Full Name: Rachel McAdams

Height: 5’5” (1.65m)

                      Date of Birth: October 7^th, 1976

Current Age: 29

Star sign: Libra

                                 Place of Birth: St. Josephs Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada

 Eye Colour: Blue

Tattoos: Lower back

Favourite colour: Purple

                     Favourite designers: Rachel loves to shop at vintage clothing stores

Allergies: Horses

                     Education: Original Kids Theatre Company in London, Ontario, Canada

                   York University, Toronto

Family: Father – Lance McAdams

              Mother – Sandy McAdams

              Sister – Kayleen McAdams

              Brother – Daniel McAdams

Celebrity Relationships: Ryan Gosling (Actor)

Occupation: Actress

Filmography: Marriage (2007)

The Family Stone (2005) playing Amy  Stone

                        Red Eye (2005) playing Lisa Reisert

                        Wedding Crashers (2005) playing Claire Cleary

                        The Notebook (2004) playing Allie Hamilton

                        Mean Girls (2004) playing Regina George

The Hot Chick (2002) playing Jessica

                        Perfect Pie (2002) playing Patsy

                        My name is Tanino (2002) playing Sally Garfield

Guilt by Association (2002) playing Danielle

Shotgun Love Dolls (2001) playing Beth

Her family History: Rachel’s father Lance is a truck driver and her mother Sandy is a nurse.

Interesting Facts about Rachel:

      Rachel won her first acting award in 1995 for her role in ‘I live in a little town’ which was one of her school plays

      During Rachel’s senior year at York University, she played a child in ‘The Piper’

      Rachel worked at McDonalds for 3 summers

      Rachel took up figure skating when she was 4 years old and competed throughout her high school years

      Rachel wore a wig and a fat suit in ‘Mean Girs’

      During filming of ‘The Notebook’ the cast and crew had to put up with terrible weather conditions, particularly during the boat scene where Rachel is drenched soaking wet in the middle of winter. But Rachel insisted on continuing scenes until they were “perfect”

      Rachel beat actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Ashley Judd to the role of Allie in ‘The Notebook’ by “blowing the producers away” when she walked into the audition room

      Rachel missed out on the role of Sue Storm in ‘The Fantastic Four’ to Jessica Alba

      Rachel brought her family onto the talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ with her

      She still lives in Canada with her family

      She received a record 5 MTV Movie award nominations in 1 year and won 3

      Rachel donated signed head-shots to Rocky Stone to be auctioned off to raise money to buy more toys for less fortunate children as part of the Toy Mountain campaign

      Rachel was born in the same hospital as her ‘Notebook’ costar Ryan Gosling

      Rachel is a natural blonde but frequently changes her hair colour

      On the first day of filming ‘The Hot Chick’ Rachel crashed the yellow bug that she had to drive

      Rachel said she would be a secretary if she wasn’t an actress because she “loves paper clips and staplers”

      Rachel finds petroleum jelly in “lip stuff” addictive so she prefers to use natural products

      She once worked at a Golf Course

      Rachel performed in Shakesperean productions in summer theatre camp

      Rachel studied cultural studies before theatre

      Rachel used to be a vegetarian

      Rachel is of Irish Descent

      She attends David Rothenberg’s on-camera acting class along with actors Scott Speedman, Kenneth Mitchell and Polly Shannon

      Rachel is dating ‘The Notebook’ co-star Ryan Gosling

      There is a reason for Rachel’s character in ‘Mean Girls’ being called Regina, Regina is the queen-bee and the name ‘Regina’ means queen in Latin

Rachel’s Personal Quotes:

“As strange as movie making is, doing love scenes for the first time with someone you've never even said hello to does work in terms of having a fresh quality to a relationship.”

“I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.”

“It takes a lot of time, commitment and a choice. I've chosen this path, but it's not to say I'm not open to love or whatever comes my way. You never close doors.”

“The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there. And then ran into him and, "Oh my God, you work here? I had no idea." It's the most manipulative thing I've done in my entire life, but it all worked out very well, so I have no regrets.”

"I still live in Canada, so it's not quite the same. And when I'm in L.A., I'm in a car you don't have the contact with the public. It's not so bad. It's still pretty much the same. I still feel pretty normal-ish."

“The most romantic thing, a lovely boy bought me a dress once. He got my measurements, actually they were from ‘The Notebook’ 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.”

"I want to try a lot of things that I haven't tried. You know, I did a thriller Red Eye after this, because it was so different and it was a genre I hadn't worked in yet. Then I did a beautiful family ensemble drama. And next? I don't know. I might go off to do a small independent in New York. I'm not sure. The quality of material is important, but, basically, I'm open to anything. I like to stay open to anything".