Rachel Anne McAdams

Career
• Breakthrough roles
McAdams' first on-screen appearance was in 2001's My Name is Tanino. She earned a Genie Award nomination in her native Canada in 2002 for her role as a teenage Wendy Crewson in Perfect Pie. Her first Hollywood movie was 2002's The Hot Chick, in which she played a catty high school student who swaps bodies with a small-time criminal. She later described the film as a "huge milestone" in her career. She then returned to Canada to play a recurring part in the dramedy cable series Slings and Arrows.
Her breakout role came in 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey. The 25 year-old was cast as teenage Regina George, a malicious queen bee. Mean Girls topped the US box office and was a hit amongst critics who drew comparisons to 1995's Clueless. McAdams herself received favourable reviews, with USA Today praising her "comic flair".