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Rachel Weisz (pronounced "vice") is a British actress who was born in London on 7 March 1971. Both her mother and her father are Jewish and, in the late 1930s, were brought from Vienna and Hungary respectively to England to escape persecution by the Nazis.Weisz read English Literature at Cambridge. During her college years she already appeared in various student productions, mainly as part of Cambridge Footlights. Her breakthrough role was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias 's 1995 West End revival of Noël Coward's 1933 play Design for LivingDesign for Living is a sophisticated comedy written by Noel Coward which premiered in 1932. It concerns a threesome of neurotic, camp but intensely artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo. Originally written for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (as Otto and at the Gielgud TheatrePrior to the opening of the re-built Shakespeare Globe Theatre in 1997, the victorian West End theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue bearing that name was renamed the Gielgud Theatre in 1995, after John Gielgud. See also the Globe Theatre in Newcastle Street (dem.
Having already worked for televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p, Weisz started her cinema career in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan with Bernardo BertolucciBernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is a writer and film director. Life and work Born in Parma, Italy the first son of a reputed historian, Bertolucci started writing at the age of 15 and soon after received several prestigious literary prizes inclu's Stealing Beauty . Since then she has starred in a number of films including The Land GirlsThe Land Girls is a 1998 movie directed by David Leland and starring Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, and Anna Friel. The film concerns the life of three young English girls who join the Women's Land Army in World War II. Set in the beautiful scenery of ( 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting), About a BoyAbout a Boy is a 1998 novel by British writer Nick Hornby. It was widely acclaimed for accurately rendering the thoughts and feelings of twelve year-old Marcus, who feels displaced and lonely in several ways. Looking for a friend a real friend he thinks h ( 2002), and Runaway Jury ( 2003). In 2001 she returned to the stage to play Evelyn in Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the Almeida Theatre .
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