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Lindsay Lohan
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Lindsay Lohan in a publicity photo
for A Little More Personal (Raw)
Born
2 July 1986
New York City, New York, USA
Occupation
Actor, model, singer
Famous for
The Parent Trap (1998)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Mean Girls (2004)
Speak (album, 2004)

Lindsay Morgan Lohan (born Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] on 2 July 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan was born in New York City and raised in Merrick, Long Island, New York. Lohan started in show business as a child model for magazine and television ads. At age 10, she began her acting career on a soap opera; at 11, she made her motion picture début by playing both twins in Walt Disney Pictures' 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. In 2004, Lohan released Speak, launching her career in music; her second album was released in 2005.

Lohan owns a home in Beverly Hills, California, but spends much of her time at her family's residence in New York.

Biography and career

Lindsay Lohan is the eldest child of Michael and Dina (née Sullivan) Lohan. She has three younger siblings, Michael, Aliana ("Ali", an aspiring model and actress) and Dakota ("Cody"). Lohan's family was comfortable from the start; her father had inherited his family's pasta business, and later sold it to trade in futures (briefly becoming President of New York Futures Traders).[2] Despite the Lohans' wealth, Lindsay attended public schools until just before graduation, finishing her studies at home.[3]

Lohan began her career with Ford Models at age three and, at a time when blue-eyed blondes were in highest demand, the freckle-faced, auburn-haired Lohan found little work at first.[4] Eventually, her persistence paid off, earning her more than 100 print ads for Toys "R" Us.[5] She also modeled for Calvin Klein Kids (usually with siblings Michael and Ali) and Abercrombie Kids. From childhood through young adulthood, Lohan was featured in such diverse magazines as Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair, Bliss (UK), Хай Клуб ("High Club", Bulgaria), and Blenda (Japan).

Lohan's first auditions for television work did not go well; by the time she tried out for a Duncan Hines commercial, she told her mother that she would give up if she failed to get the job.[4] Once hired, the floodgates opened: Lohan eventually appeared in over 60 commercials, including a Jell-O pudding spot with Bill Cosby.[5]

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Lindsay Lohan makes her acting début on Another World in 1996

Her ad work led to soap operas, and she was already considered a "veteran"[5] before spending several months as Allison "Alli" Fowler on Another World, "where she delivered more dialogue than any other 10-year-old in a daytime series."[6] Lohan gave up the role when Nancy Meyers cast her as estranged twin sisters who try to reunite their estranged parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson) in The Parent Trap (1998). Film critic Janet Maslin said Lohan (at age 11) "plays the dual role with ... so much forcefulness that she seems to have been taking 'shy violet' lessons from Sharon Stone."[7]

As a teenager, Lohan starred in two Disney Channel original movies, Life-Size (with Tyra Banks) and Get a Clue. She also played Bette Midler's daughter in the first episode of the short-lived series Bette (2000) before bowing out when the production moved from New York to Los Angeles. A year later, she hosted the ABC-TV commercial series commemorating Walt Disney's 100th birthday during the network's repeat broadcast of The Parent Trap.

Lohan auditioned for—and won—the lead teen role in the feature film Freaky Friday (2003), starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lohan as a mother and daughter who get trapped in the other's bodies. Critic Roger Ebert wrote that Lohan "has that Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona."[8] The film was a huge commercial success, grossing over US$110 million.[9] For the soundtrack, Lohan performed the closing theme, "Ultimate".

In December, 2003, her friend, Ashton Kutcher, played a practical joke on Lohan for his MTV series, Punk'd. 11 months later, Lohan made a cameo appearance on That '70s Show opposite Kutcher and then-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama. She has hosted Saturday Night Live twice: In May, 2004, and May, 2005.

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Amanda Seyfried, Lohan and Lacey Chabert (l-r) in Mean Girls (2004).

