Rachel McAdams
Actor
November 17, 1978 (47 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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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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Filmography
| 2026 | Send Help · as Linda Liddle |
| 2023 | Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero · as CastOn Plex |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. · as Barbara Simon |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness · as Dr. Christine Palmer |
| 2021 | What If…? · as Christine Palmer (voice) |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled · as Dr. Christine Palmer |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends · as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga · as Sigrit Ericksdottir |
| 2018 | Explained · 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 | Every Thing Will Be Fine · as Sara |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man · as Annabel RichterOn Plex |
| 2014 | True Detective · as Antigone 'ani' Bezzerides |
| 2013 | About Time · as Mary |
| 2012 | To the Wonder · as JaneOn Plex |
| 2012 | Passion · as Christine Stanford |
| 2012 | The Vow · as Paige Collins |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Irene Adler |
| 2011 | Midnight in Paris · as Inez |
| 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 DunnOn Plex |
| 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 | The Notebook: Deleted Scenes · as Allie |
| 2004 | The Notebook · as Allie Hamilton |
| 2004 | Mean Girls · as Regina George |
| 2003 | Slings & Arrows · as Kate Mcnab |
| 2002 | The Hot Chick · as Jessica |
| 2002 | Perfect Pie · as Patsy At 15 |
| 2002 | My Name Is Tanino · as Sally Garfield |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association · as Danielle Mason |
| 2001 | Shotgun Love Dolls · as Beth |
| 1998 | The Famous Jett Jackson · as Hannah Grant |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict · as Christine BickwellOn Plex |