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Trivia
Birth name: Rachel MacAdams
Date of birth: 7 October 1976 Place of birth: London, Ontario, Canada Nickname:
Rech
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
McAdams was born in London, Ontario, and grew up in nearby St. Thomas. Her father, Lance, is a truck driver, and her mother, Sandy (Sandra), is a nurse.
She has a younger sister, Kayleen, and younger brother, Daniel.
At the age of four, she took up competitive figure skating.
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 and younger brother, Daniel.
She took up acting at age thirteen at a summer theater camp.
Born in the same hospital as The Notebook (2004) co-star Ryan
Gosling - St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario.
She recieved 5 MTV Movie Award nominations in a single year.
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.
Rachel's favourite actresses include: Joan Cusack, Juliette Lewis, Kate
Winslet and Samantha Morton.
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 Toronto's Necessary Angel Theatre Company.
Rachel considers Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn her role models.
Worked at a McDonalds for 3 summers.
Was told to partly model the character of Regina George after Alec
Baldwin's performance in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).
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
Formerly a vegetarian.
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.
Rachel went to high school from grade 9 to 13. The 13th year was optional for Ontario students.
Rachel bought a house which she shares with her sister.
Is of Irish descent.
Rachel loves her beauty marks that are on her face.
Rachel has said that she would never pose nude, declining a shoot for Vanity Fair.
There is a picture of Rachel in the December 2005/January 2006 issue of Teen People with
Ashlee
Simpson and Jessica Simpson on the cover.
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 MuchMusic's "Who To Do: 20 Sexiest
Girls" list. This list is aired each year, and there is also a
separate list for guys. She was voted the #101 on FHS's list of Sexiest
Women in the World (2005).
Rachel has a younger sister, Kayleen and younger brother, Daniel.
Named #14 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Met her boyfriend, Ryan
Gosling, on the set of The Notebook (2004).
McAdams lives in Toronto. She is a former vegetarian, and is currently dating fellow Canadian actor
Ryan
Gosling. Both were born in St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario.
McAdams turned down the role of the Bond girl in Casino Royale and was replaced by
Eva Green.
She was also considered for the role as Katherine Thorn in the remake of The Omen and was going to star in The Last Kiss but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Jacinda Barrett then stepped in to replace her.
Ranked #17 on Maxim's hot list 2006.
She hosted Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's 2006 Scientific and Technical Awards. McAdams received a Civic Award for her contribution to culture from the city of St. Thomas in 2006.
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