Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams[1] (born November 17, 1978)[2][1] 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",[3][4] 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, she appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and starred in 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 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) and its 2022 sequel, the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), and the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).
McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to nurse Sandra (née Gale) and truck driver Lance McAdams.[5] She grew up in St. Thomas in a Protestant household.[5][6] The eldest of three children, she has a younger sister, Kayleen (born 1982), who is a make-up artist;[7] and a younger brother, Daniel, a personal trainer.[8][9][10] McAdams is of Scottish, English, Irish and Welsh descent.[11][12][13] Her maternal fifth great-grandfather, James Gray, was a Loyalist Ranger during the American Revolution and fled to Canada after the Battles of Saratoga.
She developed an interest in performing when she was seven, and while her parents did not discourage her, they did not "go out and find [her] an agent."[25] She attended Disney and Shakespeare summer camps as a child.[25] From age 12, she participated in Original Kids Theatre Company, London productions,[26] and in her late teens directed children's theatre productions.[24] She was also involved in school stage productions, most notably winning a performance award at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival.[5][27] She was inspired by two of her teachers, who taught her English and drama, respectively, in grades 11 and 12.[27] She intended to take cultural studies at the University of Western Ontario[28] before being persuaded by her drama teacher that a professional acting career was a viable option.
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