Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz (pronounced "Vice") was born in London, England on March 7, 1971, to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe; her Viennese mother is a psychoanalyst while her Hungarian father is an inventor credited with inventing life-saving respiratory medical equipment.

At the age of 15, Rachel Weisz began working as a model, but a change of heart led her to acting. Her parents were adamant about her receiving a college education before pursuing acting (incidentally, her mother originally wanted to act as well), so she studied literature at Cambridge's Trinity Hall.