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, a truck driver and furniture moving company. She is Englishand is Welsh-, Irish--, and Scottish. Rachel started acting as a teenager. By the age 13 she was a part of Shakespearean productions at a summer theatre camps. After graduating, Rachel received a BFA degree from York University in Theater. After her debut in the 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 trials and travails of an Shakespearean theater troupe, and won an award called a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her debut role in the role of Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly catapulted her onto the short list of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Following that film, she had her own starring role alongside Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) that was a surprising box office hit and quickly became the main romantic drama for a brand new younger generation of moviegoers. Following filming, McAdams and Gosling became intimate and started dating by the middle of 2007. McAdams then showed her range in the screen with the raunchy comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the action thriller Red Eye (2005), as well as the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then went on to explore the world of independent film with Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also starred Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. After her role in The Lucky Ones, a military drama, State of Play, and The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) McAdams was a co-star with Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's blockbuster international Sherlock Holmes. McAdams played the shrewd producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's romantic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to the world of romantic dramas with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams also starred alongside Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and with Noomi Rapace in Brian de Palma's thriller Passion (2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award in addition to the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards





 

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