A competitive figure skater from ages four to 18, she began acting at age 12 with the Original Kids Theatre Company in London. She won an award in at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival. She planned to enroll in social sciences at the University of Western Ontario , but was encouraged by her high school drama teacher to continue acting. McAdams hit the ground running early in her career. She landed television roles before she even graduated from university. She then made her feature film debut in the Italian-Canadian co-production My Name is Tanino ; she played an American tourist who inspires a Sicilian man to follow her back to the United States.
She also continued working in Canadian television. McAdams achieved a major career breakthrough in She starred as a sadistic but endearing high school social queen opposite Lindsay Lohan in the Tina Fey-scripted hit movie Mean Girls She also played a s Southern debutante who falls in love with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks played by Ryan Gosling in the romance The Notebook It performed poorly at the box office but became popular after its initial release.
She was hailed by many Hollywood insiders as the next Julia Roberts. People are both attracted to her and feel a kinship with her. However, she became so selective in her choice of roles that she ended up taking a break from making movies altogether. McAdams marked her return to acting with principal roles in two low-profile projects.
She then returned to more mainstream studio fare. For her role, McAdams earned the first Oscar nomination of her career, receiving a supporting actress nod. The film itself won an Academy Award for best picture. In , the actress appeared in the superhero blockbuster Doctor Strange, opposite Benedict Cumberbatch.
She then starred in the sexually charged drama Disobedience , before teaming up with Jason Bateman for the dark comedy Game Night McAdams began dating screenwriter Jamie Linden in The following year, shortly after revealing news of her pregnancy, the actress gave birth to a baby boy in April. Gosling told GQ in , "God bless The Notebook , it introduced me to one of the great loves of my life.
According to a post by McAdams, she was making an effort to lighten her footprint on the earth—supporting tree planting organizations, switching her house to green power and developing "an OCD for unplugging anything with a plug. McAdams' interests include cooking, though she has admitted, "I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe," and "I wouldn't mind running a restaurant.
She once said about being a former vegetarian, "it made me very tired. I just ate pasta—I was the most unhealthy vegetarian ever! I'd like to try it again now that I know about quinoa and bulgur. I think I'd be better the second time around. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Kate McNab. Show all 7 episodes.
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