Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 17, 1978
Place of Birth:
London, Ontario, Canada
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Send Help | Linda |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Barbara Simon |
| 2023 | Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero | Self |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Self - Dr. Christine Palmer |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Dr. Christine Palmer |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Sigrit Ericksdottir |
| 2018 | Disobedience | Esti Kuperman |
| 2018 | Game Night | Annie |
| 2016 | Sonic Sea | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Dr. Christine Palmer |
| 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Sara |
| 2015 | Southpaw | Maureen Hope |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Sacha Pfeiffer |
| 2015 | Aloha | Tracy Woodside |
| 2015 | The Making of A Most Wanted Man | Self |
| 2015 | The Little Prince | The Mother (voice) |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Annabel Richter |
| 2013 | To the Wonder | Jane |
| 2013 | About Time | Mary |
| 2013 | Passion | Christine Stanford |
| 2012 | The Vow | Paige Collins |
| 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Inez |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Irene Adler |
| 2010 | Morning Glory | Becky Fuller |
| 2010 | Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented | Self |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Irene Adler |
| 2009 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Clare Abshire |
| 2009 | State of Play | Della Frye |
| 2008 | Married Life | Kay Nesbitt |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Colee Dunn |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Red Eye' | Self |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Lisa Reisert |
| 2005 | The Family Stone | Amy Stone |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Claire Cleary |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Regina George |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Allie Hamilton |
| 2002 | The Hot Chick | Jessica |
| 2002 | My Name Is Tanino | Sally Garfield |
| 2002 | Perfect Pie | Patsy Grady (age 15) |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association | Danielle Mason |
| Scar Tissue | Olivia Cameron |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | What If...? | Christine Palmer (voice) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | DAVE | Rachel McAdams |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2018 | Explained | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | True Detective | Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2003 | Slings & Arrows | Kate McNab |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict | Christine Bickwell |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood | Self |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |