Rachel McAdams

Known for ActingBorn 1978-11-17 (age 47)London, Ontario, Canada

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) 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 actress, her films have grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide. McAdams made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick in 2002. She rose to fame in 2004 with her portrayal of Regina George in the comedy Mean Girls and with 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 nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. After a hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveler'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 Marvel Cinematic Universe films Doctor Strange (2016) and 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), the comedy-drama Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023), and the horror-thriller Send Help (2026). 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 playing a struggling single mother in Amy Herzog's play Mary Jane (2024) for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel McAdams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

True Detective

What If...?

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

About Time

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Spotlight

The Notebook

The Little Prince

Explained

Midnight in Paris

Doctor Strange

Marvel Studios Legends

Southpaw

DAVE

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Slings & Arrows

The Vow

Sherlock Holmes

Send Help

Mean Girls

The Graham Norton Show

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Sonic Sea

Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented

Disobedience

The Time Traveler's Wife

Game Night

Who Do You Think You Are?

State of Play

Earth: Final Conflict

Saturday Night Live

A Most Wanted Man

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Wedding Crashers

The Oscars

The Lucky Ones

Morning Glory

Red Eye

The Hot Chick

The Family Stone

My Name Is Tanino

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

To the Wonder

Married Life

Aloha