Rachel Anne McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November
17, 1978 in London (Ontario, Canada) to Sandra Kay (Gale), who is a nurse, as
well as Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver and furniture mover. She
is of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish descent. Rachel began acting as a
teenager. By the age 13 she was performing in Shakespearean productions at
summer theatre camps. Following graduation, Rachel received a BFA degree from
York University in Theater. After her debut on television on Disney's The
Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, Rachel appeared in Canadian TV's Slings and Arrows
2003. The comedy drama follows the struggles of Shakespearean theater groups.
She won a Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. Her breakout role in Mean
Girls (2004) as Regina George instantly landed her in the top tier of
Hollywood's list of promising young actors. Following the film, she was cast
opposite Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). The Notebook was a hit at the box
office, and quickly became the leading romantic drama for a new generation of
filmgoers. McAdams and Gosling were in love during filming and continued to
date throughout 2007's middle. McAdams followed with her next film, comedy
Wedding Crashers (2006), the action thriller Red Eye (2004), and the holiday
drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent films
through Married Life (2007) which was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. It
also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in addition to Patricia Clarkson.
The role she played in the war drama The Lucky Ones (2007), the newspaper
thriller State of Play (2009), and the romance The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
followed before she starred alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy
Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the
determined producer of a failed morning television show in Morning Glory
(2010), the attractive fiancee of Owen Wilson in Woody Allen's Midnight in
Paris (2011) as well as a return to romantic drama in the hit film The Vow
(2012) opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams also stars alongside Terrence Malick in
To the Wonder (2012), and Noomi Rapace plays Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma's
film thriller.
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