The perfect timing! After being friends for years, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig formed a romantic relationship after working on their first project together.
In February 2010, Weisz and Craig connected on the set of Dream House. Several months later, the Lovely Bones actress split from director Darren Aronofsky after nine years together. The former couple welcomed son Henry in 2006.
The James Bond franchise actor, for his part, was previously married to actress Fiona Loudon from 1992 to 1994. The exes welcomed their daughter, Ella, in 1992. Craig later moved on with Satsuki Mitchell, but they called it quits in 2010.
That December, Weisz and the Cowboys & Aliens star were spotted packing on the PDA while enjoying the holidays together in the English countryside. Six months after they initially sparked romance rumors, the pair secretly tied the knot in New York.
Their Dream House costar Rachel Fox later opened up about getting to work with the duo before they officially started dating.
“They play husband and wife, so anytime that the camera was rolling you felt that spark,” Fox exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2011. “I didn’t notice off screen that anything was going on. They did a good job of keeping it secret!”
At the time, Fox appreciated how Weisz and Craig preferred to keep their dating lives private and revealed that the rest of the cast found out “afterwards” about the bond between the twosome.
“They did not tell anyone. They were so secretive. I had absolutely no idea until I heard it,” she added.
Several years later, the Favourite actress explained why keeping her marriage relatively private was a healthy choice.
“He’s just too famous. … You have to protect your marriage. When you’re young, you tell your girlfriends everything. One of the great pleasures of not being an adolescent is that you don’t have to share everything. When you’re married, that door closes. The audience goes, and you’re in your own life,” Weisz told More in January 2018.
That same year, Weisz and Craig confirmed that they were expecting their first child together, and The Bourne Legacy later gushed about preparing for parenthood.
“We are ready. Very excited,” she shared with E! News in April 2018.
Relive the couple’s romance by scrolling through the photos below:
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Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig’s Relationship Timeline
The perfect timing! After being friends for years, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig formed a romantic relationship after working on their first project together.
In February 2010, Weisz and Craig connected on the set of Dream House. Several months later, the Lovely Bones actress split from director Darren Aronofsky after nine years together. The former couple welcomed son Henry in 2006.
The James Bond franchise actor, for his part, was previously married to actress Fiona Loudon from 1992 to 1994. The exes welcomed their daughter, Ella, in 1992. Craig later moved on with Satsuki Mitchell, but they called it quits in 2010.
That December, Weisz and the Cowboys & Aliens star were spotted packing on the PDA while enjoying the holidays together in the English countryside. Six months after they initially sparked romance rumors, the pair secretly tied the knot in New York.
Their Dream House costar Rachel Fox later opened up about getting to work with the duo before they officially started dating.
“They play husband and wife, so anytime that the camera was rolling you felt that spark,” Fox exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2011. “I didn’t notice off screen that anything was going on. They did a good job of keeping it secret!”
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At the time, Fox appreciated how Weisz and Craig preferred to keep their dating lives private and revealed that the rest of the cast found out “afterwards” about the bond between the twosome.
“They did not tell anyone. They were so secretive. I had absolutely no idea until I heard it,” she added.
Several years later, the Favourite actress explained why keeping her marriage relatively private was a healthy choice.
“He’s just too famous. … You have to protect your marriage. When you’re young, you tell your girlfriends everything. One of the great pleasures of not being an adolescent is that you don’t have to share everything. When you’re married, that door closes. The audience goes, and you’re in your own life,” Weisz told More in January 2018.
That same year, Weisz and Craig confirmed that they were expecting their first child together, and The Bourne Legacy later gushed about preparing for parenthood.
“We are ready. Very excited,” she shared with E! News in April 2018.
Relive the couple’s romance by scrolling through the photos below:
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February 2010
The twosome worked together on Dream House in February 2010.
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December 2010
Weisz and Craig first sparked romance rumors when they spent time together in the English countryside during the Christmas holiday.
“They picked up groceries at a little corner shop, probably to take home and cook or prepare for their roast,” an eyewitness told Us at the time. “They walked through the street like a married couple who had been together for ages — very much in love, very cozy and cute.”
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February 2011
The duo were spotted enjoying a date night in NYC on Valentine’s Day in 2011.
According to a source, the couple “were adorable” and spent the night “making out and dancing.”
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January 2012
The couple made their first red carpet appearance at the Madrid premiere of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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August 2012
The Oscar winner reflected on being “friends for ages” with her husband before they officially started dating.
“We don’t sit around talking about acting, but you both understand you’ve got to be flexible,” Weisz told Marie Claire UK in 2012. “Every few months you start a new job. … As far as downsides go, I don’t think [fame is] a big one. It’s something we deal with together.”
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April 2013
It was announced that Craig and Weisz were set to star together in a Broadway show titled Betrayal.
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August 2015
During an interview with DuJour magazine, the Knives Out actor opened up about how his wife has helped make their lives as normal as possible despite their star status.
“There were phones back then, but nobody used the cameras,” he said of meeting fans. “Or there was a rule, if someone did it, you’d be like, ‘What the f—k are you doing?!’ My wife is the best in the world at all that, she’ll just turn to them and go, ‘No, thank you very much,’ and they’re like, ‘OK.’”
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January 2018
Weisz got honest about how her relationship with Craig changed her point of view on marriage.
“I don’t think mine’s particularly exceptional apart from that we’re both in the public eye, but I never thought I would get married,” she told ES Magazine at the time. “It was not an ambition of mine. It was the opposite. I couldn’t relate to romantic comedies – marriage seems to be the whole point of them. Then it just happened, happily, at a more mature moment.”
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April 2018
Weisz announced that she and Craig were expecting a child together.
“I’ll be showing soon,” the Black Widow star told The New York Times. “Daniel and I are so happy. We’re going to have a little human. We can’t wait to meet him or her. It’s all such a mystery.”
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June 2021
Weisz joked about the awkward experience of attending a “secret summit meeting” with the cast and creators of Black Widow to discuss competing against her husband’s latest Bond movie, No Time to Die.
“They were strategizing when Black Widow was going to come out, and Kevin [Feige] was talking about, ‘Well, the other tentpole movie that’s going to be coming out is the Bond movie,’ ” the Mummy star said during an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. “And they’re all discussing it … I thought, ‘Maybe he doesn’t actually know I’m married to Daniel.’ And at that moment, Daniel was walking down the stairs into the kitchen. And I really wanted to turn the screen around and go, ‘Well, he’s right here. You can ask him.'”