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 comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings and 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 brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009, by appearing in the political thriller State of Play, the romance The Time Traveler's Wife, and the 2009 mystery film Sherlock Holmes. In 2010, McAdams appeared in the star vehicle comedy film Morning Glory, and went on to star in the films Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), and About Time (2013). In 2015, she starred in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama series True Detective, and portrayed the journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight. For the latter, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was followed by roles in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016), the romantic drama Disobedience (2017), the comedies Game Night (2018) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), the superhero sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and the coming-of-age drama Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023).
2023
as Barbara Simon
2022
as Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
2022
as Dr. Christine Palmer
2021
as Christine Palmer (voice)
2021
as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage)
2020
as Sigrit Ericksdottir
2020
as Rachel McAdams
2018
as Narrator (voice)
2018
as Esti Kuperman
2018
as Annie
2016
as Dr. Christine Palmer
2016
as Narrator (voice)
2015
as Sacha Pfeiffer
2015
as The Mother (voice)
2015
as Tracy Woodside
2015
as Sara
2015
as Maureen Hope
2015
as Self
2014
as Annabel Richter
2014
as Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
2013
as Mary
2013
as Jane
2013
as Christine Stanford
2012
as Paige Collins
2011
as Irene Adler
2011
as Inez
2010
as Becky Fuller
2010
as Self
2010
as Self
2009
as Irene Adler
2009
as Clare Abshire
2009
as Della Frye
2008
as Colee Dunn
2008
as Kay Nesbitt
2006
as Self
2005
as Amy Stone
2005
as Lisa Reisert
2005
as Claire Cleary
2004
as Allie Hamilton
2004
as Regina George
2003
as Kate McNab
2003
as Sally Garfield
2002
as Jessica
2002
as Patsy Grady (age 15)
2002
as Danielle Mason
1997
as Christine Bickwell
1992
as Self