McAdams, Rachel 1976–

(Rachel MacAdams)

PERSONAL

Some sources cite original name as Rachel MacAdams; born October 7, 1976, in London, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Lance (a truck driver) and Sandy (a nurse) MacAdams. Education: York University, B.F.A. (with honors); studied drama with David Rothenberg, at theatres, and at theatre camps. Avocational Interests: Travel, backpacking.

Addresses: Agent—Allison Band, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (voice work) Special Artists Agency, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Shelley Browning, Magnolia Entertainment, 1620 26th St., Suite 480, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Career: Actress. Worked at a fast-food restaurant and at a golf course. Performed as a competitive figure skater as a child.

Awards, Honors: Drama award, c. 1995, for I Live in a Little Town; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2002, for Perfect Pie; Gemini Award, best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2004, for Slings and Arrows; Teen Choice Award nomination, choice female breakout movie star, 2004, for Mean Girls and The Notebook; Teen Choice Award nominations, choice movie actress in a comedy, choice movie hissy fit, choice movie blush, and choice movie sleazebag, all 2004, MTV Movie awards, breakthrough female performance and best on-screen team (with others), and MTV Movie Award nomination, best villain, all 2005, all for Mean Girls; MTV Movie Award, best kiss (with Ryan Gosling) and MTV Movie Award nomination, best female performance, Teen Choice awards, choice movie actress in a drama, choice movie chemistry (with Gosling), choice movie love scene (with Gosling), and choice movie liplock (with Gosling), and Teen Choice Award nomination, choice movie dance scene (with Gosling), all 2005, for The Notebook; Golden Satellite Award nomination, outstanding actress in a supporting role in a comedy or musical, International Press Academy, 2005, for The Family Stone; ShoWest Award, supporting actress of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 2005; Hollywood Film Festival Award, breakthrough of the year, 2005; Saturn Award nomination, best actress, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 2006, for Red Eye; Rising Star Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2006.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Jessica, The Hot Chick, Buena Vista, 2002.

Patsy at the age of fifteen, Perfect Pie (also known as La voie du destin), Odeon Films, 2002.

Sally Garfield, My Name Is Tanino, Medusa Distribuzione, 2002.

Allie Hamilton, The Notebook, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Claire Cleary, Wedding Crashers, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Regina George, Mean Girls (also known as Untitled "Queen Bees and Wannabees" Project), Paramount, 2004.

Amy Stone, The Family Stone, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2005.

Lisa Reisert, Red Eye, DreamWorks, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Kate McNab, Slings and Arrows, The Movie Network, beginning c. 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Danielle, Guilt by Association (also known as Coupable par amour), Court TV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Reel Comedy: Wedding Crashers, Comedy Central, 2005.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 2005 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2005.

The 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hannah Grant, "Food for Thought," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2001.

(As Rachel MacAdams) Christine Bickwell, "Atavus High," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's "Battleground Earth," Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict," Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2002.

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2004.

"Wedding Crashers," HBO First Look, HBO, 2005.

Corazon de …, Television Espanola (Spain), 2005.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2005.

The Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show), NBC, 2005.

Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2005.

Total Request Live (also known as TRL and Total Request with Carson Daly), MTV, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Appeared as Beth in Shotgun Love Dolls, MTV.

Stage Appearances:

I Live in a Little Town (one-act), Ontario Showcase of the Sears Drama Festival, Canada, c. 1995.

Child, The Piper (workshop), Necessary Angel Theatre Company, York University, Burton Auditorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001.

Appeared in productions of the Original Kids Theatre, Canada.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, "Mean Girls": Only the Strong Survive, Paramount Home Video, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, June 18, 2004, pp. 52-53.

Interview, May, 2004, p. 66; July, 2005, pp. 54-59.

Maclean's, July 18, 2005, pp. 45-48.

Movieline's Hollywood Life, May, 2004, p. 20.

Newsweek, August 22, 2005, p. 77.

Parade, June 3, 2005, p. 18.

People Weekly, May 10, 2004, p. 31; July 12, 2004, p. 114; August 8, 2005, p. 112.