What are the best Rachel Weisz performances of all time?

Oscar winner and perpetual underrated gem — Weisz has moved effortlessly between blockbuster adventure, art-house drama, and Greek tragedy with rare intelligence. Which performance best captures her range?

The Mummy (1999)

Weisz plays the resourceful librarian Evelyn Carnahan who accidentally awakens an ancient curse alongside Brendan Fraser's adventurer.

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The Constant Gardener (2005)

Weisz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Tessa Quayle, an activist murdered while exposing pharmaceutical corruption in Africa.

2/12

The Favourite (2018)

Weisz is brilliantly scheming as Sarah Churchill, fighting to maintain her influence over Queen Anne against an upstart rival in Lanthimos's dark comedy.

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Agora (2009)

Weisz plays Hypatia of Alexandria, the Greek philosopher and mathematician who defied religious authority in ancient Rome.

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The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

Weisz gives one of her finest performances as Hester Collyer, a judge's wife consumed by a destructive passion for a younger ex-RAF pilot.

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The Lobster (2015)

Weisz plays a near-sighted woman who falls in love in a dystopian society that forces singles to find a mate or be turned into an animal.

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Disobedience (2017)

Weisz plays a woman who returns to her Orthodox Jewish community after her rabbi father's death and reconnects with a childhood love.

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Black Widow (2021)

Weisz plays Melina Vostokoff, a legendary Soviet super-spy and surrogate mother to Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff.

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The Fountain (2006)

Weisz plays Izzi Creo, a woman dying of a brain tumor whose husband desperately seeks a cure across three interwoven timelines spanning 1000 years.

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Denial (2016)

Weisz plays historian Deborah Lipstadt, who must prove the Holocaust happened in a British court against a Holocaust denier's lawsuit.

10/12

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Weisz plays a research scientist targeted by the government after Jeremy Renner's government operative comes to her rescue.

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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

Weisz plays Evanora, the seemingly benevolent Emerald City ruler who is secretly the story's most dangerous villain.

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