Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams is the daughter of Sandra Kay (Gale), an Ontario nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams a truck driver and furniture movers. She was born in London, Ontario on November 17th 1978. She is Englishand is Welsh-, Irish-, and Scottish. Rachel began acting when she was an teen. At the age of 13, she was a part of Shakespearean productions at summer theater camp. After graduating, 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 which follows the struggles and triumphs of an Shakespearean theater group. In 2003, she received a Gemini award. The role she played in Mean Girls (2004) Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004) instantly earned her the attention of Hollywood's most coveted young actresses. The film was followed by a star turn opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) The Notebook was a surprising box office success and became the predominant romantic drama for a brand new younger generation of moviegoers. McAdams came into contact with Gosling during filming. They began dating until mid-2007. McAdams was then able to showcase her talents on screen in the hilarious comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the thriller Red Eye (2005), and the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then went on to explore the world of independent film with Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also featured Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. She also starred in the military drama The Lucky Ones (2007) and the newspaper thriller State of Play (2009) and the romantic comedy The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) was followed by her role with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the shrewd producer of a failed morning TV show in Morning Glory (2010), the sexy fiancee of Owen Wilson in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) as well as a return to romantic drama territory with the hit film The Vow (2012) opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams plays the lead role in Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder (2012) with Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).