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 moving. She is Englishand is Welsh- -, Irish-, and Scottish. Rachel began acting at the age of thirteen. She was already acting in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camp. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After appearing in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson episode (1998) and later, she appeared in Slings and Arrows, a Canadian comedy-drama that chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the Slings and Arrows Shakespearean theatre group. In 2003, she won the Gemini award. The role she played in Mean Girls (2004) Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004) immediately made her a star on Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Following the film, she was paired with Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a smash at the box-office, and quickly became the leading romantic drama for a new generation of movie lovers. McAdams and Gosling were in love during filming and continued to date throughout 2007's middle. McAdams then showed her range onscreen with the manic comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the thriller Red Eye (2005), and the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then began exploring the world of independent cinema with Married Life (2007), which debuted at Toronto Film Festival and also included Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. The role she played in the war drama The Lucky Ones (2007) and the thriller about newspapers State of Play (2009) and the romantic The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) was the next film to follow, and she then starred alongside 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 romantic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to romantic drama with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams is also in the film with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award and the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards