Rachel McAdams
Acting • Born 1978-11-17
Biography
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.
Filmography
56 credits
Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 2009
Irene Adler
Mean Girls
Movie • 2004
Regina George
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Allie Hamilton
Red Eye
Movie • 2005
Lisa Reisert
Married Life
Movie • 2008
Kay Nesbitt
The Hot Chick
Movie • 2002
Jessica
The Time Traveler's Wife
Movie • 2009
Clare Abshire
The Family Stone
Movie • 2005
Amy Stone
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
Claire Cleary
To the Wonder
Movie • 2013
Jane
The Lucky Ones
Movie • 2008
Colee Dunn
Morning Glory
Movie • 2010
Becky Fuller
State of Play
Movie • 2009
Della Frye
The Vow
Movie • 2012
Paige Collins
My Name Is Tanino
Movie • 2003
Sally Garfield
Midnight in Paris
Movie • 2011
Inez
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie • 2011
Irene Adler
About Time
Movie • 2013
Mary
Passion
Movie • 2013
Christine Stanford
A Most Wanted Man
Movie • 2014
Annabel Richter
Perfect Pie
Movie • 2002
Patsy at 15
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Movie • 2015
Sara
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
Southpaw
Movie • 2015
Maureen Hope
Spotlight
Movie • 2015
Sacha Pfeiffer
Aloha
Movie • 2015
Tracy Woodside
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
Movie • 2015
Self
Sonic Sea
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
The Little Prince
Movie • 2015
The Mother (voice)
Guilt by Association
Movie • 2002
Danielle Mason
Disobedience
Movie • 2018
Esti Kuperman
Game Night
Movie • 2018
Annie
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Movie • 2020
Sigrit Ericksdottir
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Movie • 2010
Self
Doctor Strange
Movie • 2016
Dr. Christine Palmer
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Movie • 2022
Dr. Christine Palmer
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Movie • 2023
Barbara Simon
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Movie • 2023
Self
Send Help
Movie • 2026
Linda Liddle
Untitled AI Thriller
Movie
What If...?
TV • 2021
Christine Palmer (voice)
Access Hollywood
TV • 1996
Self
True Detective
TV • 2014
Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)
DAVE
TV • 2020
Rachel McAdams
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2010
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Explained
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Slings & Arrows
TV • 2003
Kate McNab
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Christine Bickwell
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2009
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest