Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978, in London, Ontario, Canada Rachel Anne McAdams was the daughter of Sandra Kay (Gale), Nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams, truck driver and furniture moving. She is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel started acting as an teen. By the age 13 she was performing in Shakespearean productions at a summer theater camps. Following graduation, Rachel received a BFA degree from York University in Theater. Following her TV debut in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, Rachel appeared in Canadian TV's Slings and Arrows 2003. The comedy-drama follows the struggle of Shakespearean theater groups. She won a Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. Her first big role was in Mean Girls (2004) as Regina George instantly landed her in the top tier of Hollywood's list of young actors. Following the film, she was cast alongside Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a huge success at the box-office, and quickly became the leading romantic drama for a new generation of moviegoers. McAdams and Gosling were in love during filming and continued to be together until the middle of 2007. McAdams followed with her next film, the comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the action thriller Red Eye (2004), and the Christmas drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent cinema with Married Life (2007) which premiered at Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in addition to Patricia Clarkson. McAdams was also seen in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008), respectively. She also starred in the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's worldwide hit Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the determined producer of Morning Glory (2010). She also played the materialistic fiancee Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams returned to romantic drama with The Vow (2012), which she co-starred with Channing Tatum. McAdams also stars alongside Terrence Malick in To the Wonder (2012) as well as Noomi Rapace as Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma’s thriller.





 

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