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'Stealing Beauty' (1996) - Weisz has a minor role in this film, selected for the 1996 Cannes Film Festival and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci on location in Tuscany.

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'I Want You' (1998) - An underestimated British crime thriller, Weisz's character becomes embroiled in a love triangle with an ex-convict and a new boyfriend.

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'I Want You' (1998) -

The film was nominated for a Golden Bear Award at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival, where it also won a Special Mention.

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'The Land Girls' (1998) - Weisz plays Cambridge graduate Ag in this gentle story about an unlikely trio of women recruited to work on a farm during WWII.

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'The Mummy' (1999) - Weisz's Hollywood breakthrough was in this blockbuster, which went on to gross US$416 million worldwide.

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'The Mummy Returns' (2001) - Despite mixed reviews, this sequel was another financial success and saw Weisz nominated for an Empire Award for Best British Actress.

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'About a Boy' (2002) - Received well by critics, this romantic comedy drama saw Weisz play opposite Hugh Grant. The movie garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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'Confidence' (2003) -

A good-looking film noir, 'Confidence' saw the British actress play opposite Edward Burns and Dustin Hoffman as a member of a gang of international con artists.

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'The Shape of Things' (2003) - Presented as a play in 2001, the same cast was recruited for the film version, with Weisz reprising her role as Evelyn Ann Thompson in this story that centers on the lives of four young students who become emotionally and romantically involved with each other.

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'Runaway Jury' (2003) - Author John Grisham considered this film, adapted from his novel of the same name, a "smart, suspenseful" movie.

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'The Constant Gardener' (2005) - This political thriller directed by Fernando Meirelles was universally praised. Filmed on location in Nairobi, Kenya, it follows a British diplomat's efforts to uncover the truth behind his wife's murder.

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'The Constant Gardener' (2005) - Weisz's role as Tessa Quayle, the wife, won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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'The Constant Gardener' (2005) - She also won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for the same film.

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'The Constant Gardener' (2005) - And she scooped up a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

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'Agora' (2009) - This Spanish and English-language production was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and became the highest-grossing film in Spain that year.

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'Agora' (2009) - Weisz portrays Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt. Interestingly, the film's preview screening took place at Vatican City.

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'The Whistleblower' (2010) -

Directed by Canadian Larysa Kondracki, this gritty fact-based story about a UN police officer who uncovers a sex trafficking ring was positively received by critics.

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'The Deep Blue Sea' (2011) -

Adapted from Terence Rattigan's play, both Weisz and co-star Tom Hiddleston excelled in their roles, with the actress winning the Best Actress Award at the 2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

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'The Lobster' (2015) - Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos brilliantly guided Weisz and co-star Colin Farrell through this black comedy, in which single people are given 45 days to find a romantic partner or otherwise be turned into animals.

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'The Lobster' (2015) - The film won the Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, as well as winning or being nominated for a slew of other accolades.

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'The Light Between Oceans' (2016) - Premiering at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion, this romantic tragedy co-starring Michael Fassbender received mixed reviews from critics, but made a modest profit at the box office.

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'My Cousin Rachel' (2017) - Weisz received positive reviews for her performance as the title character. She's pictured here with co-stars Sam Claflin and Holliday Grainger at the film's premiere in London.

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'My Cousin Rachel' (2017) -

Weisz received positive reviews for her performance as the title character in this drama. 

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'Disobedience' (2017) - Directed by Chilean Sebastián Lelio, this film remains close to Weisz's heart. Raised Jewish, she never fully connected to the faith—a dilemma 'Disobedience' explores.

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'The Mercy' (2017) -

Co-star Colin Firth caught the critics' eye in this biographical drama, but Weisz provided solid support as his character's wife.

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'The Favourite' (2018) - This much-lauded period black comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (who also directed Weisz in 'The Lobster') won the Grand Jury Prize at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

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'The Favourite' (2018) - Screened to widespread critical acclaim, the film sees Weisz portraying Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, in this deliciously wicked tale of sex, women, and early 18th-century power plays.

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'The Favourite' (2018) -

The film received multiple awards and nominations, with Weisz walking away with a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated in the same category at the Oscars.

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'Black Widow' (2021) -

Weisz stepped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 'Black Widow,' playing Melina and starring opposite Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh.

See also: The real history behind 'The Favourite'

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