Mean Girls is a 2004 film irected by Mark Waters (Freaky Friday), written by (and co-starring) Tina Fey, and starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert. The film also features several Saturday Night Live cast members, including Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler. It has been praised as being Lindsay Lohan's break-out film role.