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 17 1978. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel was involved in acting at the age of 13 and by the age of 13 was performing in Shakespearean productions at summer theatre camps. She graduated with distinction, earning a BFA degree in theater from York University. After her debut in the Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998) In 1998, she starred as a co-star on the Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows (2003) which was a comedy-drama that focused on the challenges and struggles of the members of a Shakespearean theater group. She received a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her breakthrough role as Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly catapulted her onto the short list of the top Hollywood's young actors. After that, she landed the role of a major character opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) The Notebook was a surprise box office success and became the predominant romantic drama for a new young audience of film lovers. Following the film's production, McAdams and Gosling became romantically linked and began dating through mid-2007. McAdams then showed her range on screen in the hilarious comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the action thriller Red Eye (2005), as well as the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).McAdams then began exploring the world of independent cinema through Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also featured Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. McAdams was seen in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008) in State of Play (2008) and The Lucky Ones (2007), respectively. She also starred in The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's global hit Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the determined producer of a failing morning show on TV in Morning Glory (2010), the materialistic fiancee of Owen Wilson in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) as well as a return to romantic drama in the critically acclaimed film The Vow (2012) opposite Channing Tatum. The actress also stars with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and also alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award as well as the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards