Rachel McAdams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1978-11-17 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
London, Ontario, Canada
Rachel McAdams
Biography
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 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 hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveller's Wife (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Morning Glory (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). For her portrayal of journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight (2015), 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 sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), and the comedy-drama Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023).
On television, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective (2015), earning a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie nomination. She made her Broadway debut in the Amy Herzog play Mary Jane (2024), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.
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Known For
Acting
(2026)
Send Help
as Linda
(2023)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Barbara Simon
(2023)
(2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Dr. Christine Palmer
(2022)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
(2020)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Sigrit Ericksdottir
(2018)
Game Night
as Annie
(2018)
Disobedience
as Esti Kuperman
(2016)
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Christine Palmer
(2016)
Sonic Sea
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Spotlight
as Sacha Pfeiffer
(2015)
Southpaw
as Maureen Hope
(2015)
The Little Prince
as The Mother (voice)
(2015)
Aloha
as Tracy Woodside
(2015)
Every Thing Will Be Fine
as Sara
(2015)
(2014)
A Most Wanted Man
as Annabel Richter
(2013)
About Time
as Mary
(2013)
To the Wonder
as Jane
(2013)
Passion
as Christine Stanford
(2012)
The Vow
as Paige Collins
(2011)
Midnight in Paris
as Inez
(2011)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Irene Adler
(2010)
Morning Glory
as Becky Fuller
(2010)
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
(2009)
Sherlock Holmes
as Irene Adler
(2009)
The Time Traveler's Wife
as Clare Abshire
(2009)
State of Play
as Della Frye
(2008)
The Lucky Ones
as Colee Dunn
(2008)
Married Life
as Kay Nesbitt
(2006)
The Making of 'Red Eye'
as Self
(2005)
Red Eye
as Lisa Reisert
(2005)
Wedding Crashers
as Claire Cleary
(2005)
The Family Stone
as Amy Stone
(2004)
The Notebook
as Allie Hamilton
(2004)
Mean Girls
as Regina George
(2002)
The Hot Chick
as Jessica
(2002)
My Name Is Tanino
as Sally Garfield
(2002)
Perfect Pie
as Patsy Grady (age 15)
(2002)
Guilt by Association
as Danielle Mason
Crew
BARRE VALE ♡
Actor's Assistant