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==Early life==
Rachel Anne McAdams was born in [[London, Ontario]],<ref name="elle2007"/><ref name=birth>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/5YM53.jpg|title=Birth announcement in The London Free Press, December 17, 1978 issue |accessdate=May 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrm062004.htm |title=Rachel McAdams Interview – The Notebook Movie |publisher=Movies.about.com |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.people.com/people/rachel_mcadams/biography/0,,,00.html |title=Rachel McAdams Biography |publisher=People.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> and grew up in nearby [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]].<ref name="canada.com"/> Her mother, Sandra (née Gale), is a [[nurse]], and her father, Lance, is a retired truck driver and [[moving company|furniture mover]].<ref name="nytimes10info">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/movies/31roze.html?_r=1 |title=An Actress on the Brink of a Blockbuster |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Leah |last=Rozen |date=October 29, 2010 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> McAdams has two younger siblings: Kayleen, a celebrity [[make-up artist]], and Daniel.<ref name="vogue1092">{{citation |title=The Notebook, Part Two |first=Sally |last=Singer |work=Vogue |date=January 2010 |issue=08449 |page=92}}</ref> She began [[figure skating]] at the age of four<ref name="vogue1092"/><ref name=glamjan12/> but turned down an opportunity to move to Toronto at the age of nine for [[Pair skating|pairs]] training.<ref name="vogue1092"/> Skating then became merely "a hobby".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/where-her-heart-is/article26853/ |title=(need membership to access) |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Canada |accessdate=December 12, 2011}}</ref> She competed in the sport until the age of 18, winning regional awards.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref name="peoplebio1">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/rachel_mcadams/biography |title=Rachel McAdams |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |accessdate=June 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/731/rachel-mcadams-lacey-chabert-amanda-seyfried-for-mean-girls Interview: Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried for "Mean Girls"] April 29, 2004, Dark Horizons</ref> She has since said that skating prepared her for physical acting, because it trained her to be "in tune" with her body.<ref name="wilson2005">Interview Magazine. Rachel McAdams by Owen Wilson. July 2005 edition.</ref> McAdams was educated at Myrtle Street Public School and, later, [[Central Elgin Collegiate Institute]].<ref name="canada.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=4381af31-ed12-42bc-bbab-3c8d46b151d3&k=71091 |title=Rachel McAdams' roots are in smalltown Ontario |work=[[Postmedia News]] |publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc |date=May 22, 2007 |accessdate=June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/2007/03/14/a-peak-at-rachels-third-grade-notebook/ |title=A Peek at Rachel's Third Grade "Notebook" |work=''[[TMZ.com]]'' |date=March 14, 2007 |accessdate=June 16, 2011}}</ref> She did not enjoy school.<ref name="vogue1090"/> Nonetheless, she played an active role in student life. In addition to playing sports, McAdams served on the [[student council]], participated in the [[Crime Stoppers International#Crime Stoppers in Canada|Crimestoppers]] program and was a member of the [[Peer mentoring|Peer Helping Team]].<ref name="canada.com"/> She worked at a [[McDonalds]] restaurant during the summer holidays for three years. then she met georgia butler, the love of her life<ref name=glamjan12>{{cite web | url = http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/2012/01/rachel-mcadams-glamour-magazine-cover-interview-ok-we-love-this-girl?currentPage=all | title = Rachel McAdams: OK, We Love This Girl! | first = Alexandra | last = Marshall | date = January 2012 | work = Glamour magazine | accessdate = January 4, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="peoplefull">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/rachel_mcadams |title=Rachel McAdams | work=People | accessdate=June 16, 2011}}</ref>
McAdams first developed an interest in performing when she was seven and, while her parents did not discourage her, they did not "go out and find [her] an agent".<ref name="latimes2005">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/08/entertainment/ca-mcadams8 |title=Well above the mean – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2005-05-08 |accessdate=2012-01-11 |first=Robert |last=Abele}}</ref> She attended both [[Disney]] and [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] summer camps as a child.<ref name="latimes2005"/> From the age of twelve, McAdams appeared in Original Kids Theatre Company, London productions.<ref name="nytimes10info"/><ref name="nytimespage2"/> In her late teens, she directed children's theatre productions.<ref name=glamjan12/> She was also involved in school stage productions, most notably winning a performance award at the Sears Ontario Drama Festival.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref name="professionallyspeaking1">{{cite web|url=http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/december_2005/remarkable.asp |title=Remarkable Teachers – Professionally Speaking – December 2005 |publisher=Professionally Speaking |date= |accessdate=2012-01-14}}</ref> She was inspired by a married couple who taught English and Drama respectively in grades 11 and 12. They encouraged her to lose her inhibitions when performing.<ref name="professionallyspeaking1"/> McAdams intended to take [[Cultural studies|Cultural Studies]] at university before being persuaded by her drama teacher that a professional acting career was a viable option.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref name="professionallyspeaking1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/thenotebook/a/notebkrm062004_3.htm |title=The Notebook Movie – Rachel McAdams Interview |publisher=Movies.about.com |date=June 17, 2010 |accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref> She enrolled in [[York University]]'s four-year theatre program and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] honours degree in 2001.<ref name="nytimespage2">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/movies/31roze.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2 |first=Leah |last=Rozen |title=An Actress on the Brink of a Blockbuster |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2010 |accessdate=June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref name="proactorslab1">{{cite web|url=http://www.proactorslab.com/related/macleans050714.htm |title=Rachel's all the rage (MacLean's Interview July 14, 2005) |publisher=Proactorslab.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref> While at university, McAdams worked with the Toronto-based Necessary Angel Theatre Company.<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1807791956/bio Bio] at Yahoo Movies</ref>
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