Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings & Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award. In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. She rose to fame in 2004 with the comedy Mean Girls and 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 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star. After a hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in the films The Time Traveller'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 superhero film Doctor Strange (2016) and its sequel 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), and the comedy-drama Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023). 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 in the Amy Herzog play Mary Jane (2024), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel McAdams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2026

Send Help
Send Help
as Linda
Movie - Released: 1/28/2026

2023

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Barbara Simon
Movie - Released: 3/29/2023
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/1/2023

2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Dr. Christine Palmer
Movie - Released: 7/7/2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Dr. Christine Palmer
Movie - Released: 5/4/2022

2021

What If...?
What If...?
as Christine Palmer (voice)
TV - Released: 8/11/2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Marvel Studios Legends
as Dr. Christine Palmer (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 1/8/2021

2020

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
as Sigrit Ericksdottir
Movie - Released: 6/26/2020
DAVE
DAVE
as Rachel McAdams
TV - Released: 3/4/2020

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV - Released: 9/9/2019

2018

Disobedience
Disobedience
as Esti Kuperman
Movie - Released: 4/24/2018
Game Night
Game Night
as Annie
Movie - Released: 2/15/2018
Explained
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 5/23/2018

2016

Sonic Sea
Sonic Sea
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/22/2016
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Christine Palmer
Movie - Released: 10/25/2016

2015

Every Thing Will Be Fine
Every Thing Will Be Fine
as Sara
Movie - Released: 4/2/2015
Southpaw
Southpaw
as Maureen Hope
Movie - Released: 3/24/2015
Spotlight
Spotlight
as Sacha Pfeiffer
Movie - Released: 11/6/2015
Aloha
Aloha
as Tracy Woodside
Movie - Released: 5/29/2015
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
The Making of A Most Wanted Man
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/27/2015
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
as The Mother (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/29/2015

2014

A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man
as Annabel Richter
Movie - Released: 7/25/2014
True Detective
True Detective
as Antigone 'Ani' Bezzerides
TV - Released: 1/12/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014

2013

To the Wonder
To the Wonder
as Jane
Movie - Released: 2/22/2013
About Time
About Time
as Mary
Movie - Released: 9/4/2013
Passion
Passion
as Christine Stanford
Movie - Released: 2/13/2013

2012

The Vow
The Vow
as Paige Collins
Movie - Released: 2/5/2012

2011

Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
as Inez
Movie - Released: 5/11/2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
as Irene Adler
Movie - Released: 11/22/2011

2010

Morning Glory
Morning Glory
as Becky Fuller
Movie - Released: 11/10/2010
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/30/2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
TV - Released: 3/5/2010

2009

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
as Irene Adler
Movie - Released: 12/23/2009
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
as Clare Abshire
Movie - Released: 8/14/2009
State of Play
State of Play
as Della Frye
Movie - Released: 4/17/2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 3/2/2009

2008

Married Life
Married Life
as Kay Nesbitt
Movie - Released: 3/28/2008
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones
as Colee Dunn
Movie - Released: 9/26/2008

2006

Movie
The Making of 'Red Eye'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/10/2006

2005

Red Eye
Red Eye
as Lisa Reisert
Movie - Released: 8/10/2005
The Family Stone
The Family Stone
as Amy Stone
Movie - Released: 12/15/2005
Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers
as Claire Cleary
Movie - Released: 7/13/2005

2004

Mean Girls
Mean Girls
as Regina George
Movie - Released: 4/30/2004
The Notebook
The Notebook
as Allie Hamilton
Movie - Released: 5/25/2004

2003

Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows
as Kate McNab
TV - Released: 11/3/2003

2002

The Hot Chick
The Hot Chick
as Jessica
Movie - Released: 12/13/2002
My Name Is Tanino
My Name Is Tanino
as Sally Garfield
Movie - Released: 9/5/2002
Perfect Pie
Perfect Pie
as Patsy Grady (age 15)
Movie - Released: 9/11/2002
Guilt by Association
Guilt by Association
as Danielle Mason
Movie - Released: 3/13/2002

1997

Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict
as Christine Bickwell
TV - Released: 10/6/1997

1996

Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
as Self
TV - Released: 9/9/1996

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self
TV - Released: 6/10/1992

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975