MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actress
Birth name Rachel Anne McAdams
Canadian nationality
Birth November 17, 1978 (London, Otario – Canada)
BIOGRAPHY
From the age of 13, Rachel McAdams distinguished herself on stage in Shakespeare ‘s plays . She continued her young theatrical career at the University of York then debuted on screen by obtaining a small role in the Disney series The Famous Jett Jackson , in 1998.
It was in 2002, with the comedy My Name is Tanino , that Rachel McAdams begins her film career. An omnipresent comic register in the actress’ career, from the teenage farce The Hot Chick (2002) to Lolita Despite Me (2004), which sees her play a bitch making life difficult for Lindsay Lohan , via Serial noceurs , where she makes party boy Owen Wilson succumb . But it is paradoxically with the drama Never Forget , directed in 2004 by Nick Cassavetes , that she truly reveals herself to the general public. In 2005, she tried her hand at thriller with Red Eye/Under High Pressure , directed by Wes Craven .
After playing in Family Spirit by Thomas Bezucha , Rachel McAdams deserted the film sets for a year, before returning with Married Life by Ira Sachs in 2007. Then, during the year 2009-2010, she had the opportunity to play alongside big names in cinema like Russell Crowe in Jeux de Pouvoir , Eric Bana in Out of Time and Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes .
2011 is the year of reunion for the beautiful Canadian who, after playing her daughter in Family Spirit , is filming again with Diane Keaton in Morning Glory , a scathing comedy about the behind the scenes of morning shows. She then joined Owen Wilson , her partner in Serial Noceurs , in Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen , a visit to the French capital with a prestigious and international cast. Finally, for Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows , she reunites with the entire team from the original film.
The following year, in 2013, Rachel McAdams starred in several feature films including the captivating Marvel by Terrence Malick , alongside Ben Affleck and Javier Bardem . We also find her in the casting ofPassion directed by Brian De Palma and adapted from the film Crime d’amour by Alain Corneau . The actress takes over the role of Christine, previously played by Kristin Scott Thomas , a woman who leads one of her collaborators into a disturbing game of manipulation and seduction. After having immersed herself in this dark universe, she returns to romantic comedy with It’s About Time by Richard Curtis .
Rachel McAdams begins 2014 with the political thriller A Most Wanted Man , the new adaptation of one of John Le Carré ‘s novels , where she rubs shoulders with Philipp Seymour Hoffman who plays his last leading role. The actress with an angelic face appeared the following year in The Rage in the Stomach , as the wife of boxer Jake Gyllenhaal , then in Welcome Back , Cameron Crowe ‘s new romantic comedy where Bradley Cooper ‘s heart swings between her and Emma Stone . At the same time, Rachel indulges in the joys of the small screen and its many quality series. Thus, she slips into the skin of a policewoman in the second season of True Detective , but the success is far from being as unanimous as for the first season…
Varying the genres, Rachel McAdams also participates in the film of boxing ( The Rage in the Belly , 2015) to the crazy comedy ( Game Night , 2018), including the journalistic biopic ( Spotlight , 2016) and the super heroic blockbuster ( Doctor Strange , id.). Also in 2018, she played one of the two main characters in the lesbian drama Disobedience by Sebastián Lelio , which takes place within the Jewish-Orthodox community.
