Time line
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A quick overview with all the milestones in Rachel’s life and career (so far) that gives you a time line of all the important dates in the history of Rachel.
1978
| • November 17th – Born in London, Ontario, Canada. |
1990
| • Went to summer camp for Theater in Canada and appeared in her first productions. Started with Shakespeare. |
1995
| • Appeared in “I Live In A Little Town” during secondary school at Central Elgin Collegiate Institut in St. Thomas. |
2001
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• Graduated from York University in Toronto with Honors and a BFA degree in Theatre. • March 2nd – Episode 19 from season 3 (Food for Thought) of “The Famous Jett Jackson” airs on television in US. Rachel landed herself a guest spot as Hannah Grant. • Filming of MTV Pilot “Shotgun Love Dolls“, the series never got picked up for a full season. |
2002
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• January 28th – Episode 12 of season 5 (Atavus High) of “Earth: Final Conflict” airs on television in US. Rachel landed herself a guest spot as Christine Bickwell. • March 13th – “Guilt by Association” premieres on television in US. • May 20th – “My Name is Tanino” premieres in Italy. • October 18th – “Perfect Pie” premieres on television in Canada. • December 2nd – “The Hot Chick” premieres in Los Angeles and gets a wide release in the US. |
2003
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• November 3th – The first episode of “Slings & Arrows” airs on television in Canada. • December 8th – The last episode of the first season of “Slings & Arrows” airs on television in Canada. |
2004
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• April 19th – “Mean Girls” premieres in Los Angeles and gets a wide release in the US. (view images) • May 2nd – Attends Movieline Young Hollywood Awards were she won an award. (view images) • June 21st – “The Notebook” premieres in Los Angeles. (view images) • Julne 25th – “The Notebook” gets a wide release n the US. |
2005
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• March 18th – Attends ShoWest 2005 Awards, where she won Supporting Actress of the Year Award. (view images) • Spring – Graced the cover of Allure Bride to promote “Wedding Crashers“. (view images | read interview) • June 4th – Attends MTV Movie Awards 2005, where she won Best Kiss, Best On-Screen Team and Breakthrough Female Awards and was nominated for Best Female Performance and Best Villain Awards. (view images) • June 25th – The first episode of season two, and Rachel’s last appearance for the series, of “Slings & Arrows” airs on television in Canada. • July – Graced the cover of Interview Magazine to promote “Wedding Crashers“. She was interviewed by co-star Owen Wilson. (view images | read interview) • July 1st – Graced the cover of Life Weekend to promote “Wedding Crashers” with co-star Owen Wilson. (view images | read interview) • July 14th – “Wedding Crashers” premieres in New York. (view images) • July 15th – “Wedding Crashers” gets a wide release in the US. • August 4th – “Red Eye” gets a wide release in the US. • August 5th – “Red Eye” premieres in Los Angeles. (view images) • August 15th – Attends Teen Choice Awards 2005, where she won Choice Movie Actress: Drama, Choice Movie Chemistry, Choice Movie Liplock and Choice Movie Love Scene Awards and was nominated for Choice Movie Dance Scene Award. (view images) • September – Graced the cover of Details Magazine to promote “The Family Stone“. (view images | read interview) • October 25th – Attends 9th Annual Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala Ceremony, where she won Breakthrough Actress Award. (view images) Eye” gets a wide release in the US. • November – Graced the cover of Allure to promote “The Family Stone“. (view images | read interview) • December 14th – “The Family Stone” premieres in New York. (view images) • December 16th – “The Family Stone” gets a wide release in the US. |
2006
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• February 18th – Attends and presents the Academy Awards Science and Technical Awards Ceremony. (view images) • August-September – Filming of “Married Life” in Toronto, Canada. (view images) |
2007
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• April – Graced the cover of Elle to promote “Married Life“. (view images | read interview) • Summer – Filming of “The Lucky Ones“. (view images) • June 24th – “The Lucky Ones” officially wraps. (view images) • August-October – Filming of “The Time Traveler’s Wife” in Toronto, Canada. (view images) • September 12th – “Married Life” premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. (view images) • September 26th – “Married Life” gets a limited release (New York & LA) in the US. |
2008
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• February-March – Filming of “State of Play” in Washington DC. (view images) • March 5th – “Married Life” premieres in New York. (view images) • March 7th – “Married Life” gets a limited release (New York & LA) in the US. • Fall – Graced the cover of T Magazine (New York Times) to promote “The Lucky Ones“. (view images | read interview) • September 10th – “The Lucky Ones” premieres during the Toronto International Film Festival. (view images) • September 13th – Filming of additional scenes for “The Time Traveler’s Wife” in Toronto. (view images) • September 26th – “The Lucky Ones” gets a limited release (New York & LA) in the US. • October 1st – “Sherlock Holmes” Pre-Production Press Conference in London. (view images) • December – Filming of “Sherlock Holmes” in London. (view images) |
