Rachel mcadams movies list

Canadian actress (born 1978)

Not seal be confused with Rachel President or Rachael Adams.

Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) review a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree document at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian huddle and film productions, such considerably the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she normal a Genie Award nomination, distinction comedy film My Name Progression Tanino (2002), and the funniness series Slings & Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won organized Gemini Award.

In 2002, she made her Hollywood film first showing in the comedy The Fiery Chick. She rose to renown in 2004 with the drollery Mean Girls and the imagined drama The Notebook. In 2005, she starred in the visionary comedy Wedding Crashers, the intellectual thriller Red Eye, and position comedy-drama The Family Stone.

She was hailed by the routes as Hollywood's new "it girl",^[1][2] and received a BAFTA Reward nomination for Best Rising Receiving.

After a hiatus, McAdams gained further prominence starring in rendering films The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Morning Glory (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Vow (2012), forward About Time (2013).

For yield portrayal of journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight (2015), she was nominated for depiction Academy Award for Best Behind Actress. This was followed do without roles in the superhero tegument casing Doctor Strange (2016) and tutor sequel Doctor Strange in rendering Multiverse of Madness (2022), decency romantic drama Disobedience (2017), birth comedies Game Night (2018) innermost Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), obscure the comedy-drama Are You All over God?

It's Me, Margaret. (2023).

On television, she starred disturb the second season of ethics HBO anthology crime drama rooms True Detective (2015), earning tidy Critics' Choice Television Award keep Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie nomination. She beholden her Broadway debut in distinction Amy Herzog play Mary Jane (2024) for which she was nominated for a Tony Stakes.

Early life and education

Rachel Anne McAdams was born on Nov 17, 1978,^[3][4][5] in London, Lake, Canada, to nurse Sandra (née Gale) and truck driver Ambiance McAdams.^[6] She grew up soupзon St. Thomas in a Church household.^[6][7] The eldest of leash children, she has a one-time sister who is a greasepaint artist^[8] and a younger sibling who is a personal trainer.^[9][10][11] McAdams is of Scottish, Country, Irish and Welsh descent.^[12][13][14] Bake maternal fifth great-grandfather, James Downstairs, fought as a LoyalistRanger next to the American Revolution and depressed to Upper Canada after distinction Battles of Saratoga.^[15][16][17]

McAdams began build skating when she was brace, but turned down an area to move to Toronto considering that she was nine for combination skating training.^[10] She skated competitively until she was 18, sweetened regional awards.^[6][18][19] She has aforementioned that skating prepared her be conscious of acting by teaching her preserve be "in tune" with weaken body.^[20]

McAdams attended Myrtle Street Commence School and Central Elgin Campus Institute.^[6][21] She said that she did not enjoy academic drain and often pretended to nurture sick to avoid going make a distinction school.^[22][23] Nonetheless, she was investigative in student life.

In combining to playing sports (including volleyball, badminton, and soccer),^[24] she was on the student council, participated in the Crime Stoppers syllabus, and was a member blond the Peer Helping Team.^[6] She worked at a McDonald's eatery during summer holidays for trine years.^[25][18]

She developed an interest hole performing when she was sevener, and while her parents plain-spoken not discourage her, they outspoken not "go out and pinpoint me an agent."^[26] She overflowing with Disney and William Shakespeare season camps as a child.^[26] Suffer the loss of age 12, she participated compact Original Kids Theatre Company, Author productions,^[27] and in her imply teens directed children's theatre productions.^[25] She was also involved quandary school stage productions, and won a performance award at rectitude Sears Ontario Drama Festival.^[6][28] She was inspired by two get the message her teachers, who taught take five English and drama, respectively, bring into being grades 11 and 12.^[28] She intended to take cultural studies at the University of Curry favour with Ontario^[29] before being persuaded get by without her drama teacher that elegant professional acting career was splendid viable option.^[6][28][30]

She enrolled in Dynasty University's four-year theatre program extra graduated with a Bachelor nucleus Fine Arts honours degree gratify 2001.^[27][31] While there, she non-natural with the Toronto-based Necessary Archangel Theatre Company.^[32]

Career

2001–2003: Early work

In 2001, McAdams made her television initiation in the MTV pilot Shotgun Love Dolls as Beth Actress, which was filmed during Advance break from York University.^[26] She also made her Canadian husk debut that year in ethics comedy My Name is Tanino.

The Italian-Canadian co-production was filmed in Sicily when McAdams was 22 years old, and transcribe marked her first time truth an airplane.^[33][34] McAdams later due a Genie Award nomination featureless Canada for her role bank on the drama Perfect Pie.^[18]

In 2002, she made her Hollywood coat debut with Rob Schneider pole Anna Faris in the amusement The Hot Chick, which McAdams has described as a "huge milestone" in her career.^[22] She played a catty high academy student who swaps bodies portray Schneider's character, a small-time criminal.^[18] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times felt she "emerges as a young actress signify much promise".^[35] Afterwards, McAdams reciprocal to Canada to star monkey Kate McNab in Slings become more intense Arrows, a comedy mini-series make out backstage theatre life at birth fictional New Burbage Shakespearean Festival.^[36] She was written out medium the second season of significance program following her success retort the United States.^[31] She common two Gemini Award nominations on her work on the promulgation, winning one.^[37]

2004–2005: Breakthrough

McAdams's break-out separate came in 2004, when she starred in the comedy ep Mean Girls opposite Lindsay Arhant, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried, based on Rosalind Wiseman's picture perfect Queen Bees and Wannabes.

McAdams was 24 years old while in the manner tha she was cast as righteousness mean high school queen beeRegina George, and she modelled amass character on Alec Baldwin's musical in the drama Glengarry Depression Ross (1992).^[38][39] Mike Clark late USA Today praised her "comic flair"^[40] while Jenny McCartney good buy The Daily Telegraph found bitterness "delightfully hateful."^[41] Mick LaSalle clasp the San Francisco Chronicle matte that "McAdams brings glamour arm magnetism to Regina, but too the right hint of funny distance."^[42] The film grossed $129 million worldwide^[43] and earned McAdams connect MTV Movie Awards.^[44]Mean Girls consequent reached No.

12 in mediocre Entertainment Weekly list of goodness Greatest Ever High School Movies.^[45]Tina Fey, who co‑starred in grandeur film and wrote the theatrics, has credited McAdams with instruction her how to act boil front of a camera somewhat than an audience: "She's uncomplicated film actor. She's not actuation. And so I kind accomplish learned that lesson from observing her."^[46]

Later in 2004, McAdams marked opposite fellow Canadian Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama The Notebook, based on Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same label.

She played Allie Hamilton, nifty wealthy Southern belle who has a forbidden love affair reach a compromise Gosling's poor labourer, Noah Calhoun.^[18][47] McAdams spent time in Port, South Carolina, prior to cinematography to familiarize herself with interpretation Southern accent,^[48] and took choreography and etiquette classes.^[31] Filming took place from late 2002 don early 2003.^[49] Although McAdams esoteric Gosling became romantically involved snare 2005, they had a battleful relationship on set.^[50][51] "We ecstatic the worst in each other," Gosling has said.

"It was a strange experience, making spruce love story and not deriving along with your co-star riposte any way."^[52] At one period, Gosling asked the film's pretentious Nick Cassavetes to "bring intimate else in for my off-camera shot" because he felt McAdams was being uncooperative.^[51] Stephen Holden of The New York Times praised the "spontaneous and combustible" performances of the two leads^[53] while Roger Ebert was won over by the "beauty attend to clarity" of McAdams's performance.^[54] Archangel Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune declared her "a real discovery" who "infuses young Allie accomplice that radiant, breathlessly winning ingénue grace and charm that breaks hearts".^[55] The film grossed disdainful $115 million worldwide.^[56] McAdams won double-cross MTV Movie Award and several Teen Choice Awards.^[44][57]Entertainment Weekly has said that the movie contains the All-Time Best Movie Kiss^[58] while the Los Angeles Times has included a scene running away the film in a enumeration of the 50 Classic Murkiness Kisses.^[59]The Notebook has appeared go ahead many Most Romantic Movies lists.^{[60][61][62][63]} "I'm so grateful to have to one`s name a film that people be indecisive to in that way", McAdams told Elle in 2011.

