Lindsay Dee Lohan (born 2 July
1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Known
professionally as Lindsay Morgan Lohan, she 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 Disney's 1998 remake of The
Parent Trap. Lohan's breakout role as a leading actress
came six years later with Mean Girls, which shone the
media spotlight on her professional and personal lives—including
her nightlife and her parents' marital and legal struggles.As
an adult, Lohan began to take on more mature roles and
projects, including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion.
While filming Herbie: Fully Loaded, Lohan recorded and
released Speak in 2004, launching her career in music;
her second album was released in 2005.
Biography and career
Personal
Lohan was born in New York City and raised
in Merrick, Long Island, New York. She is the eldest
child of Michael and Dina (née Sullivan) Lohan,
both former actors. She has two younger brothers, Michael
and Dakota ("Cody"), and a younger sister,
Aliana ("Ali"). Lohan—who originally
pronounced her name 'lo-han but later settled on 'lo-?n—is
of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised Catholic.
She and her family have donated time and money to 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.
Lohan's
family was financially comfortable from its inception;
her father had inherited his family's pasta business,
and Lindsay helped him create Denata's Pasta Chips.
Michael Lohan later sold the business to trade in
futures (briefly becoming President of New York Futures
Traders). More recently, he worked as an investment
banker, securing funding for independent films. Lindsay's
mother, a former Rockette at Radio City Music Hall,
was a Wall Street analyst before becoming her daughter's
manager.Despite the family's wealth, Lohan attended
public schools until just before her high school graduation,
finishing her studies at home.
Like
most celebrities, Lohan and her family have endured
public scrutiny of their private lives. It was revealed
in 2004 that Michael Lohan had spent much of Lindsay's
preteen years in prison for securities fraud.In 2005,
he was sent back to prison for "aggravated unlicensed
driving" and attempted assault. Later that year,
Lindsay's parents settled their divorce case; her
mother's attorney said, "Dina and the children
are delighted that this chapter in their lives is
finally over", while her father, through his
lawyer, said, " look forward to the opportunity
to rebuild my relationship with my children."In
2005, Lohan bought a home in Beverly Hills, California,
but still spent much of her time at her family's home
in New York.
Early
work
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 child found
little work at first. She persisted, and eventually
appeared in more than 100 print ads for Toys "R"
Us.[9] She also modeled for Calvin Klein Kids (usually
with siblings Michael and Ali) and Abercrombie Kids.
Through young adulthood, Lohan was featured in such
diverse magazines as Vogue, Elle, Bliss (UK),("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
did not get the job. She was hired, and Lohan went
on to appear in over 60 commercials, including a Jell-O
pudding spot with Bill Cosby. Her ad work led to roles
in soap operas, and she was already considered a show-business
"veteran" in 1996 when she landed the role
of Alexandra "Alli" Fowler on Another World,
"where she delivered more dialogue than any other
10-year-old in daytime serials" of the time.
Lohan
gave up Another World for the big screen when director
Nancy Meyers cast her as estranged twin sisters who
try to reunite their long-divorced parents (Dennis
Quaid and Natasha Richardson) in The Parent Trap (1998).
Hired in 1997 at age 10, Lohan was 11 when filming
began in England and California (both in Los Angeles
and the Napa Valley). "I left school for eight
months," she said. "When I came back, my
friends [asked], 'Where'd you go?' I said, 'My family
and I went on a long vacation.' Then the movie came
out, and they were, like, 'Um, Lindsay? That's you
in Parent Trap,' and I said, 'Oh, yeah. I also did
this movie while we were gone.'"Trap did well
at the box office, bringing in US$92 million worldwide.
Film critic Janet Maslin said that Lohan "plays
the dual role with ... so much forcefulness that she
seems to have been taking shy violet lessons from
Sharon Stone." Critic Kenneth Turan wrote, "Lohan's
the soul of this film as much as Hayley Mills was
of the original, and ... she is more adept than her
predecessor at creating two distinct personalities".
Signed
by Disney to a three-film contract, Lohan was offered
the role of Penny in Inspector Gadget but, after seven
months' work on The Parent Trap, she turned it down.
Later, she starred in two original television 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), but Lohan—then
14—quit when the production moved from New York
to Los Angeles. In 2001, she hosted the ABC-TV commercial
series commemorating Walt Disney's 100th birthday
during a rebroadcast of The Parent Trap.
Following
a brief hiatus, Lohan auditioned for (and won) the
lead teen role in another Disney remake; Freaky Friday
(2003) starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lohan as a mother
and daughter who each get trapped in the other's body.
Critic Roger Ebert wrote that Lohan "has that
Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus
beneath her teenage persona," while Carrie Rickey—who
panned the film—called Lohan's performance "unpredictable
and inspired." Through 2005, Friday was Lohan's
biggest commercial film success.
