Rachel McAdams
Highest Rated: 97% Spotlight (2015)
Lowest Rated: 20% Aloha (2015)
Birthday: Nov 17, 1978
Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada
Possessing the sort of stylish, model-esque good looks that wouldn't be out of place in the glossy pages of Vogue, actress Rachel McAdams got her start on Canadian television before graduating to Hollywood features. Though McAdams' early screen roles found her specializing in the bitchy teen princess to maximum effect, closer inspection reveals a skilled dramatic actress who no doubt has the talent to move beyond the high-school trappings of such comedies as The Hot Chick and Mean Girls.Born to a truck driver and a nurse in London, Ontario, Canada, McAdams warmed to the spotlight early on by taking up competitive skating at just four years old. Though she would remain on the ice well into her teens, the toll of constant competition eventually frazzled her nerves, and she soon began gravitating toward the stage. Beginning in summer theater camp at the age of 13, the burgeoning actress' smooth handling of Shakespeare eventually led her to enroll in theater studies at York University. In the years that followed, McAdams' comfort on the stage translated exceptionally well to the screen, and a role as a bulimic teen in the popular Disney series The Famous Jett Jackson found the rising starlet making an impressive small-screen debut. Supporting roles in such television series as Shotgun Love Dolls and made-for-TV features such as Guilt by Association were quick to follow. After climbing the credits to make her feature debut in My Name is Tanino, McAdams was nominated for a Genie award (the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar) for her performance in 2002's Perfect Pie. The film, which cast her as a small-town girl whose best friend makes the big time by becoming a celebrated opera singer, provided McAdams with her breakout role, and she soon set her sights on Hollywood. Her bags packed for the trip west and stars shining in her eyes, the talented McAdams soon caught the eyes of studio heavies and was cast as a popular but excruciatingly cruel high-school teen who learns a hard lesson in The Hot Chick. McAdams made a move to weekly television in 2003 with a supporting role in Slings and Arrows before once again returning to torment the unpopular crowd in 2004's Mean Girls. A big-screen adaptation of Rosalind Wiseman's popular book Queen Bees and Wannabes, the film was also notable as the screenwriting debut of Saturday Night Live writer/cast member Tina Fey. Moving away from the cruel halls of high school, McAdams next appeared opposite Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, the feature adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks' top-selling novel. A romantic drama concerning a young couple separated by war, The Notebook found McAdams in a notably more sympathetic role.In 2005, she pulled off an impressive triple-feat with roles in three very different movies. First, she played the female lead in Wedding Crashers, a surprise, raunchy comedic hit. Her next film was in the thriller Red Eye, where she squared off against Cillian Murphy. Her third film of the year was the family dramedy The Family Stone, with McAdams playing the sardonic younger sister of the family. After this busy year, McAdams opted to take a nearly two-year break.She returned quietly, doing some smaller films, before returning in 2009 to main-stream fare with State of Play and The Time Traveler's Wife, and finally, playing Irene Adler in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. In 2011, she was nominated for a SAG Ensemble Award for Midnight in Paris, once again paired up with Owen Wilson (her co-star from Wedding Crashers), in a film that won Woody Allen an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. She also reprised her role in the Sherlock Holmes sequel, A Game of Shadows. In 2012, McAdams returned to her romantic-drama roots and starred in The Vow, opposite Channing Tatum.McAdams continued to alternate between romcoms and other genres, like Richard Curtis' About Time and Brian De Palma's thriller Passion. In 2015, she took on a supporting role in Spotlight, earning McAdams her first Oscar nomination

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Filmography

MOVIES

CREDIT
84% Disobedience Esti Kuperman — 2018
84% Game Night Annie $33.6M 2018
89% Doctor Strange Christine Palmer $232.7M 2016
93% The Little Prince The Mother — 2016
97% Spotlight Sacha Pfeiffer — 2015
59% Southpaw Maureen Hope $42.4M 2015
20% Aloha Tracy Woodside $15.7M 2015
86% A Most Wanted Man Annabel Richter $14.1M 2014
69% About Time Mary $18.5M 2013
33% Passion Christine Stanford $58.2K 2013
46% To The Wonder Jane $0.6M 2013
31% The Vow Paige $125.1M 2012
60% Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Irene Adler $186.9M 2011
93% Midnight in Paris Inez $55.5M 2011
55% Morning Glory Becky Fuller $31M 2010
70% Sherlock Holmes Irene Adler $208.8M 2009
39% The Time Traveler's Wife Clare $63.4M 2009
84% State of Play Della Frye $37M 2009
37% The Lucky Ones Colee $0.2M 2008
54% Married Life Kay Nesbitt $1.2M 2008
52% The Family Stone Amy Stone $59.9M 2005
79% Red Eye Lisa Reisert $57.9M 2005
76% Wedding Crashers Claire Cleary $209.3M 2005
53% The Notebook Allie $81.1M 2004
84% Mean Girls Regina George $86M 2004
22% The Hot Chick Jessica/Clive — 2002
No Score Yet Perfect Pie Patsy (age 15) — 2002
No Score Yet Guilt by Association Danielle — 2002
No Score Yet My Name is Tanino Sally Garfield — 2002

TV

CREDIT
78% True Detective
2014
Ani Bezzerides
  • 2019
  • 2015
  • 2014
No Score Yet Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Appearing
  • 2014
No Score Yet Conan
2010
Guest
  • 2013
No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Guest
  • 2013
No Score Yet Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
Guest
  • 2013
  • 2012
No Score Yet The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
Guest
  • 2012
No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
Guest
  • 2009
No Score Yet The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
Guest
  • 2009

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