Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay .
Attended Original Kids Theatre Company in London, Ontario.
Her father, Lance, is a truck driver and her mother, Sandy, is a nurse. She has a younger sister, Kayleen McAdams , and a younger brother, Daniel.
Born in the same hospital as The Notebook co-star Ryan Gosling in St. Josephs Hospital, London, Ontario.
In 1995 she received an acting award for her role in the one-act high school play "I Live in a Little Town" when it was presented at the prestigious Ontario Showcase at the Sears Drama Festival.
Studied theater at York University in Toronto, where she appeared in numerous stage and student film productions. During her senior year she played a child in "The Piper", a workshop led by a creative team from Torontos Necessary Angel Theatre Company.
Worked at a McDonalds for three summers with her sister, Kayleen McAdams , and her brother, Dan McAdams.
Was told to partly model the character of Regina George after Alec Baldwin s performance in Glengarry Glen Ross .
Received a record five MTV Movie Award nominations in a single year.
Graduated from York University in Toronto with honors & a B.F.A. in theater
She donated many signed head-shots to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
She has English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, and distant Dutch, ancestry (including American-born forebears). One of her paternal great-grandfathers was born in Wales, while her maternal grandfather was born in Plymouth, England, to an English father and a Scottish mother.
Attended David Rothenberg s on-camera acting class in Toronto with fellow actors Scott Speedman , Kenneth Mitchell , Polly Shannon and David Sutcliffe.
In December 2005 she was #1 on MuchMusics "Who To Do: 20 Sexiest Girls" list. This list is aired each year, and there is also a separate list for guys.
Ranked #14 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.
Ranked #17 on Maxims Hot 100 Women of 2006 list.
Was in consideration for the role of Sue Storm in Fantastic Four , but Jessica Alba was cast instead.
Named #51 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement..
While a student at York University, she lived in the same "house" as Ron Sparks in Vanier Residence.
Had to turn down the female lead in The Last Kiss due to scheduling conflicts. The role was eventually given to Jacinda Barrett.
Was considered for the role of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale , before the role was given to Eva Green.
She was voted the #101 on FHSs list of Sexiest Women in the World .
Lives in the popular Los Angeles neighborhood of Silverlake. Other Silverlake locals include Beck , Bo Barrett , Christina Ricci , Jason Lee and Ryan Gosling.
In 2007 she was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#68).
She doesnt own a car. As part of her daily contribution to help conserve energy, she rides her bike or takes the bus.
Co-founder of www.greenissexy.org, a website which helps raise awareness about the environment.
Was Jon Favreau s first choice to play Pepper Potts in Iron Man , but she turned the role down. Gwyneth Paltrow was subsequently cast instead.
Likes shopping at vintage clothing stores.
Originally auditioned for the role of Cady in Mean Girls , before being cast as Regina.
Avoided flying airplanes until age 22.
Auditioned for the role of Sophie for the musical Mamma Mia! but lost out to Amanda Seyfried. Seyfried had lost out to McAdams previously for the role of Regina when they both co-starred in Mean Girls .
Her favorite actresses include: Joan Cusack , Juliette Lewis , Kate Winslet , Laura Dern , Rene Zellweger and Samantha Morton. She also considers Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn to be her role models.
She would love to work with Daniel Day-Lewis , James Franco and Sam Rockwell.
She is allergic to horses.
Learned to drive after a bike accident.
Learned to appreciate rugby from Russell Crowe.
Publicist has announced that Rachel does not have a Twitter account (August 2009).
Was in consideration for the role of Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight , but Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast instead.
Was in consideration for the role of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby , but Carey Mulligan was cast instead.
Ranked #48 in the 2010 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women." Previously she was ranked #50 in 2008 and #89 in 2006.
Ranked #15 in the 2007 Ask Men Australia top 99 "most desirable women" list.
Ranked #35 on the Ask Men 2011 list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women.
Ranked #63 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #47 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #48 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked as having one of the "Most Beautiful Famous Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #43 in 2010, #62 in 2009, #88 in 2008, #32 in 2007, and #47 in 2006.
In her lead roles for three book-to-film love stories, she has played an artist and painter-- The Notebook , The Time Travelers Wife and The Vow .
Named Philip Seymour Hoffman as her favorite actor in a 2009 interview.
Between 2009-16 she played a love interest to a man who can travel through (or otherwise manipulate) time four different times: The Time Travelers Wife , Midnight in Paris , About Time (2013/I) and Doctor Strange . In none of these four movies does McAdamss character herself get to participate in these time travels or manipulations.
Played the love interest of time travelers in three movies, About Time (2013/I) , Midnight in Paris and The Time Travelers Wife .
From 2011-15 she has been reunited with her Wedding Crashers co-stars Owen Wilson , Vince Vaughn and Bradley Cooper on other projects. She and Wilson reunited in Midnight in Paris , Vaughn in the second season of "True Detective" and Cooper in Aloha .
Though Aloha was the first time she and co-star Emma Stone had worked together, both had worked with the films main star Bradley Cooper in other movies: McAdams-Cooper in Wedding Crashers and Stone-Cooper in The Rocker .
First cast member from Mean Girls to receive an Academy Award nomination.
Was voted "Sexiest Actress" by Victorias Secrets annual What is Sexy List, 2015.
In 2006 she walked out of a cover shoot for the annual Vanity Fair Hollywood issue when she realized it demanded nudity (leaving a naked Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley to drape themselves over a fully clothed Tom Ford). Ford had prearranged with McAdamss publicist, Ame Van Iden , for the actress to appear nude in the group portrait, but Van Iden neglected to tell her that she would have to undress for the shoot. When McAdams arrived on the set and found out what Ford had in mind, she fired Van Iden.
Was in talks for the role of Tanya Kalekov in Kursk but turned it down.
The most romantic thing, a lovely boy bought me a dress once. He got my,measurements, actually they were from The Notebook (2004) and I,had them sitting somewhere, and he found them and bought me this dress,tailor-made, this beautiful little black cocktail dress. And I thought,that was very, very classy.
And getting us ready for living in an underground world. When they,build the underground world because we can no longer breathe the air,that it will look like Teletubbie land.
I guess you have to be really open to your acting partners and believe,in the story.
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me,forward.
I once made a (it was supposed to be a 30-minute) bean salad that took,me like 6 hours.
I was not popular in high school, I know every actress says that, but,really, I was a big geek.
