Career: A string of popular family comedies followed, including Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, before the tabloids started reporting that she was going off the rails. While she has continued to win decent reviews for her performances in such critic-friendly fare as the Emilio Estevez-directed Bobby, she is still best known for her tearaway behaviour. Some Lohan vehicles, including 2007's I Know Who Killed Me, have been savaged by critics. Among her more impressive credits are A Prairie Home Companion and Herbie Fully Loaded.

Career: In 2001, McAdams shot an MTV pilot called Shotgun Love Dolls and in the same year, she made her film debut in My Name is Tanino. She received a Genie Award nomination in Canada for her role in Perfect Pie (2002). Her first Hollywood movie was The Hot Chick (2002), and her big break came in 2004 when she starred opposite Lindsay Lohan in teen comedy Mean Girls. Since then, McAdams has appeared in The Notebook (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), State of Play (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Morning Glory (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011) and About Time (2013).

Career: By 1999, Fey became SNL's first female head writer and a year later, she began performing regular in sketches. She began to co-anchor SNL's Weekend Update segment with Jimmy Fallon. She remained with SNL while she developed a sitcom pilot that would later become 30 Rock. She left SNL in 2006 to develop 30 Rock. Despite attracting low audience ratings, 30 Rock went on to win a number of awards during its seven-season run. She first tasted film success as the writer and co-star of popular teen comedy Mean Girls (2004). Since then, she has starred in Baby Mama (2008), The Invention of Lying (2009), Date Night (2010), Admission (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014). She also voiced a character in animated movie Megamind (2010).

Career: In 2005, Seyfried played the lead role in one of the nine short films that made up Nine Lives. In the same year, she starred in independent film American Gun. She went on to make guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI, before landing a key role in HBO drama series Big Love. She stayed on the show for four seasons before deciding to concentrate on making films. During her time in Big Love, she enjoyed success on the big screen in the hugely popular Mamma Mia! (2008), Jennifer's Body (2009), Chloe (2009), Dear John (2010), Letters to Juliet (2010) and Red Riding Hood (2011). More recently, she had supporting roles in Les Miserables (2012) and The Big Wedding (2013). She played the lead role in box-office flop Lovelace (2013).