Rachel McAdams has gone from queen of the Plastics to a role on « True Detective » to an Oscar nominee for « Spotlight » in the span of her career.
Rachel McAdams has played everything from the bitchy prom queen in « Mean Girls » to the studious and cutthroat journalist in « Spotlight, » demonstrating range as a dramatic actress and comedienne. This week she stars in the R-rated comedy « Game Night » alongside Jason Bateman. Maybe « Fetch » was never going to happen, but looking back at her career, you knew McAdams would eventually hit it big.
Disney
« The Famous Jett Jackson » Cute little Rachel McAdams got her break playing a guest role on the Disney Channel show « The Famous Jett Jackson. »
Paramount Pictures
« Mean Girls » She then showed her darker side and terrified us as queen bee Regina George in the 2004 comedy « Mean Girls. »
New Line Cinema
« The Notebook » Pull out the Kleenex! McAdams and Ryan Gosling stole our hearts in the epic 2004 tearjerker « The Notebook, » based on a Nicholas Sparks novel.
New Line Cinema
« Wedding Crashers » McAdams came along for the raunchy ride with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in 2005’s hit comedy « Wedding Crashers. »
Lionsgate
« The Lucky Ones » McAdams played a soldier returning from war alongside Tim Robbins in 2008’s « The Lucky Ones. »
Warner Bros
« Sherlock Holmes » McAdams made a turn toward mainstream franchises, playing a professional thief in 2009’s « Sherlock Holmes » with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
Sony Pictures Classics
« Midnight in Paris » McAdams teamed up with Owen Wilson (again) and Woody Allen for the 2011 Oscar winner « Midnight in Paris, » kicking off a stretch of prestige films in which she worked with auteur director such as Terrence Malick on « To the Wonder, » Brian de Palma on « Passion » and Wim Wenders on « Every Thing Will Be Fine. »
Roadside Attractions
« A Most Wanted Man » The actress co-starred with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his last roles in 2014’s « A Most Wanted Man, » directed by Anton Corbijn.
Sony Pictures
« Aloha » McAdams put on a lei and a hula dress to join Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in the 2015 Hawaiian-based misfire.
HBO
« True Detective » McAdams plays a detective with strong morals struggling in a corrupt system in Season 2 of HBO’s « True Detective. »
Open Road Films
« Spotlight » McAdams would be nominated for her first Oscar for portraying Boston Globe journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the Best Picture-winning « Spotlight. »
Marvel
« Doctor Strange » McAdams made her superhero movie debut in 2016, starring as a surgeon opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the Marvel film « Doctor Strange. »
New Line Cinema
« Game Night » McAdams returned to her comedic roots in 2018 with « Game Night, » starring with Jason Bateman as a couple that hosts a game night with friends that goes violently, and hilariously, wrong.
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