Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on the 17th of November 1978, in London, Ontario, Canada Rachel Anne McAdams was the daughter of Sandra Kay (Gale), nurse and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is Englishas well as Welsh-, Irish--, and Scottish. Rachel began acting as an adult. By the age 13 she was performing in Shakespearean productions at the summer theater camps. Following graduation, Rachel received a BFA degree from York University 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 an Shakespearean theatre group. In 2003, she won an award called a Gemini award. Her performance as Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004), instantly earned her the attention of Hollywood's most coveted young actresses. After that, she landed the role of a major character opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004), which was a surprise box-office hit and quickly became the main romantic drama for a new younger generation of moviegoers. McAdams met Gosling while filming. They dated until mid-2007. McAdams' next film was comedy Wedding Crashers (2006), the action thriller Red Eye (2004), as well as the holiday-themed drama The Family Stone ((2005)). McAdams also explored independent films through Married Life (2007) which was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. It also included Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper in addition to Patricia Clarkson. McAdams was seen in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008) in State of Play (2008) and The Lucky Ones (2007), respectively. She also appeared in the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's international smash Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams portrayed the plucky producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's fiancee, who was a materialist in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to the romantic drama genre in The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. The actress also stars with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) as well as 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