella |date=2021-07-05 |title=The Transformation Of Rachel Weisz From Childhood To 51 Years Old |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/453460/the-transformation-of-rachel-weisz-from-childhood-to-51-years-old/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Nicki Swift}}</ref>

Weisz's breakthrough role on the stage was that of Gilda in [[Sean Mathias]]'s 1994 revival of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Design for Living]]'' at the [[Gielgud Theatre]],<ref name=esu>{{cite news |last=Shenton |first=Mark |title=London's Donmar warehouse season to feature Weisz, West, Molina |work=Playbill |publisher=Playbill, Inc |date=17 April 2009 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128364-Londons-Donmar-Warehouse-Season-to-Feature-Weisz-West-Molina |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192542/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128364-Londons-Donmar-Warehouse-Season-to-Feature-Weisz-West-Molina}}</ref><ref name=wen>{{cite news |last=Flint Marx |first=Rebecca |title=Rachel Weisz bio, movies and television |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/216376/Rachel-Weisz/biography |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103212857/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/216376/Rachel-Weisz/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> for which she received the London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-weisz/bio/170676 |title=TV Guide – Rachel Weisz biography |work=TV Guide |publisher=TV Guide Online Holdings LLC |year=2010 |access-date=26 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223328/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rachel-weisz/bio/170676}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/rachel-weisz/ |title=Rachel Weisz biography |publisher=[[MSN|MSN Movies]] |year=2010 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609122944/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/rachel-weisz/ |archive-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> Her portrayal was described as "wonderful" by a contemporary review.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rupert-graves.com/stage/design.html |publisher=Rupert Graves |title=Stage productions: 'Design For Living' |access-date=20 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828172337/http://www.rupert-graves.com/stage/design.html |archive-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Weisz started her film career with a minor role in the 1994 film ''[[Death Machine]]'';<ref name="MSNF" /> her first major role came in the 1996 film ''[[Chain Reaction (1996 film)|Chain Reaction]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n13_v90/ai_18593909/pg_1 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |work=Jet Magazine |title=Morgan Freeman stars in ''Chain Reaction'': latest movie in the actor's stellar career |year=1996 |access-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907081223/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n13_v90/ai_18593909/pg_1 |archive-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> The film received mostly negative reviews–it holds a 16% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chain Reaction |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1072457-chain_reaction/ |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref> and was a minor financial success.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chain Reaction |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chainreaction.htm |access-date=21 April 2008}}</ref> She next appeared as Miranda Fox in ''[[Stealing Beauty]]'', directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stealing_beauty/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes – Stealing Beauty (1996) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 January 2011 |archive-date=18 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918194404/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stealing_beauty/ |url-status=live}}</ref> where she was first labelled an "English rose".<ref name="HelloMagazine" />

Weisz found roles in the 1997 American drama ''[[Swept from the Sea]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Swept From The Sea: Overview |publisher=MSN Movies |url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/swept-from-the-sea |access-date=31 January 2010 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609123738/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/swept-from-the-sea |url-status=dead}}</ref> the 1998 British television comedy-drama ''[[My Summer with Des]]'', [[Michael Winterbottom]]'s crime film ''[[I Want You (1998 film)|I Want You]]'',<ref name="indmagaz">{{cite news |last=Forrest |first=Emma |title=Rachel Weisz |work=[[Index Magazine]] |year=2001 |url=http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/rachel_weisz.shtml |access-date=23 May 2007 |archive-date=18 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818104832/http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/rachel_weisz.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[David Leland]]'s ''[[The Land Girls (film)|The Land Girls]]'', based on [[Angela Huth]]'s book of the same name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Julia Llewellyn |title=Land girls: disquiet on the home front |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 February 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7332317/land-girls-disquiet-on-the-home-front.html |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205234350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7332317/land-girls-disquiet-on-the-home-front.html |archive-date=5 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1999, Weisz played Greta in the historical film ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1097859-sunshine/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes – Sunshine (1999) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=27 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521210600/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1097859-sunshine/ |archive-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, her international breakthrough came with the 1999 adventure film ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'', in which she played the female lead opposite [[Brendan Fraser]]. Her character, Evelyn Carnahan, is an English [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Alison |title=Great Excavations |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GREAT+EXCAVATIONS%3B+Interview%3A+Rachel+Weisz+Rachel+Weisz+talks+to...-a060531008 |publisher=Trinity Mirror |work=The Birmingham Post |date=26 June 1999 |access-date=7 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023085223/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GREAT%2BEXCAVATIONS%3B%2BInterview%3A%2BRachel%2BWeisz%2BRachel%2BWeisz%2Btalks%2Bto...-a060531008 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> who undertakes an expedition to the fictional ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra to discover an ancient book. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' criticised the direction of the film, writing: "(the actors) have been directed to broad, undisciplined performances [...] Buffoonery hardly seems like Weisz's natural domain, as the actress strains for comic effects that she can't achieve".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Mummy |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117499718&categoryid=31&cs=1 |publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc. |date=2 May 1999 |author=Todd Mccarthy |access-date=26 April 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308040718/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117499718&categoryid=31&cs=1 |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> She followed this up with the sequel ''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' in 2001, which grossed an estimated $433 million worldwide,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mummyreturns.htm |title=The Mummy Returns (2001) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|433|2001}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US}} higher than the original's $260 million<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mummy |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mummy.htm |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref> (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|260|1999}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{inflation-fn|US}}

Also in 1999, she played the role of Catherine in the [[Donmar Warehouse]] production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'',<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |title=Suddenly, Last Summer |url=http://www.gerardbutler.net/career-achievements/suddenly-last-summer/ |access-date=30 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429210633/http://www.gerardbutler.net/career-achievements/suddenly-last-summer/ |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''What's on Stage'' called her "captivating", stating that she brought "a degree of credibility to a difficult part".<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E2053492516/Suddenly+Last+Summer.html |title=Suddenly Last Summer |publisher=What's on Stage |date=23 April 1999 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035324/http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E2053492516/Suddenly%2BLast%2BSummer.html}}</ref> The same year, Weisz appeared in [[Neil LaBute]]'s ''[[The Shape of Things]]'' at the [[Almeida Theatre]], then temporarily located in London's [[King's Cross, London|King's Cross]], for which she received a [[Theatre World Award]].<ref name=shape/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/97941/rachel-weisz-to-star-in-londons-streetcar-named-desire/ |title=Rachel Weisz to Star in London's Streetcar Named Desire |date=8 December 2009 |website=broadway.com |access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> CurtainUp called her "a sophisticated, independent artist" with "great stage presence".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curtainup.com/shapeofthings.html |title=The Shape of Things |publisher=Curtain Up |date=30 May 2001 |access-date=20 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312165538/http://www.curtainup.com/shapeofthings.html}}</ref>