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 Englishand is Welsh-, Irish--, and Scottish. Rachel started her journey into acting as a teenager and at the age of 13 was appearing in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camps. She then was able to graduate with honors with an honors BFA degree in theater from York University. After her debut on television on Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, she starred on Canadian TV's Slings and Arrows 2003. This comedy-drama is about the struggles of Shakespearean theater groups. She won a Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. The role she played in Mean Girls (2004) as Regina George instantly landed her on the Hollywood's hot list of young actors. In the following film she was cast alongside Ryan Gosling as the romantic drama adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' bestseller The Notebook (2004). This was a huge hit at the box office and quickly became the most watched romantic drama with a young audience. Following the film's production, McAdams and Gosling became engaged and started dating until mid-2007. McAdams her next film was the comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the thriller Red Eye (2004), as well as the holiday-themed drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent film with Married Life (2007) which premiered at Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper, as well as Patricia Clarkson. Starring roles in the war drama The Lucky Ones (2007) as well as the newspaper thriller State of Play (2009) and the romantic comedy The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) followed , before she appeared alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the shrewd producer for Morning Glory (2010). She also was the fiancee with a materialistic character Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams returned to romantic drama territory with The Vow (2012), where she played opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams is also in the film with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and also alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian de Palma's thriller Passion (2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award as well as the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards