01 A restrained, devastating performance about postwar longing and despair.
Rachel Weisz – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · November 10, 2025
The Constant Gardener earned her the Oscar for a performance built on real moral urgency, and The Favourite, over a decade later, showed a much sharper, funnier register in the same career.
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02 A warmer, more romantic register in a well-loved adaptation.
03 Her television work took on a genuinely strange dual role with real commitment.
04 A grounded scientist role holding together the franchise's pivot.
05 A restrained, quietly devastating performance about a forbidden reunion.
06 A deadpan dystopian premise she plays completely straight.
07 A deliberately ambiguous lead role in a Gothic mystery.
08 The adventure-romance lead that first made her a global name.
09 Sharp, funny, and completely in control of a genuinely cutthroat court drama.
10 A performance built on real moral urgency that earned her the Oscar.
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