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Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Birthday: 1978-11-17 | Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings and Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award. In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. McAdams rose to fame in 2004 with the comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she starred in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye, and the comedy-drama The Family Stone. She was hailed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl", and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star. After a brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009, by appearing in the political thriller State of Play, the romance The Time Traveler's Wife, and the 2009 mystery film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and went on to star in the films Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). In 2015, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective, and portrayed the journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight. For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was followed by roles in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), and the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

as    Sigrit Ericksdottir

2018
Game Night

as    Annie

2018
Disobedience

as    Esti Kuperman

2016
Doctor Strange

as    Dr. Christine Palmer

2016
The Little Prince

as    The Mother (voice)

2015
Southpaw

as    Maureen Hope

2015
Spotlight

as    Sacha Pfeiffer

2015
Every Thing Will Be Fine

as    Sara

2015
Aloha

as    Tracy Woodside

2014
A Most Wanted Man

as    Annabel Richter

2013
Passion

as    Christine Stanford

2013
To the Wonder

as    Jane

2013
About Time

as    Mary

2012
The Vow

as    Paige Collins

2011
Midnight in Paris

as    Inez

2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

as    Irene Adler

2010
Morning Glory

as    Becky Fuller

2009
The Time Traveler's Wife

as    Clare Abshire

2009
State of Play

as    Della Frye

2009
Sherlock Holmes

as    Irene Adler

2008
The Lucky Ones

as    Colee Dunn

2007
Married Life

as    Kay Nesbitt

2005
The Family Stone

as    Amy Stone

2005
Wedding Crashers

as    Claire Cleary

2005
Red Eye

as    Lisa Reisert

2004
The Notebook

as    Allie Hamilton

2004
Mean Girls

as    Regina George

2002
The Hot Chick

as    Jessica Spencer / Clive Maxtone