Rachel Anne McAdams

Her final film of 2005 was family drama The Family Stone, an all-star ensemble with Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson and Claire Danes. The film found a sizable audience and garnered generally positive reviews. The New York Times felt that "Ms. McAdams' engaging screen presence holds your attention and sympathy despite the handicap presented by her character's personality" while Variety noted that "a deglammed but still radiant McAdams proves once again that she's the real deal, delivering a deliciously feisty performance".
• Career break & low-key return
At this point in her career, she was dubbed the new "Hollywood it girl" and "the next Julia Roberts". In December 2005, she was invited to appear on an upcoming cover of Vanity Fair with Scarlett Johannson and Keira Knightley. Upon arrival on the photo set, she discovered it was a nude session and left. She later parted ways with her publicist who had failed to inform her in advance. Knightley later said, "It was actually pretty undramatic as I remember it. Quite early on Rachel just said, 'No, I'm not into that.' She's a lovely girl, and I really respect her for doing that." The cover's photographer, Tom Ford, explained, "She realised that she really wasn't (fine with it), and that was fine... She just asked if she could be excluded from the cover." When asked about the incident in 2008, McAdams had "no regrets”.
McAdams withdrew from public life in 2006 and 2007, taking time off to focus on herself and her family. "It was the right thing for me to do at the time," she later said. During this period, the actress turned down roles in The Devil Wears Prada, Casino Royale, Mission: Impossible III and Get Smart. Despite keeping a low profile, she received a Rising Star Award nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2006 and hosted the 2006 Academy Awards for Technical Achievement.