Rachel McAdams: Through the years

Rachel McAdams made her screen debut on 2001's coming-of-age series The Famous Jett Jackson, but it didn't take her long to become a major force onscreen. By 2002, she starred opposite Rob Schneider in The Hot Chick; in 2003, a role on the television series Slings and Arrows (pictured) would follow; and then, in 2004, she broke out with two modern-day classics. That year found McAdams starring in Mean Girls and The Notebook (the latter opposite her one-time boyfriend Ryan Gosling), and the rest — as they say — is so fetch. Okay, no one says that (sorry, Gretchen Weiners), but on the occasion of McAdams' 40th birthday, let's look back at the star's life in photos.

With Al Gore and Ryan Gosling

With Ryan Gosling

With Anna Wintour

With Harrison Ford

With Michael Sheen

With Robert Downey Jr.

With Jay Leno

With Mick Jagger

With the cast of Spotlight

With Benedict Cumberbatch