Rachel McAdams Biography and Pictures

Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in St. Thomas, Ontario. At the age of four, she took up competitive figure skating. She took up acting at age thirteen at summer theater camp.

Biography

Rachel attended Central Elgin Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas from grade nine to OAC (An optional 13th year for ontario pre-college students). She later graduated from York University with honors, where she studied theatre.

Rachel McAdams had a large role in the film The Hot Chick, alongside Rob Schneider, but her career really took off when she starred as Regina George, popularity queen and resident bitch of her school, in the 2004 hit Mean Girls. She starred opposite Hollywood It-Girl Lindsay Lohan. Mean Girls got McAdams' name into many homes around the United States, as it was such a big hit.

Rachel McAdams followed Mean Girls with the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel The Notebook, alongside Ryan Gosling. Her most recent role was that of the engaged daughter of an important political leader in The Wedding Crashers. She starred opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Her next role is in the thriller Red Eye.

McAdams received critical acclaim for both roles and was honored for her work, most recently a record number of five nominations, and three wins, at the MTV Movie Awards in 2005.

Filmography

The Family Stone (2005) – Amy Stone
Red Eye (2005) – Lisa Reisert
Wedding Crashers (2005) – Claire Cleary
The Notebook (2004) – Allie Hamilton
Mean Girls (2004) – Regina George
Slings & Arrows (2003) (TV series) – Kate McNab
The Hot Chick (2002) – Jessica Spencer/Clive Maxtone
Perfect Pie (2002) – Patsy (age 15)
My Name Is Tanino (2002) – Sally Garfield
Guilt by Association (2002) (TV) – Danielle
Shotgun Love Dolls (2001) (TV series) – Beth

Quotes

"I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward." - Rachel McAdams
"As strange as movie making is, doing love scenes for the first time with someone you've never even said hello to does work in terms of having a fresh quality to a relationship."- Rachel McAdams
"Yeah. I still live in Canada, so it's not quite the same. And when I'm in L.A., I'm in a car; you don't have the contact with the public. It's not so bad. It's still pretty much the same. I still feel pretty normal-ish." - Rachel McAdams
"McAdams, who has Wes Craven's "Red-Eye" chiller opening in mid-August, is still getting asked about her and Ryan Gosling's jaw-dropping kiss on last month's MTV Movie Awards. After the "Notebook" movie couple won the award for Best Kiss, she leapt into his arms and planted a big one on him. Turns out it was Gosling's doing. Says Rachel, "Ryan was whispering in my ear as we're winning the award. He's like, 'You go that way, I'll go this way, and we'll meet in the middle,' " she recounts. 'I was like, 'What?!? You better not chicken out or I'll kill you!' It was fun." - Rachel McAdams