Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

 

 Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre program at York University, Toronto in 2001, she worked steadily as an actress until finding fame in 2004 with starring roles in the teen comedy Mean Girls and the romantic drama The Notebook. In 2005, she appeared in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers, the thriller Red Eye and the family drama The Family Stone and was hailed by the media as "the next Julia Roberts".

However, McAdams withdrew from public life in 2006 and 2007. During this time, she turned down leading roles in, amongst others, The Devil Wears Prada and Casino Royale. She made a low-key return to work in 2008, starring in two little-seen independent films Married Life and The Lucky Ones. She returned to prominence in 2009 with appearances in the political thriller State of Play, the sci-fi romance The Time Traveler's Wife and the action-adventure film Sherlock Holmes.

McAdams's first star vehicle was the 2010 comedy Morning Glory. In 2011, she starred in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris and made a cameo appearance in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. She will appear in two movies in 2012: the romantic drama The Vow and an as-yet-untitled Terrence Malick film.