Daniel Craig is best known for his acting role as James Bond in the latest Bond movies from that particular franchise. What you may not know is who his wife is. While he has been married before his current marriage to Rachel Weisz, Rachel is his current wife. With all of that being said, you may be wondering to yourself who this Rachel Weisz is and how it was that the two would end up meeting and getting married. Here is everything that you will ever need to know about Rachel Weisz and how she met her husband, the person currently playing James Bond, Daniel Craig.
Who is Rachel Weisz?
Born on March 7, 1970, Rachel Hannah Weisz was born in Westminster, London. She would spend her childhood growing up in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. She was born to her father, who was named George Weisz, and her mother, who was named Edith Ruth. Her father was a Hungarian mechanical engineer, while her mother was a teacher who would make the career change over to that of a psychotherapist, who was originally from Vienna, Italy.
Both of Rachel’s parents would emigrate out of their respective countries, making the move to the United Kingdom when they were both children around the year 1938. They would do so just before the onset of World War II, as their families were trying to escape from the Nazi rule that was on its way to their respective home cities. While Rachel’s father’s family was a Jewish family, her mother’s family’s ancestry was that of Austrian-Jewish. George and Edith would eventually find each other and decide that they would be happy to spend the rest of their lives with one another, so this is exactly what they did. Upon getting married to George, Edith would formally convert over to Judaism.
Growing up with her family, Rachel would learn to value the arts. In fact, her parents would always encourage her to form some type of opinion on their own. Rachel’s parents did this by constantly having family debates that everybody would be required to participate in. This ability to think for herself and form her own opinions about things would come in handy several years later when Rachel was getting her education. She would end up leaving the North London Collegiate School in order to attend Benenden School for an entire year. In this year, she would be one of the smartest children at the entire school, completing some very difficult A-level studies at the St. Paul’s Girls School.
Being referred to as an ‘English rose’, Rachel would decide to get a career in modeling started while at the age of only 14 years old. She would later get a ton of public attention when she would ultimately decide that it was not in her best interest to star in ‘King David’, alongside Richard Gere. She essentially turned down the opportunity to play in the movie and made just about everyone in Hollywood gasp when she did so.
Rachel would instead go on to attend Trinity Hall in Cambridge, deciding that she wanted to read English. She would go on to eventually graduate with upper second-class honors. While she was still attending University, she would become a contemporary to Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Maitlis, Alexander Armstrong, Sue Perkins, Richard Osman, Mel Giedroyc, and Ben Miller. On a side note, there would be a small period of time when she would actually be dating Ben Miller as well. She would appear in a number of different student dramatic productions that were put on through the University, eventually co-founding a student drama group that was named ‘Cambridge Talking Tongues’. In 1991, the group would win a Guardian Student Drama Award, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This would be due in part to the piece that the group would put together, that piece being named ‘Slight Possession’, which was directed by David Farr.
Now that you know all about Rachael Weisz and her early life, you may be wondering how it was that she would meet, start dating, and eventually get married to Daniel Craig?
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig: How the Two Met
As is common among celebrity couples, Rachel and Daniel do their best to keep what happens in their private life just that, private. In fact, they have done such a great job at keeping their personal affairs out of the spotlight, that many of their fans don’t even actually know that the two are married. What makes that even weirder, is that the couple has actually been married for a good amount of time now. So how did these two meet you ask?
Rachel and Daniel have actually known each other for a very long time. They would meet for the very first time when they were both attending the same University. However, this is not when the two would fall in love and decide to get. Married. In fact, they were only friends and did not have any type of romantic connection at that time. Daniel would even end up getting to his first wife, Fiona Loudon back in 1992, having one child with her before they finally decided that it would be best to go their separate directions and finalize a divorce in 1994. Rachel would start to pursue a romantic interest with the filmmaker named Darren Aronofsky in 2001. The two would have one child with each other in 2006 before they too would decide that it was in both of their best interests to go their separate ways, finally getting divorced in 2010.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig Reconnect with the Help of a Movie
Rachel has come out to openly say that there was no way she thought that she would ever get married again. It was simply not an ambition that she had. However, the way people feel is always changing and this would be exactly what would happen with Rachel when she was able to reconnect with Daniel on the movie titled ‘Dream House’.
