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. Her birthplace was in London, Ontario on November 17 in 1978. She is English, Welsh and Irish-born. Rachel began acting at thirteen. She was already acting in Shakespearean plays during summer theatre camps. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After her appearance in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson episode (1998) in which she was a lead in Slings and Arrows, a Canadian comedy-drama that follows the trials and triumphs of the Slings and Arrows Shakespearean theater group. In 2003, she won the Gemini award. Her performance as Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004), instantly became a top-rated actress on the list of Hollywood's most sought-after young actresses. Following the film, she was cast as the opposite of Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). It was a hit at the box office it quickly became the most watched romantic drama for the younger generation of moviegoers. McAdams and Gosling became lovers during filming and continued dating until the middle of 2007. McAdams and Gosling soon found themselves together and began to have a relationship. Following her roles in The Lucky Ones, a military drama, State of Play, and The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), McAdams appeared opposite Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's blockbuster international Sherlock Holmes. McAdams played the shrewd producer in Morning Glory (2010). McAdams also played Owen Wilson's romantic fiancee in Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams then returned to the world of romantic dramas with The Vow (2012) with Channing Tatum. McAdams appears in Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder (2012) alongside Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s action thriller Passion (2012).