2009
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• January-February – Filming of “Sherlock Holmes” in New York. (view images) • April 2nd – Attends ShoWest 2009 Awards, where she won The Female Movie Star of the Year Award. (view images) • April – Promotion Tour for “State of Play” including a visited to The Today Show and The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. • April 17th – “State of Play” gets official wide theater release in US. • May – Graced the cover of Marie Claire to promote “State of Play“. (view images | read interview) • June-October – Filming of “Morning Glory” in New York. (view images) • July 24th – Attends for the first time ever the ComicCon 2009 to promote Sherlock Holmes. (view images) • August – Graced the cover of USA Weekend to promote “The Time Traveler’s Wife“. (view images | read interview) • August 12th – “The Time Traveler’s Wife” premieres in New York. (view images) • August 14th – “The Time Traveler’s Wife” gets official wide theater release in US. • September 4th – “The Time Traveler’s Wife” (Hors du Temps) premieres in France during the 35th Deauville American Film Festival. (view images) • December 14th – “Sherlock Holmes” premieres in London. (view images) • August – Filming of “Sherlock Holmes” in London. (view images) • December 17th – “Sherlock Holmes” premieres in New York. (view images) • December 25th – “Sherlock Holmes” gets official wide theater release in US/UK. |
2010
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• January – Graced the cover of Vogue to promote “Sherlock Holmes“. (view images | read interview) • January 12th – “Sherlock Homes” premieres in Berlin, part of the European “Sherlock Holmes” Press Tour. (view images) • January 13th – “Sherlock Homes” Madrid photocall and press conference, part of the European “Sherlock Holmes” Press Tour. (view images) • January 13th – “Sherlock Homes” Paris photocall and press conference, part of the European “Sherlock Holmes” Press Tour. (view images) • March 7th – 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Rachel and Jake Gyllenhaal present Best Adapted Screenplay (view images) • July-August – Filming of “Midnight in Paris” in Paris, France. (view images) • August 20th – “Midnight in Paris” officially wraps in Paris. (view images) • Augustus-October – Filming of “The Vow” in Toronto (Augstus-October) and Chicago (October). (view images) • October-November – Filming of “To The Wonder” in Oklahoma. (view images) • November – Graced the cover of Instyle Magazine to promote “Morning Glory“. (view images | read interview) • November 7th – “Morning Glory” premieres in New York. (view images) • November 10th – “Morning Glory” gets official wide theater release in US. |
2011
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• January 9th – “Morning Glory” premieres in Berlin, part of the European “Morning Glory” Press Tour. (view images) • January 11th – “Morning Glory” premieres in London, part of the European “Morning Glory” Press Tour. (view images) • January 13th – “Morning Glory” Madrid photocall and press conference, part of the European “Morning Glory” Press Tour. (view images) • January 14th – “Morning Glory” Paris photocall and press conference, part of the European “Morning Glory” Press Tour. (view images) • February: Filming of “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadow” in Strasbourg, France. (view images) • March – Filming of re-shoots and additional scenes for “To The Wonder” in Oklahoma. (view images) • May 11th – “Midnight in Paris” opens the 64th Cannes Film Festival. For the opening there was held an photocall, press conference, premiere and after party. (view images) • May 11th – Attends the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Sleeping Beauty” with Michael Sheen. (view images) • May 17th – Midnight in Paris” premiers in New York. (view images) • May 20th – Midnight in Paris” gets a limited release (New York & LA) in the US. • June – Graced the cover of Elle, for the second time, to promote “Midnight in Paris“. (view images | (read interview) • November 9th – Attends “Hamlet” Opening Night after party with Michael Sheen. (view images) December 6th – “Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadow” premiers in Los Angeles. (view images) • December 16th – “Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadow” premieres in the US and UK. |
2012
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• January 18th – Visits BBC Radio 1 and 2 studios to promote “The Vow” in London, part of international promo tour. • January 20th – “The Vow” Germany photocall in Munich, part of international promo tour. (view images) • February – Graced the cover of Glamour Magazine for the first time to promote “The Vow“. (view images | read interview) • February 6th – Attends “The Vow” premiere in Los Angeles. (view images) • February 10th – “The Vow” premieres in the US. • April-May – Filming “Passion” in Berlin, Germany. (view images) • April 8th – Attends “The Gospel of US” premiere in Wales. (view images) • April 11th – Attends “The Gospel of US” premiere in London. (view images) • June-August – Filming “About Time” in London. [Rumored] • September – Filming “A Most Wanted Man” in Hamburg, Germany. [Rumored] • “To The Wonder” premieres in the US. |
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