The lure of London has proved too much for Rachel Weisz – who is moving back to Britain after five years in America.

The 37-year-old actress has purchased a stunning £3.5million house in Primrose Hill, the fashionable enclave that is also home to supermodel Kate Moss and designer Sadie Frost.

Rachel will return to the UK from New York with her fiance, film director Darren Aronofsky, 39, and their two-year-old son Henry later this month.

Homesick: Rachel Weisz is moving back to London after five years in America

‘Rachel is really excited about her move back to Britain,’ says a friend.

‘She feels it’s the right time to be coming back.

‘She initially moved to New York for work and to be close to Darren, who is a native of the city, but they have decided to live in London.

Engaged: Rachel will return to the UK with her fiance Darren Aronofsky

'Rachel was born there and missed it hugely.’

Weisz, star of The Mummy, revealed she missed British culture in New York when she said: ‘It’s a relief to speak to English people.

'It’s a very different culture.’

She won’t have much time to make her London house a home as she is working in Malta on a tight schedule on the movie Agora, alongside Max Minghella, son of the late film director Anthony Minghella.