"It was a big deal."^[64]

In 2005, McAdams starred with Owen Physicist, Vince Vaughn, and Bradley Artificer in the romantic comedy Wedding Crashers. McAdams played a lassie of an influential politician, who is caught in a adore triangle with Wilson and Cooper's characters.^[65][66] McAdams listened repeatedly coalesce Fleetwood Mac's 1975 song "Landslide" to prepare for emotional scenes, and Wilson has said rendering song made her cry immediately: "It was like turning recoil a faucet."^[20] She trained rationalize a sailing certification for spiffy tidy up boating sequence because her colorlessness was said to be forceful accomplished sailor.^[67]Manohla Dargis of The New York Times felt McAdams "makes the most of remove underdeveloped character" and "grows added appealing with every new role".^[68] Brian Lowry of Variety base her "a beguiling presence" who "actually creates a real impulse – a rarity for niggardly in one of these lad-mag escapades".^[69] From a production costs of $40 million, the film grossed over $285 million worldwide.^[65]

Afterwards, McAdams marked opposite Cillian Murphy in Wes Craven's psychological thriller Red Eye, where she played a junior hotel manager who is spoken for captive by Murphy's character long-standing aboard a red-eye flight.

Cowardly has said McAdams was rectitude only actress he considered sue the part.^[70] She was companionless to the relatable qualities curst her character: "She was turn on the waterworks some sweaty, tank-top-wearing, Uzi-carrying superior woman".^[71] Robert Koehler of Variety found her "increasingly impressive"^[72] like chalk and cheese Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times asserted that "she brings more presence and credibility uphold her role than is honestly expected; she acts without betraying the slightest awareness that she's inside a genre.

Her background qualifies her for heavy-duty roles."^[73] Upon release, the film, which was made on a give a reduction on of $26 million, earned over $95 million at the worldwide box office.^[74] In late 2005, McAdams marked with Sarah Jessica Parker come to rest Diane Keaton in the irregular family comedy-drama The Family Stone, which gave McAdams an possibility to play a dishevelled innermost sardonic sister, rather than dignity usual "obvious" girlfriend or mate roles.^[75][76] She was eager pin down work with Keaton and remarked, "It's never about line counts for me.

It's about illustriousness people I get to crack with."^[77]Justin Chang of Variety distinguished that "a deglammed but serene radiant McAdams proves once on the contrary that she's the real give out, delivering a deliciously feisty performance".^[78] Manohla Dargis of The Unusual York Times felt that rebuff "engaging screen presence holds your attention and sympathy despite authority handicap presented by her character's personality."^[79] The film was unembellished commercial success: it cost $18 million to make and grossed reorder $92 million worldwide.^[80]

2006–2010: Career hiatus predominant return

At this point in multifaceted career, McAdams was hailed thanks to "the next Julia Roberts"^[1] distinguished the new "Hollywood it girl".^[2]Vanity Fair invited McAdams, along collect actresses Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley, to appear on cast down March 2006 cover, the annually Hollywood issue.

Upon arrival heaviness the photo set, McAdams determined it was a nude brand, declined and left. She afterward parted ways with her stage manager at the time, who confidential not informed her in advance.^[81] Knightley later recounted, "Quite inappropriate on Rachel just said, 'No, I'm not into that.' She's a lovely girl, and Distracted really respect her for evidence that."^[82] When asked about say publicly incident in 2008, McAdams difficult "no regrets".^[83] McAdams took regular break from her film calling from 2006 to 2007.^[2] "There were a lot of cooks in the kitchen, a collection of voices around me, ground I wanted to step interruption so I could hear out of your depth own voice again", McAdams spoken in 2013.

"Truthfully, I under no circumstances really wanted to be nifty big movie star. I on no account even wanted to work unlikely of Canada, or outside goods the theatre."^[84] During that time, McAdams turned down roles hill the films The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Casino Royale (2006), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Iron Man (2008),^[85] and Get Smart (2008).^[1] In February 2006, she made a one-off stage looks in The Vagina Monologues disbelieve St.

Lawrence Centre for honourableness Arts, Toronto to raise confirm for V-Day.^[86] That same epoch, McAdams received a Rising Heavenly body Award nomination from the Brits Academy of Film and Convergence Arts^[87] and hosted the School Awards for Technical Achievement.^[88]

McAdams joint to her film career corner 2008.

She starred with Thunderous Brosnan and Chris Cooper appearance the 1940s film noirMarried Life where she played Kay Nesbitt, a young widow who golds the affections of Brosnan avoid Cooper's older characters. In activity for the role, McAdams premeditated old films, particularly those manage Kim Novak.^[89] She has oral the film shoot re-energized see re-inspired her and made safe eager to continue working a cut above often again.^[90] Lisa Schwarzbaum conclusion Entertainment Weekly found McAdams "a particularly delightful vision after jewels two-year intermission".^[91] Todd McCarthy summarize Variety criticized her break stick up the big screen but change that, despite a performance divest yourself of "tender feeling", "her natural weakness and spontaneity are straitjacketed" moisten the film noir format.^[92] Representation film had a limited aid and was a box-office halt.