The two would start working on the Dream House movie together in 2010, the same year that Rachel’s divorce would be finalized. Oddly enough, the characters that both Rachel and Daniel played were a couple in the movie. While it cannot be said for sure, this is possibly one of the reasons that the romantic sparks would continue to fly for the two of them, even when they were off screen as well. The two did not need very long to decide that they were meant to be together, officially getting married only 6 months after the filming for the Dream House movie had completed. The two would celebrate the love that they shared for one another in a private ceremony. This just goes to show that love can happen at any time, and even if you are not looking for it and don’t think that you want it, there is no stopping it once it finds you.
Do Rachel and Daniel have Children Together?
As was mentioned previously, both Rachel and Daniel both had children with their ex-spouses. But do Rachel and Daniel have any children with each other?
In 2018, Rachel would come out and tell the world through the New York Times, that they were officially expecting a child together. The two would go on to welcome their first child into the world together, a baby girl, in September of 2018. While there is no other known child between Rachel and Daniel, you must keep in mind that the two are a very private couple who do not like sharing or flaunting their lives off for other people. Because of this, it is hard to know for sure if this is their only child together. As of right now, there is no information suggesting otherwise, so it is safe to say that they only have one child together.
Why are Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig Such a Private Couple?
When you hear that Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are a private couple, that is actually going to be an understatement. In fact, the couple has actually become known as the most private couple in all of Hollywood, which is not an easy feat to accomplish. The two are rarely ever seen at any of the many public events that happen in Hollywood and are seldom caught talking about their relationship with each other. For this reason, there is not a whole lot that is known about their relationship. With that being said, they have come out and discussed exactly why it is that they do not like talking about their relationship and family.
Rachel has said that the main reason they never want to talk about their relationship together is to help protect the love that they share with each other and their marriage together. She would continue to say that Daniel is simply too famous and that it would be a huge betrayal to him. While Rachel simply will not talk about her relationship with Daniel, he is actually the very same way. Daniel feels the same way that Rachel does and refuses to speak about the two of them as well. They simply tell people that they are just not very good at talking about their private lives.
One of the main reasons that Rachel will not speak about her marriage to Daniel, is because once you say something publicly about your marriage, there is no taking it back. To Rachel, her relationship with Daniel is worth way more than any amount of money and you simply are not able to buy back your privacy after it has been exposed.
How do Rachel and Daniel Stay so Happily Married?
As is true with many marriages, it is not always something that was built to last for a very long time. And with Rachel and Daniel both have been involved with a previous marriage and divorce, you may be wondering how it is that the two are able to keep their love as strong as it is and their marriage as healthy and happy as it is? Oddly enough, the answer may surprise you.
Rachel has said that herself and Daniel are both extremely supportive of everything that each other want to do. They are both the biggest fans of each other’s movies. Rachel is the number one fan for her husband’s new James Bond movies, while Daniel is the number one fan for every movie that Rachel takes part in, the most recent one being titled ‘Disobedience’. With that being said, there is one more thing other than their private life that the celebrity couple refuses to speak about with anybody. That thing being work. Rachel once said in an interview that the worst thing on the planet is when two actors get together so that they can talk about nothing but acting. It is simply the worst.
Both Rachel and Daniel have had long careers in the movie business and there are rumors that they are going to be taking a break from their careers in order to spend more time and energy focusing on their young and growing family. Being that they have recently had their first child together, it only makes sense that the two would like to take a break and focus on each other instead.
While there is no telling whether or not you will ever see Rachel Weisz or Daniel Craig on the big screen again, it is going to be a fun experience to try and figure it out. All that you can do is wish the best for the two of them and their family, enjoying all of the amazing films that they have already released. The main benefit of this is that most of the movies that both Rachel and Daniel have been involved in are all pretty good and will provide you with hours of entertainment while you watch your favorite actress and actor do their thing on the big screen.
