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Daniel Craig officially got his Bond girl when he married Rachel Weisz. Though to be fair, Craig wasn't even cast as James Bond in the 007 film series when he first met Weisz back in 1994. They both were up-and-coming actors at the time, co-starring in the play Les Grandes Horizontales at the National Theatre Studio in London.
It wouldn't be until nearly two decades later that Daniel and Rachel would reconnect and fall in love on the set of Dream House in 2010, and a year later, secretly tie the knot. "I'm in love. I'm very happy," Craig said of his marriage to Weisz during an interview with British GQ, refusing to elaborate any further.
Over the years, the couple continued to keep their relationship private — including details about their daughter, whom they welcomed in 2018 — but every once in a while, they'll surprise us with a rare red carpet appearance or a gushing remark about one another in the press.
For each and every adorable moment, take a complete look back at Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig's relationship timeline below.
1994: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig first meet.
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Rachel and Daniel first crossed paths as young twenty-somethings while starring in the play Les Grandes Horizontales at the National Theatre Studio in London. At the time, Daniel was married to his ex-wife Fiona Loudon, while Rachel would later get engaged to film director Darren Aronofsky, with whom she shares a son, Henry.
December 2010: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig start dating after filming Dream House.
Weisz and Craig reconnected while filming the thriller Dream House. After Weisz called off her engagement with Aronofsky in November 2010, she and Craig began dating and spent the holidays together in the English countryside.
June 2011: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig secretly get married.
Six months into their courtship, Weisz and Craig secretly tied the knot in New York City with just four guests in attendance: Craig's daughter, Ella, Weisz's son, Henry, and two of their friends. "We got away with it," Craig told British GQ about the intimate ceremony. "We did it privately. And I've got a lot of people to thank for that."
January 2012: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig make their red carpet debut.
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Despite being a been a couple for two years, Rachel and Daniel didn't make their official red carpet debut until January 2012 at the premiere of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in Madrid.
October 2015: Rachel Weisz admits to owning Daniel Craig fan merch.
Weisz confessed to owning Daniel Craig fan merch after comedian Dawn French admitted that she had a crush on the actress's husband.
"You know what you can buy? I've actually got one — one of those screen visor things that you put up at the top [of your car] that says 'Mrs. Daniel Craig,'" she told French during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. "You can buy them — I've got one ... I don't keep it up all the time, but every now and again."
December 2016: Rachel Weisz opens up about why she keeps the details of her marriage to Daniel Craig so private.
Weisz addressed why she's often reluctant to talk about Craig in the press while speaking with More for her December/January 2016 cover story.
"He's just too famous. It would be a betrayal. You have to protect your marriage," Weisz explained. "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."
January 2018: Rachel Weisz says she "never thought" she would get married before meeting Daniel Craig.
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While she'd been happily married for seven years, Rachel revealed that becoming a wife was never on her radar before Daniel. “I never thought I would get married,” she told the Evening Standard in 2018. “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.”
April 2018: Rachel Weisz reveals she's expecting her first child with Daniel Craig.
During an interview with The New York Times, Rachel revealed that she and Daniel were expecting their first child together. Weisz was already a mom to a son, Henry, and Craig shared a daughter, Ella, with his ex-wife Fiona.
"We’re going to have a little human. We can’t wait to meet him or her. It’s all such mystery," she said, adding: "I'll be showing soon. Daniel and I are so happy."
September 2018: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig welcome their first child together.
In September 2018, it was announced that Weisz and Craig welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Grace. A few months after their baby girl's arrival, Weisz stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, revealing that the newborn looks just like Craig.
September 2023: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig make a rare red carpet appearance at The Albies.
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Weisz and Craig made a dazzling appearance at the Clooney Foundation for Justice's second annual Albie Awards — six years after they last walked the red carpet together as a couple. For their triumphant return to the spotlight, Rachel wore a simple yet stunning black and silver gown, while Daniel looked dapper in a navy blue suit and glasses.
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