Lohan was given the lead in two films: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Disney's first non-remake involving Lohan) and Paramount's Mean Girls, both released in 2004. Drama Queen was only a moderate success at the box office; reviews of the film were dismal, though Lohan's performance fared better with critics. She also recorded four songs for its soundtrack. Mean Girls, her first PG-13 (and first non-Disney) film, is considered her breakout role; the critical and commercial hit grossed over US$86 million, "cementing her status as the new teen movie queen," wrote Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo.[10]

Hoping to become a "triple threat" (actor/model/singer) like her idol, Ann-Margret, Lohan signed a recording contract with Casablanca Records and well-known 'diva-maker' Tommy Mottola in 2004 (two years earlier, she had signed a five-album production deal with producer Emilio Estefan).[11] Her debut album, Speak, peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum by early 2005. Speak's lead single, "Rumors", eventually earned a Gold certification; its sexually-suggestive video reached #1 on MTV's TRL and was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Two follow-up singles saw moderate sales.

Herbie: Fully Loaded, the fifth film in Walt Disney Pictures' long-dormant Herbie series, was released in 2005, starring Lohan and Michael Keaton. Later that year, her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), debuted at #20 on the Billboard 200 before falling to #88 by its fifth week. The first single, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)", premiered on AOL's "First Listen" on 30 September 2005. The music video[12] was directed by Lohan, and features her sister, Aliana, in an expression of the pain Lohan says her family has suffered at the hands of her father. Still, Lohan said, "I hope he sees the positive side of the video rather than the negative."

Her next film, Just My Luck, arrives in theatres on 12 May 2006; A Prairie Home Companion, an independent film directed by Robert Altman, follows on 9 June 2006 (its North American premiere is set for 10 March 2006 at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas). Lohan completed filming the independent Emilio Estevez film Bobby, opposite Elijah Wood, in December, 2005; Chapter 27 with Jared Leto began filming in New York on 9 January 2006.

In the media spotlight

Lohan's family name was originally pronounced 'lō-han but, by 2005, the actress and her mother had settled on 'lō-ən, suggesting a return to its European roots (her heritage is Irish and Italian).[6] She and her family are involved in charity projects such as The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Foundation, Save the Children, The United Cerebral Palsy Association, and her own charity organization, Dream Come True.

Entertainment media claim there is some animosity between Lohan and Hilary Duff (both have taken similar career paths, and both had dated singer Aaron Carter). Lohan and Duff have been quoted in some reports complaining that the other has started a fight, and in other reports saying each hardly knows the other. Lohan also poked fun at the "feud" on Saturday Night Live. At age 17, Lohan moved in with Valderrama in early 2004; their breakup that November made headlines among tabloid publications, which then linked her to several men (Lohan denied ever meeting some reported beaus and said other relationships were strictly professional). She was also portrayed as a "party girl" who spent too much time at clubs with friends like Nicole Richie and Paris and Nicky Hilton. That image, and repeated rumors of breast enhancement (fueled in part by accidental exposures to paparazzi), brought constant denials from Lohan, who later lampooned the tabloids on SNL.

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Lindsay Lohan on the cover of Vanity Fair

Lohan's father has had multiple problems with the law. Michael Lohan spent much of Lindsay's preteen years in prison for securities fraud.[13] In 2005, he was ordered to serve 1½ to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges, including aggravated unlicensed driving and attempted assault.[14] Later that year, Lindsay's parents settled their divorce case; Dina's attorney said she "and the children are delighted that this chapter in their life is over", while Michael's attorney said he "looks forward to rebuilding his relationship with his children".[15]

Three car accidents in 2005 made entertainment headlines. The first was a minor rear-ender, though the victims later threatened to sue Lohan.[16] She suffered minor injuries in a wreck involving a paparazzo who was following her for a photograph (police called the crash intentional, but prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to file criminal charges).[17] Lohan also struck a van in West Hollywood; police ruled that the van's driver made an illegal U-turn.[18]

In early 2005, Lohan exhibited dramatic weight loss, leading to reports suggesting an eating disorder and/or drugs. She told People magazine, "I got a trainer ... Just old-school working out." Later, Lohan admitted that she lost so much weight that she "nearly died"[19] and said, "I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily. I want my boobs back."[20] Her weight gain was evident in later photographs.

In July, 2005, Mattel released a Lindsay Lohan 'My Scene' doll.

