ALSO LISTED IN: Actresses
NATIONALITY: Canadian Famous Canadian Women
BORN ON: 17 November 1978 AD
BIRTHDAY: 17th November Famous 17th November Birthdays
AGE: 37 Years
SUN SIGN: Scorpio Scorpio Women
BORN IN: London
FATHER: Lance McAdams
MOTHER: Sandra McAdams
SIBLINGS: Kayleen McAdams, Daniel McAdams
EDUCATION: York University (2001)
Myrtle Street Public School
Central Elgin Collegiate Institute
NET WORTH:$14 millionAWARDS 2004 - Gemini Awards for Best Performance
2005 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
2005 - MTV Movie Awards for Best On-Screen Team
While most people had to undergo such a long, winding, and rocky path to establish themselves as well-known actors, Rachel Anne McAdams providentially experienced a flat and smooth one to quickly position herself on the spotlight. Moreover, she only went through quite a brief period before developed as one of the most promising actresses in the Hollywood movie industry. Not only blessed with a mesmerizing look as well as remarkable talent, she also has been bestowed a great luck indeed.
A country girl from Canada, Rachel was born on October 7, 1976 in London, Ontario to Lance and Sandy McAdams. She grew up in a small town of St. Thomas together with her younger siblings, Kayleen and Daniel. This eldest daughter in the family started to perform publicly through figure skating at the age of 4, gliding gracefully on ice from one competition to another. However, she later felt that these athletic events ultimately prostrated her nerves, therefore turned her attention to acting. Joining Original Kids Theatre Company in her hometown, she had already taken part in Shakespearean productions at summer theater camp by thirteen.
As she got more interested in acting, especially drama, Rachel was encouraged to enroll in Toronto's York University where she satisfyingly graduated with honors and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater. Setting out to develop an acting career, she earned her first on-screen appearance in an episode of Disney's TV series "The Famous Jett Jackson" (1998-2001) in 2001. Shortly thereafter she immediately obtained a leading role in an unsold TV series pilot entitled "Shotgun Love Dolls" (2001). A few other Canadian productions followed, including "My Name is Tanino" and "Perfect Pie" which both came up in 2002.
Intending to acquire more challenging and bigger roles, Rachel took decision to land her feet on Hollywood. Without any difficulties, she was included in the cast of "The Hot Chick" (2002) as a popular and self-absorbed cheerleader who wakes up one day to find that she has switched bodies with a 30-years-old man. This comedy flick turned out fairly well, thus making people began to take notice on her. However, it wasn't until she starred in "Mean Girls" (2004) that she encountered her big break. Playing alongside Lindsay Lohan, she displayed a brilliant portrayal of a popular but excruciatingly cruel high-school teen named Regina George.
Synopsis:
Rachel McAdams is a Canadian actress born on November 17, 1978, in London, Ontario, Canada. The former child competitive figure skater discovered her acting passion at age 12. She played a teen diva in her breakout role in the 2004 hit film Mean Girls. The actress has also appeared in box office fare like Wedding Crashers, The Family Stone, The Time Traveler's Wife, Sherlock Holmes and The Vow. She received her first Oscar nomination for her role as a Boston Globe reporter in the 2015 drama Spotlight.
Early Life
Canadian actress Rachel McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Lance, worked as a mover, and her mother, Sandra, worked as a nurse. Together, they raised McAdams and her younger siblings, sister Kayleen and brother Daniel.
McAdams started competitive figure skating at age 4 and discovered acting at age 12, when she viewed a children's theater group performance. "I told my mother that I had to be in it, that I would die if I wasn't," McAdams said in an interview with The New York Times. Her parents fully supported her ambitions, and McAdams joined the Original Kids Theatre in her hometown.
Through high school, McAdams acted in local productions. She went on to study theater at York University in Toronto, where she performed in several stage and student film productions.
In 2001, McAdams landed her debut television performance, playing a bulimic girl in the Disney series The Famous Jett Jackson. She made her film debut one year later, in the Canadian/Italian-produced film My Name is Tanino.
McAdams earned her first significant accolade for a supporting role in 2002's Perfect Pie; for her role in the low-budget film, she was nominated for a Genie Award (Canada's Oscar). With her career now gaining momentum, McAdams moved to Los Angeles, where she was cast opposite Rob Schneider in the 2002 comedy The Hot Chick. Later, in an interview with Vogue magazine, she amitted that the movie—her first film in the United States—was a "huge milestone" for her. McAdams returned to Canada soon after, and appeared in the TV series Slings and Arrows (2003), for which she won a Genie Award.
'Mean Girls' and 'The Notebook'
McAdams played a title role in the hit teen film Mean Girls (2004), written by Saturday Night Live alum Tina Fey. Appearing with co-stars Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried, the film opened doors for the budding actress. That same year, she played the lead role in The Notebook (2004), a screen adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's romance novel. She caught the eye of the public in both films, winning two MTV Movie Awards in 2005 for breakthrough female (Mean Girls) and best kiss (The Notebook).
