List of awards and nominations received by Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams awards and nominations

McAdams at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 BAFTA Awards 0 1 Critics Choice Awards 1 4 Independent Spirit Awards 1 1 SAG Awards 1 3 Tony Awards 0 1
Totals [a]
Wins	16
Nominations	27
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Rachel McAdams.

Rachel McAdams is a Canadian actress. Known for both her dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen, she has received numerous accolades throughout her career including a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Tony Award. She has also received several audience awards including three MTV Movie Awards, and six Teen Choice Awards with nominations for three People's Choice Awards.

McAdams gained acclaim for her role as Regina George in the teen comedy Mean Girls (2004) for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. That same year she starred as the lead in the romance drama The Notebook (2004) earning several Teen Choice Awards including Choice Movie Actress in a Drama Film. In 2005 she was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. During this time she acted in a string of successful films such as the raunchy romantic comedy film Wedding Crashers (2005), the family drama The Family Stone (2005), the psychological thriller Red Eye (2005), the romance drama The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), the period mystery action film Sherlock Holmes (2009), the fantasy romance comedy Midnight in Paris (2011), the romance drama The Vow (2012), and the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016).

In 2015, she portrayed journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the Tom McCarthy directed biographical drama Spotlight for which she earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role. She won an Independent Spirit Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award along with the film's ensemble. In 2018, she acted in the comedic action film Game Night for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She portrayed a compassionate mother in the coming-of-age film Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) for which she earned numerous critics awards and nominations including a win for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress.

On television, she portrayed a Detective Sergeant in the second season of the HBO mystery-anthology series True Detective (2015) earning a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. She guest starred as herself in the FXX comedy series Dave (2023) earning a Hollywood Critics Association nomination. On stage, she made her Broadway debut playing a struggling single mother in the Amy Herzog play Mary Jane where she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

Major Associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Supporting Actress	Spotlight	Nominated	[1] [2]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2005	Rising Star Award	—	Nominated	[3]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2015	Best Supporting Actress	Spotlight	Nominated	[4]
	Best Acting Ensemble		Won	[4]
2018	Best Actress in a Comedy	Game Night	Nominated	[5]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2015	Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	True Detective	Nominated	[6]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Midnight in Paris	Nominated	[7]
2015	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role	Spotlight	Nominated	[8]
	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture		Won

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2024	Best Actress in a Play	Mary Jane	Nominated	[9]

Miscellaneous Awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Broadway.com Audience Awards	2024	Favorite Performance of the Year (Play)	Mary Jane	Nominated
		Favorite Leading Actress in a Play		Won
		Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)		Won
Gemini Awards	2004	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series	Slings and Arrows (episode: "A Mirror up to Nature")	Won	[2]
	2006	Best Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series	Slings and Arrows(episode: "Season's End")	Nominated	[2]
Genie Awards	2002	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role	Perfect Pie	Nominated	[2]
Gotham Independent Film Awards	2015	Ensemble Performance	Spotlight	Won
	2023	Outstanding Supporting Performance	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards	2015	Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)	Spotlight	Won
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Best Breakthrough Female Performance	Mean Girls	Won	[10]
		Best Villain		Nominated	[10]
		Best On-Screen Team (shared with Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried)		Won	[11]
		Best Female Performance	The Notebook	Nominated	[10]
		Best Kiss (shared with Ryan Gosling)		Won	[11]
	2006	Best Performance	Red Eye	Nominated	[12]
	2012	Best Kiss (shared with Channing Tatum)	The Vow	Nominated	[13]
People's Choice Awards	2013	Favorite Drama Movie Actress	The Vow	Nominated
		Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Channing Tatum)		Nominated
	2016	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress	Spotlight	Nominated	[14]
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Mean Girls	Nominated
		Choice Movie: Blush		Nominated
		Choice Movie: Hissy Fit		Nominated
		Choice Movie: Villain		Nominated
		Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence		Nominated
		Choice Movie: Female Breakout Star	Mean Girls and The Notebook	Nominated
		Choice Female Hottie	Herself	Nominated
		Choice Female Fashion Icon		Nominated
	2005	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	The Notebook	Won	[15]
		Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Ryan Gosling)		Won	[15]
		Choice Movie: Dance Scene (shared with Ryan Gosling)		Nominated	[15]
		Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Ryan Gosling)		Won	[15]
		Choice Movie Love Scene (shared with Ryan Gosling)		Won	[15]
	2006	Choice Movie: Scream	Red Eye	Nominated
		Choice Movie Actress: Comedy	Wedding Crashers and The Family Stone	Won	[16]
		Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Owen Wilson)	Wedding Crashers	Nominated
	2010	Choice Movie Actress: Action	Sherlock Holmes	Won	[17]
		Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi	The Time Traveler's Wife	Nominated	[17]
	2012	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	The Vow	Nominated
		Choice Movie Actress: Romance		Nominated
		Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Channing Tatum)		Nominated
	2017	Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy	Doctor Strange	Nominated	[18]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2015	American Riviera Award (shared with Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo)	Spotlight	Won	[19]
Satellite Awards	2005	Best Supporting Actress  Comedy or Musical	The Family Stone	Nominated	[20]
	2011		Midnight in Paris	Nominated	[21]
	2015		Spotlight	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2005	Best Actress	Red Eye	Nominated	[22]
	2009	Best Supporting Actress	Sherlock Holmes	Nominated	[23]
ShowWest	2005	Supporting Actress of the Year	Mean Girls / The Notebook	Won	[24]
	2009	Female Star of the Year	—	Won	[25]

Critics Associations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2015	Boston Online Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Spotlight	Won	[26]
	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Cast		Won	[26]
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[26]
	Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble		Won	[27]
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Cast		Won	[26]
	New York Film Critics Online	Best Ensemble Cast		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble		Nominated	[28]
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble		Won
2023	Astra Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Nominated	[29]
	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[30]
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[31]
	Chicago Indie Critics	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[32]
	Denver Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[33]
	DiscussingFilm Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[34]
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[35]
	Georgia Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[36]
	Hawaii Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[37]
	Hollywood Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress - Midseason		Nominated	[38]
		Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Dave	Nominated	[39]
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Nominated	[40]
	Indiana Film Journalists Association	Best Supporting Performance		Nominated	[41]
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[42]
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[43]
	Latino Entertainment Journalists Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[44]
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Performance		Won	[45]
	Michigan Movie Critics Guild	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[46]
	Minnesota Film Critics Alliance	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[47]
	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[48]
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[49]
	Greater Western New York Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Performance		Nominated	[50]
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[51]
	Oklahoma Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[52]
	Online Association of Female Film Critics	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[53]
	Online Film and Television Association	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[54]
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[55]
	Phoenix Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[56]
	Portland Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[57]
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[58]
	San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[59]
	Seattle Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[60]
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Runner-up	[61]
	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[62]
	UK Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[63]
	Utah Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Performance, Female		Nominated	[64]

Theatre Awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Drama Desk Awards	2024	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play	Mary Jane	Nominated	[65]
Drama League Awards	2024	Distinguished Performance		Nominated	[66] [67]
Outer Critics Circle Awards	2024	Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play		Nominated	[68]
Theatre World Awards	2024	Outstanding Debut Performance		Won	[69]

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