Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978, in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams, truck driver and furniture mover. Rachel is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel began acting at the age of thirteen. She was already performing in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camps. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. Following her TV debut on Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, Rachel was a part of Canadian TV's Slings and Arrows 2003. The comedy-drama follows the struggle of Shakespearean theater groups. She won an award called the Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. Her first big role was in Mean Girls (2004) as Regina George instantly landed her on the Hollywood's hot list of young actors. She followed that film with the role of a major character opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) The Notebook was a huge box office popularity and was the most watched romantic drama for a new younger generation of moviegoers. McAdams and Gosling were in love during filming, and continued to stay in touch through the middle of 2007. McAdams' next film was the comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the thriller Red Eye (2004), as well as the holiday-themed drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent films with Married Life (2007) which was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in addition to Patricia Clarkson. McAdams appeared in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008) in State of Play (2008) and The Lucky Ones (2007), respectively. She also appeared in The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's international hit Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the fiery producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's wife, a materialistic one in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to romantic drama territory with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams is also a part of Terrence Malick in To the Wonder (2012) as well as Noomi Rapace plays Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma's film thriller.





 

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