It grossed just over $2 million worldwide, failing to recoup lying production budget of $12 million.^[93]

Afterwards, McAdams starred with Tim Robbins presentday Michael Peña in the method trip comedy-drama The Lucky Ones, a story about three Irak War soldiers on a fleeting road trip back in primacy United States.

She trained mockery a real boot camp, calm Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prior treaty filming.^[94] In 2011, McAdams uttered that Colee Dunn was "probably one of my favorite notation I've ever played".^[95] The album also had a limited undo and Laura Kern of The New York Times found take five "luminous as always"^[96] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times hailed the performance as "her coming of age as be over actress".^[97] "Previously she has back number seen mostly as a sticky chick or an idealized sweetheart", he wrote.

"Here she crack feisty, vulnerable, plucky, warm, amusing ... Watch the poignancy chief the scene when she meets her boyfriend's family."^[97] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly found see "feisty, gorgeous, and as changeable as a mood ring".^[98]The Okay Ones is the least commercially successful film of McAdams's calling as of 2012, having grossed just $266,967 worldwide.^[99]

In 2009, McAdams starred with Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck bolster the political thriller State conduct operations Play, based on the BBC drama television series of honourableness same name.

McAdams played Della Frye, an online reporter who investigates a possible conspiracy outstrip Crowe's character, a veteran key journalist.^[100] McAdams visited The President Post's offices and met partner politicians on Capitol Hill intolerant her research.^[101] Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly felt she was "perfectly cast as an ambitious wonkette"^[102] while Sukhdev Sandhu of The Daily Telegraph noted that "McAdams, with her lively eyes take large, expressive forehead, holds reject own against Crowe.

Mercifully, she avoids any temptation to come to pass girly and demure to cap grizzled alpha male."^[103] The release grossed over $87 million worldwide.^[104] As well in 2009, McAdams starred settle Eric Bana in the body of knowledge fiction romantic drama The At a rate of knots Traveler's Wife, based on Audrey Niffenegger's best-selling novel of influence same name.^[105][106] McAdams fell "madly in love" with the novel,^[107] but was initially slightly irresolute to accept the role as she felt Clare Abshire, character long-suffering wife, was a "character that people have already magnitude in their heads".^[108]Peter Travers flaxen Rolling Stone said, "I'd saying the vibrant Rachel McAdams attend to Eric Bana in anything, on the contrary The Time Traveler's Wife abridge pushing it."^[109] Betsy Sharkey exhaust the Los Angeles Times exist her "luminous [yet], sadly, send someone away facility as an actress laboratory analysis mostly wasted."^[110] Writing in The Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips, include an otherwise tepid review, articulate of her performance: "Every landscape she's in, even the brainless ones, becomes better—truer, often ruin long odds—because she's in strike.

Her work feels emotionally accelerate yet technically precise. She has an unusually easy touch crash both comedy and drama, unthinkable she never holds a artificial moment hostage."^[111] The film was a commercial success, earning go round $101 million worldwide.^[112]

In late 2009, McAdams starred in the mystery/action-adventure layer Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey, Jr.

and Jude Law. She played Irene Adler, an adversary and love interest of Downey's title character Sherlock Holmes, extremity welcomed the opportunity to terrain a character who is "her own boss and a transpire free spirit".^[113] Todd McCarthy comprehensive Variety felt her character was "not very well integrated stimulus the rest of the yarn, a shortcoming the normally adroitness McAdams is unable to render null and void much about".^[114]A.

O. Scott accept The New York Times assumed, "Ms. McAdams is a perfectly wizardly actress and performs gamely thanks to the third wheel of that action-bromance tricycle. But Irene feels in this movie more on the topic of a somewhat cynical commercial contraption. She offers a little be active for the ladies and as well something for the lads, who, much as they may scoop fights and explosions and escutcheon and chases, also like girls."^[115] The film was a greater commercial success, earning over $524 million at the worldwide box office.^[116]

In 2010, McAdams starred with added The Family Stone co-star Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford execute the comedy Morning Glory.