Starting on 3 January 2006, Lohan spent about two days at a Miami, Florida, hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack.[21] In a 4 January 2006 interview for Vanity Fair, Lohan admitted using drugs "a little" but denied ever using cocaine, calling it a "sore subject". The article said she had recovered from "bulimic episodes", and that her 2005 hospitalization was for "a swollen liver and kidney infection".[22] One week later, Lohan claimed she was "appalled" that her words were "misused and misconstrued" for the story; the magazine quickly replied that her interview is "on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story."[23]

Discography

Album information
Speak
  • Released: December 7 2004 (North America)
  • Peak chart position: #4 US, #9 CAN
  • U.S. sales: 1.1 million
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
  • Singles:
    • 2004: "Rumors" — #106 US (Gold), #10 AU, #2 CHI, #2 TAI, #22 GER
    • 2005: "Over" — #101 US, #27 UK, #27 AU, #19 IRE
    • 2005: "First" — Failed to Chart in US, #31 AU, #8 TAI
A Little More Personal (Raw)
  • Released: December 6 2005 (North America)
  • Peak chart position: #20 US, #43 CAN
  • U.S. sales: 250,583[24]
  • Singles:
    • 2005: "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" — #57 US, #7 Australia
    • 2005: "I Live for the Day" — Pending[25]

Soundtracks

Remixes

List of Lindsay Lohan Remixes

Filmography

Movies

Year Film Role Other notes
2007 Chapter 27 Friend of Mark David Chapman Filming
2006 Bobby Diane Post-production
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Annie Angels Completed
2006 Just My Luck Ashley Completed
2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded Maggie Peyton  
2004 Mean Girls Cady Heron  
2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Mary Elizabeth "Lola" Cep  
2003 Freaky Friday Anna Coleman  
2002 Get a Clue (TV) Lexy Gold  
2000 Life-Size (TV) Casey Mitchell  
1998 The Parent Trap Hallie Parker/Annie James  

TV work

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Lindsay Lohan and Amy Poehler in a skit from a 2004 episode of SNL

Further reading

  • Lindsay Lohan: A Star on the Rise by Mary Boone (ISBN 1572436891)

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "locationlohan.com". TEENick! Viewers Discuss Name Change. 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  2. ^ "businessinfoport.com". Plenty of Drama in Lohan's Family. 27 February. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  3. ^ "cnn.com". CNN.com: Profiles of Tom Cruise, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Caine. 2 July. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
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  6. ^ a b "filmbug.com". Lindsay Lohan at Filmbug UK. 22 January. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  7. ^ "nytimes.com". Janet Maslin: The Parent Trap: Sisters, Sisters, So Cute and So Well-Dressed. 29 July. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  8. ^ "rogerebert.suntimes.com". Roger Ebert: Freaky Friday review. 6 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  9. ^ "boxofficeguru.com". Weekend Box Office, September 12 - 14, 2003. 15 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  10. ^ "boxofficemojo.com". Brandon Gray: Mean Girls Surprisingly Nice $24.4M Weekend. 3 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ "usatoday.com". The Evolution of Lindsay Lohan. 5 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  12. ^ "billboard.com". Billboard: Lohan Puts "Heart" into Second Album. 30 September. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  13. ^ "rollingstone.com". Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. 19 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  14. ^ "abcnews.com". Lindsay Lohan's Father Gets up to 4 Years. 27 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  15. ^ "sfgate.com". Lohan's Parents Reach Divorce Settlement. 13 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  16. ^ "abc4.com". Lindsay Lohan Sued Over Car Accident. 3 February. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  17. ^ "newsday.com". Photog Gets Break after Lohan Crash. 30 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  18. ^ "abcnews.com". Cops: Paparazzi Had No Role in Lohan Crash. 5 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  19. ^ "femalefirst.co.uk". Lindsay Lohan Hospitalised Amid Weight Loss Fears. 26 October. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  20. ^ "femalefirst.co.uk". Lindsay Lohan's Weight Gain Trainer. 3 August. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  21. ^ "today.reuters.com". Lindsay Lohan in Hospital After Asthma Attack. 3 January. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  22. ^ "news.yahoo.com". Reuters: Lindsay Lohan Admits Drug Use, Bulimia Battle. 4 January. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  23. ^ "nynewsday.com". Lindsay Lohan Says She's "Appalled" by Vanity Fair Article. 10 January. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  24. ^ "bumsquaddjz.com". The BumSquad Chronicles. 18 January. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  25. ^ "mtv.com". MTV News: For the Record. 2 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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