Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London (Ontario, Canada) to Sandra Kay (Gale), who works as a nurse as well as Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver/furniture movers. She is of English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish descent. Rachel began acting at thirteen. She was already appearing in Shakespearean plays at the summer theater camp. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. Following her TV debut in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson in 1998, Rachel starred in Canadian TV's Slings and Arrows 2003. The comedy-drama follows the struggles of Shakespearean theater groups. The actress was awarded the Gemini Award for her performance in 2003. The role she played in Mean Girls (2004) as Regina George instantly landed her on the list of Hollywood's most sought-after of promising young actors. After that film she was cast opposite Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a hit in the box office and quickly became the leading romantic drama for a new generation of movie lovers. After filming, McAdams and Gosling became romantically linked and began dating through mid-2007. McAdams is next in film with 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 was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in addition to Patricia Clarkson. She also starred in the military drama The Lucky Ones (2007) and the newspaper thriller State of Play (2009), and the romance The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) was the next film to follow, and she then starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams played the role of the confident producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's wife, a materialistic one in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to the world of romantic dramas in The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams is a part of Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) along with Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s thriller Passion (2012).