Rachel McAdams Canadian Actress Known for Doctor Strange

Rachel McAdams, born 17 November 1978 in London, is a Canadian actress. Audiences know her from Doctor Strange (2016) and Sherlock Holmes (2009).

Early life

Schooling on record includes York University (Bachelor of Fine Arts), finishing in 2001 and Central Elgin Collegiate Institute.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 2002, with My Name Is Tanino. Work from the 2000s includes Mean Girls (2004, as Regina George) and The Notebook (2004). Midnight in Paris (2011, as Inez) and Spotlight (2015, as Sacha Pfeiffer) are among her 2010s credits. In the 2020s, she appeared in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020, as Sigrit Ericksdóttir) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022, as Christine Palmer).

The list below counts 32 films from 2002 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (7), followed by action (6) and adventure (4). Her latest credit on record is Send Help (2026). Of her four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) has the highest, at $956 million.

Benedict Cumberbatch appears in two of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Jude Law (two titles) and Robert Downey Jr. (two titles). Guy Ritchie directed two of her titles on record, among them Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

Recognition

Among her honours is the Canada's Walk of Fame, won in 2014. Other wins include the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2016) for Spotlight and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast (2016) for Spotlight. Among her nominations is the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2016 for Spotlight. In all, Rachel McAdams has won 7 awards and received one nomination.

Personal life

She has 2 children on record.