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Rachel McAdams was a competitive figure skater as a child and discovered her acting passion at age She played a teen diva in her breakout role in the hit film Mean Girls. She received her first Oscar nomination for her role as a Boston Globe reporter in the drama Spotlight. Her father, Lance, worked as a mover, and her mother, Sandra, worked as a nurse.

Together, they raised McAdams and her younger siblings, sister Kayleen and brother Daniel. McAdams started competitive figure skating at age 4 and discovered acting at age 12, when she viewed a children's theater group performance. Her parents fully supported her ambitions, and McAdams joined the Original Kids Theatre in her hometown.

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Through high school, McAdams acted in local productions. She went on to study theater at York University in Toronto, where she performed in several stage and student film productions. McAdams earned her first significant accolade for a supporting role in 's Perfect Pie ; for her role in the low-budget film, she was nominated for a Genie Award Canada's Oscar.

Later, in an interview with Vogue magazine, she admitted that the movie—her first film in the United States—was a "huge milestone" for her. Appearing with co-stars Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried , the film opened doors for the budding actress. That same year, she played the lead role in The Notebook , a screen adaptation of Nicholas Sparks ' romance novel.

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In , McAdams appeared in several films that achieved great commercial success, including the comedy Wedding Crashers , the thriller Red Eye and the dramedy The Family Stone. In what many in the industry viewed as an unusual move made at the height of her career, McAdams took a break from to to focus on herself. She's very purposeful in sidestepping Hollywood.