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Rachel McAdams

ActorBorn November 17, 1978 (46 years)
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 Award nomination for Best Rising Star.

After a hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveller'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 a Tony Award.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • To the Wonder
  • The Lucky Ones
  • Earth: Final Conflict
  • Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Known For

  • The Notebook
  • Doctor Strange
  • Spotlight
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Mean Girls
  • Midnight in Paris
  • The Vow
  • About Time
  • Red Eye
  • Southpaw
  • Game Night
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
  • Wedding Crashers
  • True Detective
  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  • Morning Glory
  • The Time Traveler's Wife
  • State of Play
  • Aloha
  • Passion
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • Disobedience
  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2026
    Send Help · as Linda
    2023
    2023
    2022
    2021
    What If…? (TV Series) · as Christine Palmer (voice)
    2021
    Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Dr. Christine Palmer
    2021
    Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2020
    2019
    2018
    Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2018
    Game Night · as Annie
    2017
    Disobedience · as Esti Kuperman
    2016
    Doctor Strange · as Dr. Christine Palmer
    2016
    Sonic Sea · as Narrator (voice)
    2015
    Spotlight · as Sacha Pfeiffer
    2015
    The Little Prince · as The Mother (voice)
    2015
    Southpaw · as Maureen Hope
    2015
    Aloha · as Tracy Woodside
    2015
    2014
    A Most Wanted Man · as Annabel Richter
    2014
    True Detective (TV Series) · as Antigone 'ani' Bezzerides
    2013
    About Time · as Mary
    2012
    2012
    Passion · as Christine Stanford
    2012
    The Vow · as Paige Collins
    2011
    2011
    2010
    Morning Glory · as Becky Fuller
    2009
    Sherlock Holmes · as Irene Adler
    2009
    The Time Traveler's Wife · as Clare Abshire
    2009
    State of Play · as Della Frye
    2008
    The Lucky Ones · as Colee Dunn
    2007
    Married Life · as Kay Nesbitt
    2005
    The Family Stone · as Amy Stone
    2005
    Wedding Crashers · as Claire Cleary
    2005
    Red Eye · as Lisa Reisert
    2005
    2004
    The Notebook · as Allie Hamilton
    2004
    Mean Girls · as Regina George
    2003
    Slings & Arrows (TV Series) · as Kate Mcnab
    2002
    The Hot Chick · as Jessica
    2002
    Perfect Pie · as Patsy Grady (age 15)
    2002
    My Name Is Tanino · as Sally Garfield
    2002
    Guilt by Association · as Danielle Mason
    2001
    1998
    The Famous Jett Jackson (TV Series) · as Hannah Grant
    1997
    Earth: Final Conflict (TV Series) · as Christine Bickwell

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