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Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. A graduate of York University in 2001 with a BFA in theatre, she is known for her starring roles in comedy and drama films as well as her work in television and theater. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2026, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a leading ac…
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entertainment · Canadian actress (born 1978) · film actor · actor · stage actor · television actor · environmentalist · also Rachel McAdams, Rachel MacAdams, McAdams
Born 17 November 1978 · Q190386
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2026· 10 entries
“s not, contrary to Christopher Hitchens”
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“When I see her with a snake around her neck, I think: Did I do that?”
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“Two years later I saw her in New York and we started getting the idea that maybe we were wrong about each other ...”
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“are all doing something different. They don”
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“I was planning on being ostracised!”
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“Here she is feisty, vulnerable, plucky, warm, funny ... Watch the poignancy of the scene when she meets her boyfriend”
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“will always have a great place in my heart”
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McAdams returned to the big screen in director Sam Raimi's survival horror thriller film Send Help, in which she starred as an employee who becomes stranded on a deserted island with her boss after a plane crash and atte
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Was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Mary Jane review – Rachel McAdams makes a magnetic Broadway debut
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Starring in Amy Herzog's play Mary Jane at the Samuel J
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “"Mean Girls" actors Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert are reuniting for a sequel called "Mean Moms."” False.
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The Guardian: Rachel McAdams turned down a string of huge movies – and we should all be thankful | Stuart Heritage
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2021· 1 entry
Participated in a video produced by Stand
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2020· 1 entry
Co-starred with Will Ferrell in the Netflix musical comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
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2018· 1 entry
McAdams starred opposite Rachel Weisz in Sebastián Lelio's romantic drama Disobedience, based on Naomi Alderman's novel
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2016· 5 entries
Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast for Spotlight (2016).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Spotlight (2016).
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture for Spotlight (2016).
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McAdams narrated an audiobook version of L
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McAdams started dating American screenwriter Jamie Linden
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2015· 2 entries
McAdams played Buttercup in a one-off, staged LACMA Live Read of The Princess Bride
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McAdams starred with Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Stanley Tucci as journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in Tom McCarthy's Spotlight, a drama about the child-abuse scandal in Boston's Catholic Church
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2014).
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Narrated the feature documentary Take Me To The River, which investigates what is being done to try to save iconic rivers
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2013· 5 entries
Filmed two promotional videos for the Food & Water First Movement, aiming to preserve prime farmland and source water in Ontario, Canada
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McAdams volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in her hometown of St
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McAdams co-starred opposite Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's romantic drama To the Wonder
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McAdams starred in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy-drama About Time opposite Domhnall Gleeson
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“Truthfully, I never really wanted to be a big movie star. I never even wanted to work outside of Canada, or outside of the theatre.”
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2012· 1 entry
McAdams starred opposite Channing Tatum in the romantic drama The Vow, based on a true story
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2011· 5 entries
McAdams said that Colee Dunn was "probably one of my favorite characters I've ever played"
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McAdams starred in Woody Allen's fantasy romantic comedy Midnight in Paris with her Wedding Crashers co-star Owen Wilson and Michael Sheen
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“probably one of my favorite characters I”
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McAdams supported Foodstock, a protest against a proposed limestone mega quarry in Melancthon, Ontario
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Attended the Occupy Toronto demonstration
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2010· 1 entry
McAdams starred with her The Family Stone co-star Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford in the comedy Morning Glory
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2009· 2 entries
McAdams starred opposite Eric Bana in the science fiction romantic drama The Time Traveler's Wife, based on Audrey Niffenegger's best-selling novel of the same name
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McAdams starred with Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck in the political thriller State of Play, based on the BBC drama television series of the same name
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2006· 1 entry
McAdams took part in the "Day Without Immigrants" demonstration in Los Angeles, protesting the federal government's attempts to further criminalize immigrants living illegally in the United States
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2005· 6 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo for Mean Girls (2005).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for The Notebook (2005).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for Mean Girls (2005).
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McAdams starred with Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Bradley Cooper in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers
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Had a combative relationship on set
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Starred in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the psychological thriller Red Eye, and the comedy-drama The Family Stone
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2004· 3 entries
When she starred in the comedy film Mean Girls opposite Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried, based on Rosalind Wiseman's book Queen Bees and Wannabes
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McAdams starred opposite fellow Canadian Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama The Notebook, based on Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name
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With her portrayal of Regina George in the comedy Mean Girls and Allie Calhoun in the romantic drama The Notebook
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2002· 1 entry
Made her Hollywood film debut with Rob Schneider and Anna Faris in the comedy The Hot Chick, which McAdams has described as a "huge milestone" in her career
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2001· 3 entries
McAdams made her television debut in the MTV pilot Shotgun Love Dolls as Beth Swanson, which was filmed during March break at York University
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Studied at York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (2001).
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With a BFA in theatre, she is known for her starring roles in comedy and drama films as well as her work in television and theater
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1978· 2 entries
In London, Ontario, to nurse Sandra (née Gale) and truck driver Lance McAdams
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Born 1978-11-17.
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