Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty
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Daniel CraigandRachel Weiszare stepping out for a good cause.
The superstar couple made a rare appearance together in New York City atGeorgeandAmal Clooney’s second annual Albies, which “aim to shine a spotlight on brave individuals who, at great personal risk, have devoted their lives to justice,” according to a press release.
Walking the red carpet alongside her husband at The New York Public Library on Thursday, Weisz, 53, was radiant in a floor-length gown featuring an abstract black-and-white pattern.
TheJames Bondactor, 55, looked equally dapper in a midnight-blue tuxedo with wide lapels, a matching bowtie and glasses.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig.Cindy Ord/Getty
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Congolese gynecologist and human rights advocate Dr. Denis Mukwege and Iranian journalistsNiloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadiwere honored, as well as Ukrainian rights group Truth Hounds, free speech advocacy group the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, and Thailand’s organization Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
Also attending this year’s star-studded ceremony wereEmily Blunt and John Krasinski,Viola Davis,Julianne Moore,Scarlett Johansson,Anne Hathaway,Mary J. Blige,Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbachand more.
At last year’s inaugural Albies, George told PEOPLE what he loved most about working with his human rights attorney wife to create the event. “We collaborate on everything. We collaborated ontwins!” theTicket to Paradiseactor, now 62, said. “But you know, this is an exciting one because Amal’s gotten journalists out of Egypt, out of Azerbaijan, prisons, out of — all over the world, Myanmar.”
George told PEOPLE that their work on the Albies and with their foundation is something that his wife “happens to be really especially gifted at.”
He added, “My father’s a journalist. I have a great affinity for them — her mother’s a journalist. So it’s really exciting for me when she’s able to get people who are wrongly accused for doing their job out [of prison]. So, for me, it’s just — I couldn’t be more proud of my wife.”
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig attend The Opportunity Network’s 11th Annual Night of Opportunity Gala on April 9, 2018, in New York City.Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan
Craig and Weisz first met in 1994, when the young British actors were cast inLes Grandes Horizontalesat the National Theatre Studio in London. In June 2011, theytied the knotin a secret wedding ceremony, just six months after they’d started dating.
Back in April, theConstant GardenerOscar winner addressed the possibility of working alongside her husband again one day, tellingWillie GeistonSunday TODAY, “I think we aren’t going to at the moment.”
“I think we really love our private life as a family, and then we go to work separately,” she continued, speaking of her husband, with whom she shares a5-year-old daughter. (Weisz also has a 17-year-old son, Henry, with exDarren Aronofsky, while Craig has an adult daughter,Ella Loudon, with ex-wife Fiona Loudon.)
TheBlack Widowactress told Geist, 48, that she and Craig “really enjoyed that experience” of acting together, “but I think it’s nicer to — italso means we can alternate. So I can stay home with the family while he works, we can swap out. If we’re both doing something at the same time, it’s probably less ideal,” the actress added.
source: people.com
