Canadian Actors and Actresses

JIM CARREY

James Carrey is a Canadian comedian and film actor from Newmarket, Ontario. He is best-known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb & Dumber, The Mask, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty. Carrey has also achieved critical success in dramatic roles in films such as The Truman Show, The Majestic, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

RYAN GOSLING

Ryan Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, to Thomas and Donna Gosling, and was the second of their two children. The Gosling family, moved to Cornwall, Ontario, where Ryan grew up and was home-schooled by his mother.

RACHEL MCADAMS

Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. Her breakout role was for portraying the "Queen Bee" Regina George in the 2004 hit film Mean Girls. She then starred in the film adaptation of The Notebook and the hit comedy Wedding Crashers. Her other film credits include The Family Stone, Red Eye and The Time Traveler's Wife. More recently she starred in Guy Ritchie's 2009 adaptation of Sherlock Holmes as Irene Adler and in 2010's Morning Glory as Becky Fuller.

RYAN REYNOLDS

Ryan is well known for his starring roles in the National Lampoon, movie Van Wilder and the American television series Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place playing medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen. He also cameoed in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle as a nurse, appeared in The In-Laws with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, and in 2003, the Canadian production Foolproof.

DONALD SUTHERLAND

Donald McNicol Sutherland is a prolific Canadian actor with a film career spanning over 40 years. Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Dorothy McNichol and Frederick Sutherland, who was in charge of the local bus, gas and electricity company; his maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister.

EMILY VANCAMP

Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress, best known for her lead roles as Amy Abbott on the WB series Everwood (2002–06), Rebecca Harper on the ABC series Brothers & Sisters (2007–10) and Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke in the ABC drama series Revenge (2011–present). Emily was born in Port Perry, Ontario on May 12, 1986 to Peyton, a swimming instructor,and Robert VanCamp, an animal nutritionist.

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