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Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 17, 1978 (46)
Birthplace London, Ontario, Canada
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Oct 15, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 comed ... y 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.

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2026

as Linda Liddle

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

as Dr. Christine Palmer

Game Night

Game Night

2018

as Annie

Disobedience

Disobedience

2018

as Esti Kuperman

Sonic Sea

Sonic Sea

2016

as Narrator (voice)

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

2016

as Dr. Christine Palmer

Southpaw

Southpaw

2015

as Maureen Hope

Spotlight

Spotlight

2015

as Sacha Pfeiffer

Aloha

Aloha

2015

as Tracy Woodside

The Little Prince

The Little Prince

2015

as The Mother (voice)

A Most Wanted Man

A Most Wanted Man

2014

as Annabel Richter

Passion

Passion

2013

as Christine Stanford

About Time

About Time

2013

as Mary

To the Wonder

To the Wonder

2013

as Jane

The Vow

The Vow

2012

as Paige Collins

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

2011

as Inez

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

2010

as Becky Fuller

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009

as Clare Abshire

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

2009

as Irene Adler

State of Play

State of Play

2009

as Della Frye

The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

2008

as Colee Dunn

Married Life

Married Life

2008

as Kay Nesbitt

Red Eye

Red Eye

2005

as Lisa Reisert

Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

2005

as Claire Cleary

The Family Stone

The Family Stone

2005

as Amy Stone

The Notebook

The Notebook

2004

as Allie Hamilton

Mean Girls

Mean Girls

2004

as Regina George

Perfect Pie

Perfect Pie

2002

as Patsy Grady (age 15)

Guilt by Association

Guilt by Association

2002

as Danielle Mason

The Hot Chick

The Hot Chick

2002

as Jessica

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SAG Awards Best Supporting Actress The Road to Stardom: The Making of A Star Is Born Nominated
Television Credits

True Detective

as Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 12, 2014

Slings & Arrows

as Kate McNab

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 03, 2003

DAVE

as Rachel McAdams

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 04, 2020

What If...?

as Christine Palmer (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 2021

Marvel Studios Legends

as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2021

Explained

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 23, 2018

Earth: Final Conflict

as Christine Bickwell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1997

Access Hollywood

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1996

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1992

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 2010

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 02, 2009

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