Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London (Ontario, Canada) to Sandra Kay (Gale), who is a nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver/furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish descent. Rachel began her acting career as a teenager and at the age of 13 was appearing in Shakespearean performances at the summer theater camps. She graduated with distinction, earning the BFA degree in Theater at York University. Following her first appearance in the episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) and co-starred on the Canadian TV show Slings and Arrows (2003) in a comedy-drama focusing on the struggles and trials of a Shakespearean theater group, and was awarded an Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her performance in the role of Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly made her a part of the short list of the top Hollywood's young actresses. In the following film, she was cast alongside Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a hit at the box office, and quickly became the leading romantic drama for the new generation of moviegoers. McAdams came into contact with Gosling while filming. They dated through the middle of 2007. McAdams her next film was the comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the action thriller Red Eye (2004), and the holiday drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent cinema through Married Life (2007) which was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper along with Patricia Clarkson. She also starred in the war drama The Lucky Ones (2007) and the newspaper thriller State of Play (2009), and the romance The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) followed , before she appeared alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the smart 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 dramatic territory in The Vow (2012), where she played opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams is a part of Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder (2012) along with Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s thriller Passion (2012).





 

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