Happy Birthday to Elisha Cuthbert!

Elisha Cuthbert turned 26 years old today! Happy birthday Elisha. She gained worldwide recognition came when she landed the role of Kim Bauer on FOX’s terrific action series, 24. She has also appeared in Old School and Love Actually (both in 2003), and starred as The Girl Next Door (2004) - easily one of her sexiest appearances on film!

Born on November 30, 1982 as Elisha Ann Cuthbert, the Canadian actress is an avid painter, is a serious ice hockey fan and Los Angeles Kings season ticket holder. In 2005 she maintained a blog on the NHL web site. Cuthbert was previously involved romantically with Montreal Canadiens' defenceman Mike Komisarek, Dallas Stars player Sean Avery, and is now dating Calgary Flames Defenseman Dion Phaneuf. Her relationship with the two hockey players turned into a minor scandal when ex-boyfriend, Avery, made comments to a Canadian reporter stating, "I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about." Subsequently, Avery was suspended indefinitely for these remarks.

Cuthbert was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Elisha is the daughter of Patricia, a homemaker, and Kevin, an automotive design engineer. She has two younger siblings, Jonathan and Lee-Ann and grew up in Greenfield Park, near Montreal, Quebec. In 2000, she graduated from Centennial Regional High School and moved to Los Angeles at the age of seventeen to pursue an acting career.

She regularly secures a place in FHM and Maxim's annual Top 100 Sexiest/Hottest lists. Her highest ranking was #4 in the 2008 UK Edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. She was ranked #14 in 2003, #10 in 2004, #5 in 2005, #22 in 2006, and #10 in 2007. The U.S. Edition ranked her #53 in 2003, #63 in 2004, and #54 in 2006. She was not listed in the U.S. 2005 list. Maxim named her #92 in its 2006 Hot 100 list, and features her in their Girls of Maxim Gallery. As of 2006, Cuthbert has stated that she would refuse to be photographed nude in film roles or magazines, and uses body doubles whenever necessary, specifying that she would "like to keep some things to [herself]".Most recently, Cuthbert was ranked #10 by AskMen.com readers in the list "Top 99 Women of 2007".