Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. A graduate of York University in 2001 with a BFA in theatre, she is known for her starring roles in comedy and drama films as well as her work in television and theater. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2026, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As a leading actress, her films have grossed over $3.4 billion worldwide. McAdams made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick in 2002. She rose to fame in 2004 with her portrayal of Regina George in the comedy Mean Girls and with 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 nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. After a hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveler'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 Marvel Cinematic Universe films Doctor Strange (2016) and 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), the comedy-drama Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023), and the horror-thriller Send Help (2026). 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 playing a struggling single mother in Amy Herzog's play Mary Jane (2024) for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel McAdams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Send Help — Linda Liddle
• 2023Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. — Barbara Simon
• 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Dr. Christine Palmer
• Marvel Studios Legends — Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• What If...? — Christine Palmer (voice)
• DAVE — Rachel McAdams
• 2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga — Sigrit Ericksdottir
• 2018Disobedience — Esti Kuperman
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Game Night — Annie
• 2016Doctor Strange — Dr. Christine Palmer
• 2016Sonic Sea — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Aloha — Tracy Woodside
• 2015Every Thing Will Be Fine — Sara
• 2015Southpaw — Maureen Hope
• 2015Spotlight — Sacha Pfeiffer
• 2015The Little Prince — The Mother (voice)
• 2014A Most Wanted Man — Annabel Richter
• True Detective — Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
• 2013About Time — Mary
• 2013Passion — Christine Stanford
• 2013To the Wonder — Jane
• 2012The Vow — Paige Collins
• 2011Midnight in Paris — Inez
• 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Irene Adler
• 2010Morning Glory — Becky Fuller
• 2009Sherlock Holmes — Irene Adler
• 2009State of Play — Della Frye
• 2009The Time Traveler's Wife — Clare Abshire
• 2008Married Life — Kay Nesbitt
• 2008The Lucky Ones — Colee Dunn
• 2005Red Eye — Lisa Reisert
• 2005The Family Stone — Amy Stone
• 2005Wedding Crashers — Claire Cleary
• 2004Mean Girls — Regina George
• 2004The Notebook — Allie Hamilton
• 2003My Name Is Tanino — Sally Garfield
• Slings & Arrows — Kate McNab
• 2002Guilt by Association — Danielle Mason
• 2002Perfect Pie — Patsy at 15
• 2002The Hot Chick — Jessica
• Earth: Final Conflict — Christine Bickwell
• 2034
• BARRE VALE ♡ — Actor's Assistant
• The Families Stone — Amy Stone

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2023Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero — Self
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2015The Making of A Most Wanted Man — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2010Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Access Hollywood — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter