Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After earning a theatre degree from York University in 2001, she appeared in Canadian television and film, including the drama film *Perfect Pie* (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy *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 gained wider recognition in 2004 with the comedy *Mean Girls* and the romantic drama *The Notebook*. In 2005, she appeared in the romantic comedy *Wedding Crashers*, the psychological thriller *Red Eye*, and the comedy-drama *The Family Stone*. She was dubbed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl" and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star.

Following a period of reduced activity, McAdams returned to prominence with roles in *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.