Weisz was born in Westminster , England, and grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb . Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich ) , is a teacher and then a psychotherapist born in Vienna , Austria. Her father, George Weisz, is a Hungarian inventor and engineer . Weisz 's parents moved to England during World War II. Weisz 's father is Jewish and her mother is listed as Catholic , or Jewish . Weisz was raised in a "Jewish brain- home " 8 and refers to herself as Jewish . Weisz has a sister, Minnie Weisz , who is an artist.
Weisz was educated at North London Collegiate School. Later joined Benenden School and then enrolled at St Paul 's Girls ' School. He entered Trinity Hall , University of Cambridge, where he graduated in English literature with a score 2:1. During his college years appeared in various student productions, co-founder being the student theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues , which won the Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Festival by an improvisation called Slight Possession .
Weisz was engaged to producer and film director Darren Aronofsky, with whom she went from 2001 to November 2010. They have a son, Henry Chance, born on May 31, 2006 in New York. The couple lived in East Village, Manhattan. On November 9, 2010 announced their marriage breakup after 9 years together.
She married British actor Daniel Craig on June 22, 2011 in a secret ceremony in New York, after several months of dating. Craig currently lives with two large cities, London and New York.
