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Rachel McAdams

Film Actress / Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Environmentalist | * 11/17/1978 (45) | London, Ontario (Canada)
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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 & 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 Re..."> ()
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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), and the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Rachel McAdams

Canada's Walk of Fame Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Rachel McAdams as Actress(38)

as Annie Davis2018 Game Night
as Esti Kuperman2018 Disobedience
as Narrator (voice)2016 Sonic Sea
as Dr. Christine Palmer2016 Doctor Strange
as Sacha Pfeiffer2015 Spotlight
as Tracy Woodside2015 Aloha
as Maureen Hope2015 Southpaw
as The Mother (voice)2015 The Little Prince
as Annabel Richter2014 A Most Wanted Man
as Mary2013 About Time
as Paige Collins2012 The Vow
as Jane2012 To the Wonder
as Christine Stanford2012 Passion
as Inez2011 Midnight in Paris
as Becky Fuller2010 Morning Glory
as Herself - Irene Adler2010 Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Della Frye2009 State of Play
as Irene Adler2009 Sherlock Holmes
as Clare Abshire2009 The Time Traveler's Wife
as Colee Dunn2008 The Lucky Ones
as Kay Nesbitt2007 Married Life
as Amy Stone2005 The Family Stone
as Lisa Reisert2005 Red Eye
as Claire Cleary2005 Wedding Crashers
as Regina George2004 Mean Girls
as Allison "Allie" Hamilton2004 The Notebook
as Patsy Grady (age 15)2002 Perfect Pie
as Danielle Mason2002 Guilt by Association
as Jessica Spencer / Clive Maxtone2002 The Hot Chick
as Sally Garfield2002 My Name Is Tanino

TV Shows/Series with Rachel McAdams as Actress(6)

as Christine Palmer (voice)2021 What If...?
as Narrator (voice)2018 Explained
as Ani Bezzerides2014 True Detective
as Kate McNab2003 Slings & Arrows
as Christine Bickwell1997 Earth: Final Conflict

Additional Information

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Full Name: Rachel Anne McAdams
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Friday, 11/17 1978 (November) in London, Ontario (Canada) (current age: 45 years + 133 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: York University, Central Elgin Collegiate Institute
Student of: David Rotenberg
Other names for Rachel McAdams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Рэйчел МакАдамс"
"レイチェル・マクアダムス"
"レイチェル・アン・マクアダムス"
"Rachel Anne McAdams"
Rachel McAdams frequently works together with these people:
Nic Pizzolatto (6x, Crew)
Lesa Warrener (5x, Crew)
Stan Lee (4x, Crew)
Will Ferrell (4x, Actor)
Kevin Feige (4x, Crew)
Hans Zimmer (4x, Crew)
James Binkley (4x, Actor)
Dean McDermott (4x, Actor)
Todd Schroeder (4x, Actor)
Udi Nedivi (4x, Crew)
Rolfe Kent (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:298, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024