Rachel Weisz dated famed director Darren Aronofsky from 2001 to 2010 after meeting backstage at a London theater. By 2002, Weisz had moved to New York to be with the director, telling New York Magazine, “We’re very happy.” The pair worked together on the film “The Fountain,” got engaged, and then, in 2006 when Weisz was 35, gave birth to their child, Henry.
Becoming a mother changed Weisz’s attitude toward her work. “In the two films I’ve done since Henry was born, I didn’t take the lead role,” she told Marie Claire in 2008. “The first one, ‘My Blueberry Nights,’ was just 10 days’ work, and I had Henry with me the whole time. I wanted to get back into work, but I wanted to ease into it slowly and that seemed like a good way to do it.”
And, as she told Reuters, the transition from full-time actress to mother-and-actress wasn’t always easy. “You muddle through and figure it out and get exhausted and keep muddling through,” she said.
Weisz and Aronofsky split in 2010 after being together for nine years in total — and engaged for at least five of those years, the Daily Mail reported.
