Rachel McAdams
Acting
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 and 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 brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009, by appearing in the political thriller State of Play, the romance The Time Traveler's Wife, and the 2009 mystery film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and went on to star in the films Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). In 2015, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective, and portrayed the journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight. For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was followed by roles in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), the superhero sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and the coming-of-age drama Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023).
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Filmography of
Rachel McAdams
Barbara Simon
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Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
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Dr. Christine Palmer
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Sigrit Ericksdottir
... 2020
Esti Kuperman
... 2018
Annie
... 2018
Dr. Christine Palmer
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Narrator (voice)
... 2016
Sacha Pfeiffer
... 2015
The Mother (voice)
... 2015
Tracy Woodside
... 2015
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Maureen Hope
... 2015
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Annabel Richter
... 2014
Mary
... 2013
Jane
... 2013
Christine Stanford
... 2013
Paige Collins
... 2012
Irene Adler
... 2011
Inez
... 2011
Becky Fuller
... 2010
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Irene Adler
... 2009
Clare Abshire
... 2009
Della Frye
... 2009
Colee Dunn
... 2008
Kay Nesbitt
... 2007
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Amy Stone
... 2005
Lisa Reisert
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Claire Cleary
... 2005
Allie Hamilton
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Regina George
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Sally Garfield
... 2003
Jessica
... 2002
Patsy Grady (age 15)
... 2002
Danielle Mason
... 2002