Rachel Anne McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on the 17th of November 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), an RN and Lance Frederick McAdams who is a truck driver and furniture mover. She is English-, Welsh-, Irishand Scottish. Rachel started acting at the age of thirteen. Already, she was performing in Shakespearean plays in summer theater camps. Rachel graduated with honors from York University with a BFA in Theater. After her role in Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson episode (1998) in which she was a lead in Slings and Arrows, a Canadian comedy-drama that follows the trials and triumphs of a Shakespearean theater group. In 2003, she was awarded the Gemini award. The role of Regina George, in Mean Girls (2004) immediately was a hit on the list of Hollywood's most sought-after young actresses. After that, she landed her own starring role alongside Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004) which was a surprising box office success and became the predominant romantic drama of a new generation of moviegoers. McAdams and Gosling were in love during filming and continued to be together until the middle of 2007. McAdams and Gosling were in a relationship and began to meet. McAdams appeared in The Lucky Ones (2007) and State of Play (2008), respectively. McAdams also appeared in the film The Time Traveler's Wife(2009) and Robert Downey Jr. in Guy Ritchie's worldwide hit Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams was the shrewd producer for Morning Glory (2010). She also was the fiancee with a materialistic character 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 is a part of Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) alongside Ben Affleck and Noomi Rapacace in Brian De Palma’s thriller Passion (2012).