Rachel Anne McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams is the daughter of
Sandra Kay (Gale), an Ontario nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams a truck driver
and furniture moving. Her birthplace was in London, Ontario on November 17,
1978. She is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel began acting at thirteen.
She was already appearing in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camps.
Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After
her debut on an episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) She was a co-star
in the Canadian television series Slings and Arrows (2003) in a comedy-drama
focusing on the trials and tribulations of the Shakespearean theater group. She
won an Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her breakout role as Regina
George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly catapulted her onto the
short list of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Following that film,
she starred opposite Ryan Gosling as the romantic drama adaptation of Nicholas
Sparks' bestseller The Notebook (2004). The Notebook was a huge success in the
box office and quickly became the most loved romantic drama with a young
audience. McAdams met Gosling while filming. They were a couple until the
middle of 2007. McAdams then showed her range on screen in the hilarious comedy
Wedding Crashers (2005), the action thriller Red Eye (2005), and the holiday
drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then explored the independent film world
through Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and
also starred Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. After her role
in The Lucky Ones, a military drama, State of Play, and The Time Traveler's
Wife (2009) McAdams also starred alongside Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in
Guy Ritchie's blockbuster international Sherlock Holmes. McAdams was the plucky
producer for Morning Glory (2010). She also played the materialistic fiancee
Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams returned to
romantic drama with The Vow (2012), in which she was a co-star with Channing
Tatum. McAdams also appears alongside Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the
Wonder (2012) and alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian de Palma's thriller Passion
(2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year"
Award in addition to the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the
Hollywood Film Awards
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