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It's Eva Mendes's Birthday: Check Out Her Best Moments With Husband Ryan Gosling

Bust out those balloon and cake emojis: Eva Mendes-the actress, mother, and all-around bombshell who's married to hottie husband Ryan Gosling-is celebrating her 45th birthday today. Happy birthday, Eva!
Eva Mendes Just Turned 45
Eva Mendes Just Turned 45

If theres any celebrity celebration wed love to be a fly on the wall for its Evas, what with her hunky husband Ryan Gosling and cute kiddos Esmeralda and Amada in tow. But since it looks like our invite got lost in the mail (Eva and Ryan are famously private, so we won't take it personally), well have to get our Menling (Gosdes?) fill by looking at some highlights of their relationship captured on film. So, lets take a walk down memory lane and see how these two became #couplegoals.

2011: The Meet Cute

Eva and Ryan reportedly became acquainted while starring in the Derek Cianfrance film The Place Beyond the Pines, in which they played-you guessed it!-a couple. Life would soon imitate art, as the two were spotted walking hand-in-hand at Disneyland in September 2011.

'The Place Beyond The Pines' Premiere - 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

'The Place Beyond The Pines' Premiere - 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

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2012: Red-Carpet Couple

Even from the start, the couple kept a pretty low profile. But duty did call in September 2012, when Eva and Ryan walked the red carpet together (along with third wheel/co-star Bradley Cooper) for the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of The Place Beyond the Pines.

Eva Mendes For New York And Company Spring 2014 Collection Pop Up Store Launch Party

Eva Mendes For New York And Company Spring 2014 Collection Pop Up Store Launch Party

2014: Baby Makes Three

In September 2014, Eva gave birth to the couples first child: a daughter named Esmeralda Amada Gosling. In 2015, Eva talked with Womens Health about how having a baby had changed her life. Im actually enjoying the sleepless nights because its bonding with my little girl, she said.

'Lost River' - Photocall

'Lost River' - Photocall

2015: Ryans Passion Project

The Place Beyond the Pines wasnt the only big-screen collaboration between the two: In 2015, Ryans directorial debut Lost River-starring Christina Hendricks, Matt Smith, and, yes, Eva-premiered.

2016: A Second Daughter

In April 2016, Eva gave birth to the couples second child: a daughter named Amada Lee Gosling. That same year, the couple also got secretly married, according to Us Weekly .

74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show

74th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show

2017: Golden Guy

In a swoonworthy-speech given while accepting his Golden Globe award for his La La Land performance, the typically private Ryan thanked Eva for making it all possible. My lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer. If she hadn't have taken all that on so that I could have this experience, it would surely be someone else up here other than me today. So sweetheart, thank you."

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