Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on 17 November 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada Rachel Anne McAdams was the daughter of Sandra Kay (Gale), nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver and furniture moving company. She is English-, Welsh- -, Irish--, and Scottish. Rachel began her acting career in her teens and by the age of 13 was performing in Shakespearean productions at summer theatre camp. She later was able to graduate with honors , earning a BFA degree in theater at York University. After appearing in the Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson episode (1998) in which she was a lead in Slings and Arrows, a Canadian comedy-drama which follows the struggles and triumphs of an Shakespearean theatre group. In 2003, she was awarded the Gemini award. Her performance as Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004), instantly became a top-rated actress on Hollywood's most coveted young actresses. Following that film, she starred opposite Ryan Gosling as the romantic drama adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' bestseller The Notebook (2004). This was a huge hit at the box office , and was the most watched romantic drama with a young audience. After the film was completed, McAdams and Gosling became romantically involved and dated through mid-2007. McAdams next showcased her versatility on the screen with the comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the thriller Red Eye (2005), and the holiday-themed drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then explored the independent film world through Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also starred Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. McAdams was seen in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008) in State of Play (2008) and The Lucky Ones (2007), respectively. She also played in the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's international smash Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the determined producer for 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 starred opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams plays the lead role in Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder (2012) alongside Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s action thriller Passion (2012).