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 mover. She was born in London, Ontario on November 17th, 1978. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel started her journey into acting as a teenager and by 13 was performing in Shakespearean performances at the summer theater camps. She went on to graduate with honors with the BFA degree in theater at York University. After her debut in the Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998), she co-starred in the Canadian television show Slings and Arrows (2003) A comedy-drama about the struggles and trials of an Shakespearean theater group. She was awarded an award called a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.Her performance as Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly made her a part of the short list of Hollywood's hottest young actresses. After that, she landed a star turn opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) The Notebook was a surprising box office hit and quickly became the main romantic drama of a new, young generation of moviegoers. McAdams and Gosling became lovers during filming, and continued to stay in touch up to the middle of 2007. McAdams and Gosling soon were engaged and began to meet. McAdams starred in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008), respectively. McAdams also appeared in The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's global hit Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the smart producer of Morning Glory (2010). She also played the materialistic fiancee Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). McAdams returned to romantic drama in The Vow (2012), in which she was a co-star with Channing Tatum. McAdams also stars alongside Terrence Malick in To the Wonder (2012), and Noomi Rapace as Passion (2012) in Brian De Palma’s thriller.