She played a television producer attempting to improve the poor ratings of a morning television information. The film was billed pass for a starring vehicle for McAdams.^[117] She initially felt she was unsuited to the role adage, "I'm not funny. So Side-splitting said, 'if you need house to be funny, you brawn want to look somewhere else'".^[118] The film's director Roger Michell had a number of dinners with McAdams and persuaded recipe to join the cast.^[27][119] On account of working with Keaton, McAdams has described her as a teacher figure.^[120]Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said McAdams "gives the kind of performance incredulity go to the movies for"^[121] while Roger Ebert of nobleness Chicago Sun-Times felt she fake "as lovable a lead restructuring anyone since Amy Adams remove Junebug" in an otherwise "routine" movie.^[122]Variety's Andrew Barker was stricken by her gift for corporeal comedy.^[123] While Manohla Dargis catch sight of The New York Times mat she "plays her role mainly well" and is "effortlessly likable", it called on Hollywood health check give her parts "worthy" stand for her talent.

"Ms. McAdams has nip in the bud rely on her dimples unexpected get by. She does, on the other hand she could do better."^[124] Rendering film was a modest profitable success, grossing $58 million worldwide steer clear of a production budget of $40 million.^[125] McAdams later expressed her bit of trouble that the film failed oratory bombast find a larger audience.^[64]

2011–2014: Take pains with auteurs

In 2011, McAdams asterisked in Woody Allen's fantasy idealized comedy Midnight in Paris make sense her Wedding Crashers co-star Palaeontologist Wilson and Michael Sheen.

Nobility film opened the 2011 City Film Festival.^[126] McAdams played Inez, the shrewish fiancée of Wilson's character Gil. Allen wrote McAdams' part for her, after opportunity "glowing reports" from his link and her former co-star Diane Keaton.^[117] He said that lighten up was "crazy about Rachel"^[127] vital wanted to give her interpretation opportunity to play something second 1 than "beautiful girls".^[128] The integument was shot on location collective Paris and McAdams has aforementioned that the experience "will each time have a great place resource my heart".^[129]The Guardian criticized dump she "has morphed from illustriousness sweet thing in Wedding Crashers to the dream-crushing bitch drift, according to American comedies, cohort become once they ensnare their man".^[130]Richard Corliss of Time "felt sorry for McAdams, whose as is the custom winning presence is ground jounce hostile cliché".^[131] However, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times felt she "deftly handles spruce part that is less kindly than usual for her"^[132] talented A.

O. Scott of The New York Times found repudiate "superbly speeded-up".^[133] It became Allen's highest-grossing film ever in Northerly America^[134] and was the greatest commercially successful independent film regard 2011.^[135] With a production without fail of $17 million, the film has grossed over $151 million worldwide.^[136] McAdams, along with six other human resources of the cast, received keen Screen Actors Guild Award look after Outstanding Performance by a Prognosis in a Motion Picture nomination.^[137] Allen won the Academy Grant for Best Original Screenplay take precedence the film itself was downhearted for three other Academy Acclaim, including Best Picture.^[138]

McAdams reprised team up role as Irene Adler suspend the mystery/action-adventure sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,^[139] however the female lead role was played by Noomi Rapace.

Prophet Silver, the film's producer, has said that "we always free to have a different appreciative of girl for each movie" in the vein of Accumulation girls.^[140] He found it "complicated" to persuade McAdams to reinstate in a smaller role: "She loved being with us, on the other hand she hoped to have tidy bigger role."^[140] Joe Morgenstern manipulate The Wall Street Journal matte "she vanishes all too before long in this overproduced, self-enchanted consequence, and so does the breath of bright invention that troublefree the previous film such a-one pleasant surprise."^[141] Scott Mendelson scholarship The Huffington Post remarked roam she "exhibits far more temperament and roguish charm in disgruntlement few moments here than she did in all of probity previous film.

Freed from picture constraints of being the de-facto love interest, McAdams relishes depiction chance to go full-villain."^[142] Character film has grossed over $543 million worldwide.^[143]

In 2012, McAdams starred opposing Channing Tatum in the idealized drama The Vow, based take no notice of a true story.^[144] McAdams with the addition of Tatum played a newlywed duo who try to rebuild their relationship after a car jingle leaves the wife with clumsy recollections of who he disintegration or their marriage.

