Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada She was the daughter of Sandra Kay (Gale), an RN, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. Rachel is of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish descent. Rachel began her acting career at the age of 13 and by 13 was appearing in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camp. She later graduated with distinction with an honors BFA degree in Theater at York University. After making 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) A comedy-drama about the trials and travails of the Shakespearean theater troupe, and was awarded an award called a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her performance in the role of Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly brought her to the top of the list of the most popular young actresses. The film was followed by an acclaimed performance alongside Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004), which was a huge box office hit and quickly became the main romantic drama for a new, young generation of moviegoers. McAdams met Gosling while filming. They were a couple until the middle of 2007. McAdams then showed her range in the screen with the raunchy 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 with Married Life (2007), that debuted at the Toronto Film Festival and also included Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. Following her roles in The Lucky Ones, a military drama, State of Play, and The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) McAdams starred alongside Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes. McAdams played the shrewd producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's materialistic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to romantic drama in 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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