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 and furniture mover. She is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel began acting at thirteen. Already, she was performing in Shakespearean plays during summer theatre camp. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After her debut on the episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) She was a co-star in the Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows (2003) which was a comedy-drama that focused on the challenges and struggles of an Shakespearean theater group. She received the Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her breakthrough role as Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly brought her to the top of the list of Hollywood's hottest young actresses. After that film she was cast as the opposite of 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 filmgoers. McAdams and Gosling began to fall in love while filming and continued to be together 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 took on the world of independent films through Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also featured Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. McAdams was also seen in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008), respectively. She also played in the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's international smash Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams portrayed the plucky producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's materialistic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to romantic drama with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams appears in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) together with Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).





 

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