Rachel Anne McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams is the daughter of
Sandra Kay (Gale), an Ontario nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams a truck driver
as well as furniture mover. She was born in London, Ontario on November 17th
1978. She is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel began acting as an adult. At
the age of 13, she was a part of Shakespearean productions at summer camp for
theater. After graduation, Rachel received a BFA degree from York University in
Theater. After her debut on an episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998),
she co-starred in the Canadian television show Slings and Arrows (2003), a
comedy-drama about the struggles and trials of the Shakespearean theater
troupe, and was awarded a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her
performance in the role of Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004)
instantly catapulted her onto the short list of the most popular young actors.
In the following film, she starred opposite Ryan Gosling as the romantic drama
adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' bestseller The Notebook (2004). The Notebook was
a huge hit at the box-office and became the most loved romantic comedy for an
audience of young people. McAdams was introduced to Gosling during filming.
They dated through the middle of 2007. McAdams then showed her range onscreen
with the manic comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the thriller Red Eye (2005), and
the holiday-themed drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then went on to
explore the world of independent film through Married Life (2007), which
premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also included Pierce Brosnan, Chris
Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. McAdams starred in The Lucky Ones (2007) and
State of Play (2008) as well as State of Play (2008). McAdams also appeared in
the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's
international smash Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams played the role of the
confident producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's
romantic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to the
romantic drama genre with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams is also
in the film with Terrence Malick in To the Wonder (2012), and Noomi Rapace as
Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma’s thriller.
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