Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

  • Birthday: 1978-11-17
  • Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Рэйчел МакАдамс

Biography

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. She 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), the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), the superhero sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and the coming-of-age drama Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023).

Filmography

Red Eye

2005

As Lisa Reisert

The Lucky Ones

2008

As Colee Dunn

Morning Glory

2010

As Becky Fuller

The Vow

2012

As Paige Collins

Passion

2013

As Christine Stanford

Sonic Sea

2016

As Narrator (voice)

Mean Girls

2004

As Regina George

The Notebook

2004

As Allie Hamilton

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009

As Clare Abshire

My Name Is Tanino

2003

As Sally Garfield

Midnight in Paris

2011

As Inez

About Time

2013

As Mary

Southpaw

2015

As Maureen Hope

Disobedience

2018

As Esti Kuperman

Game Night

2018

As Annie

Sherlock Holmes

2009

As Irene Adler

To the Wonder

2013

As Jane

State of Play

2009

As Della Frye

Spotlight

2015

As Sacha Pfeiffer

Aloha

2015

As Tracy Woodside

Perfect Pie

2002

As Patsy Grady (age 15)

Doctor Strange

2016

As Dr. Christine Palmer

Married Life

2007

As Kay Nesbitt

Wedding Crashers

2005

As Claire Cleary

A Most Wanted Man

2014

As Annabel Richter

The Little Prince

2015

As The Mother (voice)

The Family Stone

2005

As Amy Stone

Guilt by Association

2002

As Danielle Mason

The Hot Chick

2002

As Jessica

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

As Dr. Christine Palmer

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