Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams
McAdams in 2016
Born
Rachel Anne McAdams

(1978-11-17) November 17, 1978 (age 45)
Alma materYork University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
PartnerJamie Linden (2016–present)
Children2
AwardsFull list

Rachel Anne McAdams[1] (born November 17, 1978)[2][1] 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",[3][4] and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star.

McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveler'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 the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.[5]

  1. ^ a b "McAdams birth announcement". The London Free Press. December 17, 1978. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2012. ...a daughter, Rachel Anne, November 17th, 1978...
  2. ^ "Rachel McAdams: Film Actress, Actress, Film Actor/Film Actress, Television Actress (1978–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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  5. ^ "2024 Tony Awards: Sarah Paulson, Jeremy Strong, Rachel McAdams and More Nab Nominations — See the Full List". People. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

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