In 2005, McAdams appeared in several films that achieved great commercial success, including the comedy Wedding Crashers, the thriller Red Eye and the dramedy The Family Stone.
In what many in the industry viewed as an unusual move made at the height of her career, McAdams took a break from 2006 to 2007 to focus on herself. "When Wedding Crashers came out, everyone was hyped up, calling Rachel the new 'It Girl,'" said Tom Bezucha, director of The Family Stone, in an Elle interview. He continued, "... her selectiveness shows wisdom greater than her years about her place in the industry. She's very purposeful in sidestepping Hollywood. She has the opportunity to be this huge, huge movie star, but in her heart she's a character actress."
In the same interview, McAdams revealed, "I'm not going to make movies just to make movies. I have to be passionate about it. And at the same time, I can get very distracted when I'm working, and I like to get back to my life a lot." During her break, the actress turned down roles in films such as Mission Impossible 3, Casino Royale, The Devil Wears Prada and Get Smart.
Oscar Nod for 'Spotlight'
McAdams returned to work in 2008, appearing in Married Life and The Lucky Ones, which both failed to achieve box-office success. Things turned around in 2009, with roles in higher-grossing films like State of Play, The Time Traveler's Wife and Sherlock Holmes.
Her return to prominence continued over the next few years, with critically acclaimed roles in Morning Glory (2010) and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011)—in which McAdams and her co-stars received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award (for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture).
McAdams achieved her biggest box-office success with her leading role ($196 million worldwide) in the 2012 drama The Vow (2012). The film is based on the true story of a husband (Channing Tatum) who tries to rebuild his relationship with his wife (McAdams) after a car crash injury impairs her memory.
It doesn't look like McAdams will be taking another acting break anytime soon. She has starred in the romantic drama To the Wonder (2012), erotic thriller Passion (2012), romantic comedy About Time (2013) and espionage thriller A Most Wanted Man (2014). In 2015, after turns on Aloha and Southpaw, McAdams portrayed reporter Sacha Pfeiffer in the lauded drama Spotlight. The film follows a team of dedicated Boston Globe reporters who uncover the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal within the newspaper's home city. For her role, McAdams earned the first Oscar nomination of her career, receiving a supporting actress nod. The film itself won an Academy Award for best picture.
In 2015, McAdams also starred as a detective in the second season of True Detective. She is slated to appear in another popular franchise, that of the Marvel Comics cinematic world with the fantasy offering Dr. Strange.
Personal Life
From 2004 through 2007, McAdams dated Ryan Gosling, her Canadian co-star in The Notebook. Gosling told GQ in 2007, "God bless The Notebook, it introduced me to one of the great loves of my life." The pair reunited in 2008 before splitting again the next year.
McAdams launched Green Is Sexy in 2007, an Earth-conscious website that offers environmental tips. According to a post by McAdams on her website, she's making an effort to lighten her footprint on the earth—supporting tree planting organizations, switching her house to green power and developing "an OCD for unplugging anything with a plug."
In 2009, the actress briefly dated American actor Josh Lucas, the ex-beau of actress Salma Hayek. McAdams was also tied to Welsh actor Michael Sheen, her co-star in the film Midnight in Paris.
McAdams's interests include cooking, though she has admitted, "I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe," and "I wouldn't mind running a restaurant." The actress has long kept a healthy lifestyle and practiced kundalini yoga. She once said about being a former vegetarian, "it made me very tired. I just ate pasta—I was the most unhealthy vegetarian ever! I'd like to try it again now that I know about quinoa and bulgur. I think I'd be better the second time around."
McAdams resides in Toron
Hollywood Breakthrough
An even bigger move, McAdams tried another more successful turn as a believable mean-spirited high schooler in “Mean Girls” (2004), a surprisingly well-written (by Tina Fey) critical and box office hit starring Lindsay Lohan. This time, McAdams delved deep into her character by exploring the machine-like quality of wanting to hurt people just for the fun of it. At the same time, she also brought a surprising level of sympathy to her spoiled princess character. Following her big splash in U.S. with “Mean Girls,” McAdams returned to Canadian TV, playing a young starstruck actress in “Slings and Arrows” (2003-05), a comedy about a small town theater company.
Back on the big screen, McAdams was on the hunt for imaginative scripts with challenging characters and her search paid off with “The Notebook” (2004), a star-crossed period romance between a spunky Southern debutante and a poor but charming small town man (Ryan Gosling). An effectively sentimental and emotional film, “The Notebook” proved to be McAdams’ breakout performance – the actress popped off the screen in nearly every scene she was in, running the full spectrum of emotion, and embodying a mature, classic Hollywood star quality that made directors take notice. And much to the delight of romantics everywhere, she and co-star Gosling paired up in real-life, enjoying a promising future as one of young Hollywood’s hippest and most private young couples until their breakup in 2007.
