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. Rachel is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel started acting at thirteen. She was already performing in Shakespearean plays in summer theater camp. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. Following her TV debut in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, she starred on Canadian television's Slings and Arrows 2003. The comedy drama follows the struggle of Shakespearean theater groups. Rachel was awarded an Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. The role she played 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 smash at the box-office, and quickly became the leading romantic drama for a new generation of movie lovers. McAdams came into contact with Gosling during filming. They were a couple until the middle of 2007. McAdams' next film was comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the thriller Red Eye (2004), and the Christmas drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent film through Married Life (2007) which was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It also featured Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper, as well as Patricia Clarkson. Following her roles in The Lucky Ones, a military drama State of Play, and The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) McAdams was a co-star with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's blockbuster international Sherlock Holmes. McAdams played the plucky producer of a failed morning show on TV in Morning Glory (2010), the materialistic fiancee of Owen Wilson in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) and then returned to the romantic drama genre in the critically acclaimed film The Vow (2012) opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams is also in the film with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and also alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award as well as the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards






 

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