Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London (Ontario, Canada) to Sandra Kay (Gale), who works as a nurse along with Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish heritage. Rachel started acting at thirteen. She was already performing in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camp. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After her role in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson episode (1998) and later, she appeared in Slings and Arrows, a Canadian comedy-drama that chronicles the struggles and triumphs of a Shakespearean theatre group. In 2003, she was awarded the Gemini award. Her role as Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004) immediately became a top-rated actress on Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. After that film she was paired with Ryan Gosling in The Notebook (2004). The Notebook was a big hit in the box office and was soon the top romantic drama for a younger generation of moviegoers. McAdams had a meeting with Gosling while filming. They were a couple until the middle of 2007. McAdams and Gosling were engaged and began to get married. After starring in The Lucky Ones, a military drama State of Play, and The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) McAdams starred alongside Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's blockbuster international Sherlock Holmes. McAdams was the shrewd producer for Morning Glory (2010). She also played the materialistic fiancee Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams returned to romantic drama with The Vow (2012), where she played opposite Channing Tatum. McAdams is also a part of Terrence Malick in To the Wonder (2012), and Noomi Rapace is Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma's film thriller.