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In preparation for the role, Mc Adams studied old films, particularly those of Kim Novak.Todd Mc Carthy of Variety criticized her break from the big screen but felt that, despite a performance of "tender feeling", "her natural vivaciousness and spontaneity are straightjacketed" by the film noir format.In 2015, her highest profile roles were in the second season of the HBO crime drama True Detective, and as journalist Sacha Pfeiffer in the drama Spotlight.For her performance in Spotlight, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Afterwards, Mc Adams starred with Tim Robbins and Michael Peña in the road trip comedy-drama The Lucky Ones, a story about three Iraq War soldiers on a brief road trip back in the United States.She trained at a real boot camp, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, prior to filming.[on her looks] I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived.
Vanity Fair invited Mc Adams, along with actresses Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley, to appear on its March 2006 cover, the annual Hollywood issue.In 2016, she starred as Christine Palmer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Doctor Strange.Mc Adams began figure skating when she was four years old, but turned down an opportunity to move to Toronto when she was nine years old for pair skating training. She also made her Canadian film debut that year in the comedy My Name is Tanino.She returned to prominence in 2009 by appearing in the political-thriller State of Play, the science-fiction romantic drama The Time Traveler's Wife and the mystery action-adventure film Sherlock Holmes.In 2010, Mc Adams appeared in her first star vehicle, the comedy Morning Glory.