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 & 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.
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Primarily2026 Send Help as Linda
2025 BARRE VALE ♡ Actor's Assistant
2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon
2023 Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero as Self
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Dr. Christine Palmer
2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Sigrit Ericksdottir
2018 Disobedience as Esti Kuperman
2018 Game Night as Annie
2016 Doctor Strange as Dr. Christine Palmer
2016 Sonic Sea as Narrator (voice)
2015 Spotlight as Sacha Pfeiffer
2015 The Little Prince as The Mother (voice)
2015 Aloha as Tracy Woodside
2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine as Sara
2015 Southpaw as Maureen Hope
2015 The Making of A Most Wanted Man as Self
2014 A Most Wanted Man as Annabel Richter
2013 About Time as Mary
2013 To the Wonder as Jane
2013 Passion as Christine Stanford
2012 The Vow as Paige Collins
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Irene Adler
2011 Midnight in Paris as Inez
2010 Morning Glory as Becky Fuller
2010 Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented as Self
2009 Sherlock Holmes as Irene Adler
2009 The Time Traveler's Wife as Clare Abshire
2009 State of Play as Della Frye
2008 The Lucky Ones as Colee Dunn
2008 Married Life as Kay Nesbitt
2006 The Making of 'Red Eye' as Self
2005 The Family Stone as Amy Stone
2005 Red Eye as Lisa Reisert
2005 Wedding Crashers as Claire Cleary
2004 The Notebook as Allie Hamilton
2004 Mean Girls as Regina George
2002 The Hot Chick as Jessica
2002 Perfect Pie as Patsy Grady (age 15)
2002 My Name Is Tanino as Sally Garfield
2002 Guilt by Association as Danielle Mason