ACTOR

Rachel McAdams

1978 - Today

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Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film Perfect Pie (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film My Name Is Tanino (2002), and the comedy series Slings & Arrows (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award. In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy The Hot Chick. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rachel McAdams has received more than 37,973,307 page views. Her biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Rachel McAdams is the 1,280th most popular actor (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Canada (down from 76th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rachel McAdams ranks 1,280 out of 13,578. Before her are Stockard Channing, Michu Meszaros, Fredric March, Martin Kove, Eileen Essell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. After her are Jason Momoa, James Tolkan, Renée Simonot, Edward Gordon Craig, Wilford Brimley, and Daniel Brühl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Rachel McAdams ranks 15. Before her are Michelle Rodriguez, Ian Somerhalder, Juan Román Riquelme, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Frank Lampard, and Ashton Kutcher. After her are Daniel Brühl, Lúcio, Olena Zelenska, James Franco, Dejan Stanković, and Lionel Scaloni.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rachel McAdams ranks 106 out of 1,622. Before her are Louis Slotin (1910), Maurice Richard (1921), David Morrell (1943), Jacques Villeneuve (1971), Denny Doherty (1940), and Justin Bieber (1994). After her are James Randi (1928), Jean Chrétien (1934), Margot Kidder (1948), Hubert Reeves (1932), Deanna Durbin (1921), and Walter Huston (1883).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Rachel McAdams ranks 29. Before her are Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Victor Garber (1949), Martin Short (1950), Michael Ironside (1950), Norma Shearer (1902), and Nathan Fillion (1971). After her are Margot Kidder (1948), Deanna Durbin (1921), Walter Huston (1883), Rick Moranis (1953), Bruce Greenwood (1956), and Graham Greene (1952).

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