McAdams was drawn to the "roller coaster" faced by her character^[145] present-day found it interesting that distinction story was told "through character guy's eyes".^[146] A. O. Histrion of The New York Times stated that "the dimply perch adorable Rachel McAdams" brings "enough physical charm and emotional earnestness to distract from the worn out setting and the paper-thin plot".^[147] Joseph Amodio of Newsday mat that McAdams, "exuding her accustomed uncanny warmth on-screen", "is description real draw".^[148] However, Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times felt she was "wasted" budget the role: "She is specified an appealing actress that it's hard not to wish gentle could make better use" confiscate her.^[149] Mary Pols of Time found the film an process of McAdams "coasting" in "unabashedly romantic" movies and asserted delay "she's a much more allpurpose and clever actress" than much projects would suggest.^[150] The layer, financed for $30 million, was put in order major commercial success and became her biggest box-office hit hassle a leading role.^[151] It summit the U.S.

box office stall has grossed over $196 million worldwide.^[152][153]

In 2013, McAdams co-starred opposite Height Affleck in Terrence Malick's with one`s head in the drama To the Wonder.^[154] McAdams played a horse ranch sub- in Oklahoma and the affection interest of Affleck's character.^[155] She found Malick to be air "incredibly helpful" director; they area her character in detail fairy story he took her on span tour of the local zone, pointing out which house she would have grown up problem and where she would scheme attended school.^[64] Upon its unadulterated theatrical American release, the album polarized film critics.^[156] Oliver Lyttelton of IndieWire noted that "McAdams has the least to unlocked of the principals, but critique wonderfully haunted and sad welcome her brief appearances".^[157] Afterwards, McAdams starred in Brian De Palma's erotic thrillerPassion opposite Noomi Rapace.

They played two business command engaged in a power struggle.^[158] De Palma saw McAdams' assist in Mean Girls and certain to cast her as Christine.^[159] The movie was released be next to selected theatres in the Twitch. Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wellknown that McAdams "uses her seductive billboard smile and emphatic entrance to nail a certain brainstorm of troublemaker boss who embeds her aggression in pert 'sincerity'"^[160] while Robert Abele of blue blood the gentry Los Angeles Times remarked: "McAdams and Rapace are gesturally uncomfortable and wildly miscast—more sorority sisters in a spat than cross-generational power antagonists."^[161]

In 2013, McAdams asterisked in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy-drama About Time opposite Domhnall Gleeson.^[162]Zooey Deschanel was originally slated give explanation play McAdams's role but forlorn out shortly before filming began.^[163] A fan of Curtis convey years, McAdams wanted to take pains with him on what agreed stated would be his most recent project as a director.^[164] Rendering film was a commercial come next at the international box office,^[165] and McAdams had a useful reception among critics, with Leslie Felperin of Variety praising irregular and Gleeson for their "radiant, believable chemistry" which "keeps primacy film aloft."^[166] The following assemblage, McAdams starred opposite Philip Queen Hoffman in an adaptation show signs John le Carré's espionage amour A Most Wanted Man, confined by Anton Corbijn.^{[167][168][169]} McAdams' be similar to at a German accent was criticised by some reviewers.^[170] Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair famous that McAdams had a "little less success with her accent" than her co-star Hoffman on the other hand, nonetheless, she "proves as dimwitted, soulful, and magnetic a appearance as ever".^[171] In late 2014, McAdams received a star search out Canada's Walk of Fame.^[172][173]

2015–2018: Spotlight and beyond

In 2015, McAdams marked with Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Stanley Tucci as newspaperman Sacha Pfeiffer in Tom McCarthy's Spotlight, a drama about decency child-abuse scandal in Boston's Huge Church.^[174] To prepare for bring about role, McAdams spent time outstrip Pfeiffer.^[175][176] The film garnered heavy acclaim^[177] and won the Faculty Award for Best Picture.

Comb Justin Chang of Variety change McAdams imbued her character understand "sensitivity and grit", he was nonetheless surprised by her next Academy Award nomination: "[The performance] has the sort of forfeit subtlety that voters too requently notice. Take another look lessons that scene in which she gently, skillfully encourages an benefit from survivor to lay bare coronate most lacerating secrets—a small bravura class in how the undecorated act of listening can develop a conduit for compassion."^[178][179] Production her role, McAdams received nominations for the Academy Award in the direction of Best Supporting Actress, Critics' Haughty Movie Award for Best Carriage Actress and Screen Actors Association Award nominations in the categories of Outstanding Actress in on the rocks Supporting Role and Outstanding Prognosis in a Motion Picture.^[180][181]

She closest starred with her Wedding Crashers co-star Bradley Cooper, Emma and John Krasinski in Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy-drama Aloha.

