Rachel McAdams: Through the years
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Rachel McAdams: Her life in photos
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.
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March 23, 2004
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April 19, 2004
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March 16, 2005
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June 11, 2005
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July 13, 2005
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August 3, 2005
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August 10, 2005
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August 13, 2005
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December 13, 2006
With Al Gore and Ryan Gosling
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January 28, 2007
With Ryan Gosling
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March 3, 2008
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September 26, 2008
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August 12, 2009
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September 12, 2009
With Anna Wintour
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January 12, 2010
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March 7, 2010
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January 10, 2011
With Harrison Ford
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May 11, 2011
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May 12, 2011
With Michael Sheen
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December 6, 2011
With Robert Downey Jr.
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February 6, 2012
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February 10, 2012
With Jay Leno
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August 8, 2013
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May 5, 2014
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July 22, 2014
With Mick Jagger
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October 18, 2014
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June 5, 2015
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July 9, 2015
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December 2, 2015
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January 17, 2016
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January 30, 2016
With the cast of Spotlight
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February 28, 2016
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October 20, 2016
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October 24, 2016
With Benedict Cumberbatch