America’s Sweetheart
Hot on the heels of several hits and being proclaimed “America’s Sweetheart,” McAdams followed up with the Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn smash comedy “Wedding Crashers” (2005), adding sparkle and verve to what might have otherwise been a thankless role as the woman who finally snares the inveterate wedding invader Wilson’s heart. On a roll, she then took center stage in the Wes Craven thriller “Red Eye” (2005), playing a resourceful hotel employee who finds herself trapped on an airline flight with a menacing stranger (Cillian Murphy) who terrorizes her to switch the room of a political guest at her hotel in exchange for her father’s life. Again McAdams demonstrated a strong on-screen magnetism and proved she could create a believable, relatable character in the midst of the most high-concept situation.
She next joined the ensemble cast of “The Family Stone” (2005), a smartly-done dramedy about the eldest son (Dermot Mulroney) of a bohemian family who brings his controlling New York girlfriend (Sarah Jessica Parker) home for the holidays. The ensuing battle of conflicting attitudes mixed with awkwardness and hostility causes relationships to split and secrets to be revealed.
Rachel starred in the flick “Married Life,” she had the opportunity to test her comparisons to Golden Age leading ladies like Kim Novak by playing a femme fatale involved in a murderous affair in a 1940s setting. The film was released in 2007. After taking a break from the public eye she returned in 2008 with the indie film “The Lucky Ones” (2008) about soldiers (Tim Robbins, Michael Peña & Rachel) returning home from a mission.
After the break
Rachel joined the ensemble cast of “State of Play” (2009) based on the BBC television series alongside Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright and Jason Bateman. Cal (Russel Crow) and Della (Rachel McAdams) work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress. Next for Rachel was the “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (2009) wich came out the same year as “State of Play” (2009). Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt bought the film right to Audrey Niffenegger’s novel “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (2009). Brad Pitt kept attached by producting the film but the lead roles went to Rachel and Eric Bana.
In december 2009 “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) was released in the US and UK. The movie was the first re-make of “Sherlock Holmes” in years with Guy Ritchie as director. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law were the leads in the film as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Rachel was again playing a femme fatale, the only women Sherlock ever loved: Irene Adler.
A year after the release of “The Time Traveler’s Wife” Rachel will star alongside Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton in “Morning Glory” written by “The Devil Wears Prada” writer Aline Brosh McKenna and directed by the “Nothing Hill” director Roger Michell. Rachel will be the lead in the comedy about Becky Fuller, a tv producer. She is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feuding of its high-profile anchors. The film will be released november 12th 2010.
Rachel met actor Josh Lucas via her “Sherlock Holmes” co-star Jude Law and they dated a few months in 2009. She is currently dating her “Midnight in Paris” co-star Michael Sheen.
Return to prominence
In the summer of 2010 Rachel was filming her upcoming project “Midnight in Paris” (2011) directed and written by Woody Allen alongside her “Wedding Crashers” co-star Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen and Adrien Brody. It is a romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. Rachel’s role is still unkown.
Right after filming “Midnight in Paris” (2011) Rachel returned back to her homecountry Canada to start filming “The Vow” alongside Channing Tatum. “The Vow” is based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. It tells the story of a newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife (Rachel) in a coma. Waking up with with severe memory loss, her husband (Tatum) endeavors to win her heart again.
After filming “The Vow“, which wrapped late October 2010, Rachel filmed “To The Wonder” – written and directed by Terrence Malick – in Oklahoma. Rachel plays Jane, the women Ben Affleck’s character reconnect with after returning to Oklahoma.
Rachel had a busy month of promotion in November in the United States and continued her promotion tour in Europe in January for “Morning Glory“. After the European promotion tour for “Morning Glory” Rachel flew to Strasbourg in the first week of February to film her cameo as Irene Adler for “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows“. In March 2011 Rachel returned to Oklahoma for (re-)shoots for the “To The Wonder“.
What’s next?
Rachel stayed low-key and took some time to breath, after her busy year in 2010, in the Fall/Winter of 2011. She did not work for a few months. She attended the opening night for “Hamlet” to support her boyfriend Michael Sheen in the Young Vic Theater in London mid November.
Rachel and her co-star Robert Downey Jr. returned to London late September to shoot additional scenes for “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows“. Both their busy working schedules caused the late shoot. Since Rachel only has a small appearance in the movie, they originally didn’t plan to bring back Irene in the sequel, she only attended the Los Angeles premiere for the movie in December.
Rachel and her co-star Channing Tatum kicked off their international promotion tour for “The Vow” in London mid January of 2012, a month before the release of the movie. They also had a few days of press in Munich, Germany before heading back to Los Angeles to promote the movie in the US. The movie topped the box office in it’s opening weekend and grossed over 100 million only 3 weeks after it’s release.
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