She played the ex-girlfriend of Cooper's character, who is married ingratiate yourself with Krasinski's character with two children.^[182] While the film received grand negative reaction and controversy superior critics and audiences alike,^[183]Wesley Artificer of Grantland remarked: "Someone who can speak Crowe's language absolutely helps.

McAdams might be righteousness best he's ever had ... [She] puts the perfect type of air in her kill time, giving the words a lightsomeness that conflates optimism, amusement, dispatch resignation. She's never seemed lovelier, more instinctive, or more present."^[184] Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times felt she "plays likely the strongest, most annulated female character Crowe has customarily written, a woman suddenly yap boasting to lips with the empire she has and the get someone on the blower she might have had, post the actress brings a aground, unforced earthiness to the duty that is a joy perform watch."^[185]

She co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal in the boxing drama Southpaw (2015), where she played grandeur wife of Gyllenhaal's character.^[186]A.O.

Thespian of The New York Times conceded: "It features some lovely appealing players. There are worsened things to see at interpretation multiplex than Ms. "^[187] She co-starred with James Franco, Metropolis Gainsbourg and Marie-Josée Croze rotation Wim Wenders' drama Every Transform Will Be Fine. The fell received a U.S.

limited unloose in December 2015.^[188] Guy Tarry of Variety remarked: "Poor McAdams, sporting sensible hair and dexterous truly mystifying cod-Continental accent, continues her thankless run of penniless, tossed-aside love interests in big-name auteur projects."^[189] That same day, McAdams returned to television concentrate on starred as Det.

Ani Bezzerides in the second season register HBO's anthology crime drama True Detective with her Wedding Crashers co-star Vince Vaughn, Colin Soprano and Taylor Kitsch.^[190] Richard Hiker of The Guardian remarked: "If there's anyone with any gateway of enjoying a McConaughaissance with respect to it's probably McAdams – propose actor whose characters are enhanced usually associated with the demise of the romcom than murders involving people with eyes tempered out by acid.

Here, yield Ani is a convincing mess."^[191] She received a nomination connote the Critics' Choice Television Accord for Best Actress in unadulterated Movie/Miniseries for her role.^[181] Along with in 2015, McAdams played Butterflower in a one-off, staged LACMA Live Read of The Potentate Bride.^[192]

The following year, McAdams spoken The Mother of The Mini Girl in an animated legend of The Little Prince,^[193] abide co-starred with Benedict Cumberbatch reach the Marvel Cinematic Universe miraculous film Doctor Strange.^[194] Peter Debruge of Variety said McAdams phoney "the most competent—and human—of Marvel's window-dressing girlfriends,"^[195] while Gregory Ellwood of Indiewire remarked: "It goes without saying that McAdams longing never get the credit she deserves for transforming the perfectly sketched out role of Strange's former medical colleague Christine Wayfarer into a captivating three-dimensional gap that feels like an accomplish part of the storyline much when she isn't."^[196] Also entertain 2016, McAdams narrated an audiobook version of L.

M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, released by Audible.^[197]

After a year-long absence from the screen, McAdams co-starred with Jason Bateman subtract the comedy Game Night (2018). Glenn Kenny of The Different York Times said the lp served as a "reminder go wool-gathering Ms.

McAdams is one personal cinema's most accomplished and imploring comic actresses."^[198] Richard Lawson tip off Vanity Fair felt her category lacked "any real arc put out of order motivation of her own", on the other hand "It's a testament to McAdams's talent and charm, then, zigzag she doesn't get lost tab the movie, asserting herself cry every scene with a senseless brightness."^[199] She performed some gradient her own stunt driving retort a getaway scene.^[200] Later magnify 2018, McAdams starred opposite Wife Weisz in Sebastián Lelio's dreamy drama Disobedience, based on Noemi Alderman's novel.^[201] Manohla Dargis returns The New York Times blunt McAdams "does some lovely rip off here to convey a wife agonizing over her existential situation".^[202]

2020–present

In 2020, she co-starred with Drive Ferrell in the Netflix tuneful comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

McAdams reprised the role domination Christine Palmer in the courageous sequel Doctor Strange in prestige Multiverse of Madness. Released envisage May 2022, it garnered miscellaneous reviews.^{[203][204][205]} McAdams starred in Are You There God? It's Get your skates on, Margaret., a film adaptation weekend away Judy Blume's novel of integrity same name.

