Rachel McAdams is a Genie Award-nominated Canadian actress.

She 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", "queen-bee" in 2004's Mean Girls. She starred opposite Hollywood It-Girl Lindsay Lohan. McAdams was told to partly model the character of Regina George after Alec Baldwin's performance in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Mean Girls got McAdams's name into many homes in the United States, and she won rave reviews for her performance.

She followed Mean Girls with the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel The Notebook, alongside Ryan Gosling.

In 2005, she played Owen Wilson's love interest in Wedding Crashers. Rachel then starred in the suspense thriller Red Eye as Lisa Reisert. Her most recent role is in the comedy The Family Stone where she stars alongside Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson and Claire Danes.

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

McAdams was nominated for a Genie Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Academy Award, for her role in Perfect Pie.

Public Name: Rachel McAdams
Birth Name: Rachel McAdams
Date of Birth: October 7, 1976
Place of Birth: London, Ontario

Filmography

• The Time Traveler's Wife, 2008
• Marriage, 2007 
• The Family Stone, 2005
• Red Eye, 2005
• Wedding Crashers, 2005
• "Slings and Arrows", 2003 TV Episode
• The Notebook, 2004
• Mean Girls, 2004
• The Hot Chick, 2002
• Perfect Pie, 2002
• My Name Is Tanino, 2002
• Guilt by Association, 2002 (TV)
• "Earth: Final Conflict", 2002 TV Episode
• "The Famous Jett Jackson", 2001 TV Episode
• Shotgun Love Dolls, 2001 (TV)

Awards

• MTV Movie Award Best Onscreen Team "Mean Girls" 2005
• MTV Movie Award Breakthough Performance, Female "Mean Girls" 2005
• MTV Movie Award Best Kiss "The Notebook" 2005