▲She also won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for the same film.

▲Weisz's Hollywood breakthrough was in this blockbuster, which went on to gross US$416 million worldwide.

▲And she scooped up a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

▲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.

▲Weisz's role as Tessa Quayle, the wife, won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

▲An underestimated British crime thriller, Weisz's character becomes embroiled in a love triangle with an ex-convict and a new boyfriend.

▲Weisz has a minor role in this film, selected for the 1996 Cannes Film Festival and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci on location in Tuscany.

▲Weisz plays Cambridge graduate Ag in this gentle story about an unlikely trio of women recruited to work on a farm during WWII.

▲Despite mixed reviews, this sequel was another financial success and saw Weisz nominated for an Empire Award for Best British Actress.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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 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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲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.

▲Author John Grisham considered this film, adapted from his novel of the same name, a "smart, suspenseful" movie.

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British actress Rachel Weisz can truly look back favorably on her 25-plus year film career. She made her big screen debut back in 1994, and has since appeared in several critically acclaimed movies, including 2005's 'The Constant Gardener,' for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Years later, she was nominated in the same category for 2018's 'The Favourite.'

To celebrate the talented actress, click through this gallery for a brief look at some of her finest movies.

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

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

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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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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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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.