Actor/producer
Ashton Kutcher considered Lohan enough of a household
name in December 2003 to feature her in the second-season
finale of Punk'd, his MTV series that plays practical
jokes on celebrities. Eleven months later, Lohan made
a cameo appearance on That '70s Show opposite Kutcher
and her then-boyfriend, actor Wilmer Valderrama.
Breakout
role
Lohan was given the lead in two films, Confessions
of a Teenage Drama Queen (her first Disney feature
that was not a remake) and Paramount's Mean Girls,
both released in 2004. Drama Queen was a moderate
success at the box office, but a failure with critics;
Robert K. Elder wrote, "Though still a promising
star, Lohan will have to do a little penance before
she's forgiven for Confessions." That "penance"
came with Mean Girls, her first PG-13 (and first non-Disney)
film. Her breakout lead performance pushed the critical
and commercial hit to grosses of over US$86 million
domestically and US$129 million worldwide, "cementing
her status as the new teen movie queen," wrote
Brandon Gray.Steve Rhodes said, "Lohan dazzles
us once more ... the smartly written script is a perfect
match for her intelligent brand of comedy."Mean
Girls was scripted by Tina Fey and featured several
alumni of Saturday Night Live; Lohan was asked to
host the show in 2004 and again in 2005.
Lohan
returned to Disney for Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005),
the fifth film in the long-dormant Herbie series.
Her rising popularity allowed her to choose from a
wider variety of projects and, at age 19, Lohan felt
Herbie would help her make the transition into more
grown-up roles. "In most of my other films, I
was in high school," she said. "Here, [my
character is] just out of college. It's nice to be
able to do something that I think will be acceptable
to the fan base I've accumulated from my Disney movies,
but subconsciously they'll see me getting older and
maturing." Fully Loaded did well at the box office,
earning more in international release than in the
United States.
Her
next film, Just My Luck, is scheduled for theatrical
release on 12 May 2006; A Prairie Home Companion,
an ensemble 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.
Music
Hoping to become a "triple threat" (actor/model/singer)
like her idol, Ann-Margret, Lohan began by showcasing
her singing talents through her films. For the Freaky
Friday soundtrack, she sang the closing theme, "Ultimate";
she also recorded four songs for the Confessions of
a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack.
Producer
Emilio Estefan, Jr., signed Lohan to a five-album
production deal in 2002. "The minute I heard
her sing, I knew she was gifted," he said, "and
[she] has an incredible ability to connect with her
audience. I am very excited to be working with her."
Lohan said she was "extremely excited" and
added, "I am surrounded by a group of very talented
people." Two years later, Lohan signed a recording
contract with Casablanca Records, headed by "diva-maker"
Tommy Mottola. Her début album, Speak, was
released in December 2004, and peaked at number four
on the Billboard 200. By early 2005, it was certified
Platinum. Though primarily a pop-rock album, Speak
was introduced with the single "Rumors",
described by Rolling Stone as "a bass-heavy,
angry club anthem".Its sexually-suggestive video
reached number one on MTV's TRL and was nominated
for Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Rumors" eventually earned a Gold certification.
"[W]ith
just two hit films under her belt," Stephen Thomas
Erlewine of All Music Guide wrote, "Lohan decided
it was time to turn [herself] into a multimedia, cross-platform
star ... and so Speak was recorded quickly and rushed
into the stores". He called her music "a
blend of old-fashioned, Britney-styled dance-pop and
the anthemic, arena rock sound pioneered by fellow
tween stars Hilary Duff and Ashlee Simpson. [However,]
Lohan stands apart from the pack with her party-ready
attitude and her husky voice".
In December
2005, her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw),
débuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart,
but fell under the top 100 within six weeks. Reviews
were mixed; critics wondered why an album in which
Lohan poured out her heart came across instead as
a "slick pop production."Slant magazine
called it "contrived" and said, "for
all the so-called weighty subject matter, there's
not much meat on these bones." Still, A Little
More Personal (Raw) was certified Gold on 18 January
2006.
The
music video for her first single, "Confessions
of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)"—directed
by Lohan and featuring the acting début of
her sister, Ali—was a dramatization of the pain
Lohan says her family has suffered at the hands of
her father."It's kind of offensive," she
said, "[but] I hope he sees the positive side
of the video rather than the negative."
Filmography
2007 Chapter 27 Friend of Mark David Chapman Post-production
2006 Bobby Diane Post-production
A Prairie Home Companion Annie Angels Premiere: June,
2006
Just My Luck Ashley Premiere: May, 2006
2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded Maggie Peyton
2004 Mean Girls Cady Heron
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
Television
Saturday Night Live - Host of the season finale, 21
May 2005
Saturday Night Live - Cameo for Weekend Update, 11
December 2004
That '70s Show - "Mother's Little Helper"
episode, 10 November 2004
Saturday Night Live - Host, 1 May 2004
Punk'd - one episode, 14 December 2003 (see above)
Bette (2000–2001) (appeared 11 October 2000
in pilot episode only)
Another World - 1996–1997
Discography
Albums
A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
Speak (2004)
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