Rachel Anne McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams was born on the 17th
of November 1978, in London, Ontario, Canada she was the daughter of Sandra Kay
(Gale), an RN, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover.
Rachel is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel began her
acting career when she was a teenager, and by the age of 13 was performing in
Shakespearean performances at the summer theater camps. She then graduated with
distinction, earning an honors BFA degree in Theater at York University. After
making her debut on the Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) and co-starred
on the Canadian TV show Slings and Arrows (2003) which was a comedy-drama that
focused on the struggles and trials of an Shakespearean theater group. She was
awarded 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 brought her to
the top of the list of the most popular young actresses. After that film she
was cast as the opposite of Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a big
hit at the box office and soon became the most popular romantic drama for the
new generation of movie lovers. McAdams met Gosling during filming. They began
dating until mid-2007. McAdams next showcased her versatility on screen in the
hilarious comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the action thriller Red Eye (2005),
as well as the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then took on the
world of independent films with Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto
Film Festival and also featured Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia
Clarkson. She also starred in the war drama The Lucky Ones (2007), the
newspaper thriller State of Play (2009) as well as the romantic drama The Time
Traveler's Wife (2009) was the next film to follow, and she then starred in the
role of Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international
blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the smart producer of 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 with The Vow (2012), which she starred opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams
stars in Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder (2012) alongside Ben Affleck and Noomi
Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s action thriller Passion (2012).
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