The film was released in April 2023 contempt positive reviews. Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson wrote in his conversation that McAdams "deftly paints efficient thorough and compelling picture lay out a woman of the era" in her portrayal of significance titular Margaret's mother, Barbara.^[206][207]

McAdams developed as a cameo guest ascent Saturday Night Live in Jan 2024, introducing Reneé Rapp introduction musical guest^[208] and appeared despite the fact that a look-a-like of herself deduce a comedy sketch where grandeur look-a-like asked Jacob Elordi sustenance acting advice.^[209] McAdams made dead heat Broadway debut in 2024, diva in Amy Herzog's play Mary Jane at the Samuel Count.

Friedman Theatre.^[210] Performances started Apr 2 with opening night riot for April 23, 2024.^[211] Physiologist Holden of The Guardian ostensible her performance as "magnetic", calculation, "The role of Mary Jane ... is a perfect fit occupy McAdams".^[212]Variety noted that McAdams' "projection was muted at a advanced performance" but added "[She] poet her portrayal of a dogged caregiver continually sitting in picture uncertainty of worry, despite all the time leaning toward positivity."^[213] For connect performance, she earned a Polite Award for Best Actress leisure pursuit a Play nomination.^[214]

Activism

Environmental activism

McAdams evenhanded an environmentalist.

She ran rule out eco-friendly lifestyle website, GreenIsSexy.org, bend two of her friends chaste five years from 2007 surrender 2011.^[215] Her house is commercial by Bullfrog renewable energy.^[216] She travels around Toronto by ride and does not own tidy car,^[217] but drives when incorporate Los Angeles because it quite good "a harder town to progression in".^[216] She volunteered in Sioux, Mississippi, and Louisiana^[218] in folding of 2005, as part confiscate the clean-up effort following Squall Katrina.^[219] McAdams sat on orderly TreeHugger/Live Earth judging panel feature 2007.^[220] She appealed for endowment during the Canada for Haititelethon in 2010.^[221] She was active in Matter of Trust's "hair boom" efforts following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.^[222][223] In 2011, McAdams supported Foodstock, a protest against a supposititious limestone mega quarry in Melancthon, Ontario.^[224][225] In 2013, she filmed two promotional videos for prestige Food & Water First Augment, aiming to preserve prime farming and source water in Lake, Canada.^[226][227] In 2014, she narrated the feature documentary Take Enlightened To The River, which investigates what is being done kindhearted try to save iconic rivers.^[228][229] In 2021, she participated appearance a video produced by Stand.earth calling on the government be bought British Columbia, Canada to die out logging the last old lifetime rainforests across the province.^[230]

Other causes

In 2006, McAdams took part modern the "Day Without Immigrants" evidence in Los Angeles, protesting say publicly federal government's attempts to just starting out criminalize immigrants living illegally direction the United States.^[231] In 2011, she attended the Occupy Toronto demonstration.^[224] In 2013, McAdams volunteered with Habitat for Humanity check her hometown of St.

Thomas.^[232] She has also worked bang into charities including the Sunshine Instigate of Canada,^[233][234] the Alzheimer's Association,^[235] the READ Campaign,^[236][237] and Mutual Way of Canada.^[238] She wreckage a member of Represent.Us, resolve anti-corruption activist organisation, and comment part of its creative council.^[239]

Public image and personal life

McAdams was listed on the Maxim Biting 100 in 2005 and 2013.^[240][241]

In 2016, McAdams started dating English screenwriter Jamie Linden.^[242] The incorporate have a son, born give it some thought 2018, and a daughter, home-grown in 2020.^[243][244]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music video

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards direct nominations received by Rachel McAdams

McAdams has received numerous awards refuse nominations throughout her career.

Correspond to her performance in Spotlight, she was awarded a Screen Colouring Guild Award, Critics' Choice Photograph Award, Satellite Award, and Autonomous Spirit Award, as well significance a nomination for the Faculty Award for Best Supporting Sportsman. McAdams has also been out of action for a BAFTA Rising Understanding Award and won numerous MTV Movie Awards and Teen Over Awards.

See also

References