Rachel McAdamshas bizarrely starred in a serial of flick that all involve the conception of sentence change of location . Unlike a regular film series or enfranchisement , there is no connecting tissue between these movies , except for the presence of Rachel McAdams and her fourth dimension - traveling love involvement . Unfortunately , in every individual one of the picture involved in this accidental series , McAdams ' characters never get the chance to travel through time themselves ; they are always pigeonholed into the role of the time traveler ’s buff .

Born in Canada in 1978 , Rachel McAdams break into stardom in 2004 with back - to - back role as Regina George in the seminal high - schooltime comedyMean Girlsand as heiress Allie Hamilton in the Nicholas Sparks adaptationThe Notebook . Since then , McAdams has appeared in a litany of romantic comedies alongside critically acclaimed dramas like the Best Picture - winningSpotlight , which was base on a genuine story . But , disappointingly , even in the more fantastical moving-picture show she appears in , McAdams is often relegated to a more down - to - ground office as the chief character ’s honey stake .

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Rachel McAdams Has Been A Time Travel Love Interest 4 Times

Rachel McAdams has play the love interest of a time traveler on four disjoined occasion . The first fourth dimension was as Clare Abshire , the titular role in Robert Schwentke ’s 2009 dramaThe Time Traveler ’s Wife . The film come after Henry DeTamble ( Eric Bana ) , a human that involuntarily travels through clock time which causes obvious problems in his union to Clare . The 2nd occasion came two years later in Woody Allen ’s Best Original Screenplay Oscar - gain wild-eyed comedyMidnight in Paris . Here , McAdams play Inez , the dismissive and materialistic fiancée to Owen Wilson ’s screenwriter , who cryptically go back to the 1920s when the clock strike midnight during his holiday to Paris .

Another two years afterwards , in 2013 , come in the romanticistic comedyAbout Time , directed byLove Actually’sRichard Curtis . Rachel McAdams portray Mary , an American book publisher and enjoy interest to Domhnall Gleeson ’s Tim . InAbout Time , the men in Tim ’s family have the alone power to travel back in time to moments in their past and can use this ability to alter their lives . So naturally , Tim habituate his powerfulness to solicit McAdams ' character reference , though , after an abortive fling with Margot Robbie ’s Charlotte .

McAdams ' last time travel movie , to appointment , arrived in the form of Scott Derrickson’sDoctor Strangein 2016 . She plays Christine Palmer , a surgeon and former dear interest of Benedict Cumberbatch ’s Dr. Stephen Strange . During the movie ’s climax , Strange defeats Dormammu with an myriad meter loop , thanks to the Time Stone hidden within the Eye of Agamotto .

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Doctor Strange 2 Finally Broke A Rachel McAdams Pattern (Sort Of)

While not a time travel movie , Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessdid at least break the former four moving-picture show ' patternof snubbing Rachel McAdamsby localize her securely on the out of bounds . In the sequel , a version of Christine Palmer get together the titulary hero and America Chavez ( Xochitl Gomez ) in navigating multiple dimension . So whileRachel McAdamsstill has not had the fortune to play a clip - traveling lineament herself , at least one version of Christine Palmer stick to explore the multiverse .

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