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Rachel McAdams

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Known For

46 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel McAdams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

London, Ontario, Canada on 17th November 1978

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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Marvel Studios Legends
Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Access Hollywood
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True Detective
Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
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What If...?
Christine Palmer (voice)
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
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Explained
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DAVE
Rachel McAdams
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Earth: Final Conflict
Christine Bickwell
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The Notebook
Allie Hamilton
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
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Mean Girls
Regina George
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Dr. Christine Palmer
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About Time
Mary
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Doctor Strange
Dr. Christine Palmer
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Red Eye
Lisa Reisert
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Disobedience
Esti Kuperman
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Southpaw
Maureen Hope
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Sherlock Holmes
Irene Adler
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Spotlight
Sacha Pfeiffer
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Game Night
Annie
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Wedding Crashers
Claire Cleary
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Irene Adler
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The Hot Chick
Jessica
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The Vow
Paige Collins
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The Little Prince
The Mother (voice)
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Midnight in Paris
Inez
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Clare Abshire
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State of Play
Della Frye
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The Family Stone
Amy Stone
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Aloha
Tracy Woodside
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Morning Glory
Becky Fuller
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Barbara Simon
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Slings & Arrows
Kate McNab
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Sigrit Ericksdottir
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A Most Wanted Man
Annabel Richter
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Passion
Christine Stanford
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
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To the Wonder
Jane
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Send Help
Linda
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The Lucky Ones
Colee Dunn
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Married Life
Kay Nesbitt
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My Name Is Tanino
Sally Garfield
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Every Thing Will Be Fine
Sara
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Guilt by Association
Danielle Mason
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Perfect Pie
Patsy Grady (age 15)
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Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
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Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
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The Making of 'Red Eye'
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The Making of A Most Wanted Man
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Sonic Sea
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