Rachel McAdams

Acting · Born 1978-11-17 in London, Ontario, Canada

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…

Filmography

• Sherlock Holmes as Irene Adler
• Mean Girls as Regina George
• The Notebook as Allie Hamilton
• The Time Traveler's Wife as Clare Abshire
• The Vow as Paige Collins
• Midnight in Paris as Inez
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Irene Adler
• About Time as Mary
• Southpaw as Maureen Hope
• Spotlight as Sacha Pfeiffer

TV

• What If...? as Christine Palmer (voice)
• True Detective as Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
• Access Hollywood as Self
• Marvel Studios Legends as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• DAVE as Rachel McAdams
• MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
• Explained as Narrator (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self