Every teenage girl resonates with the favorite quote, “On Wednesdays, we wear pink” from ‘Mean Girls’. And, this is how Lindsay Lohan cemented herself to be a teen idol sensation. An American actress, model, singer, songwriter, director, and producer, Lohan started her career as a fashion model with Ford Models. Also, she modelled for Calvin Klein Kids and Abercrombie. Before acting, she appeared in 60 television commercials for brands like Pizza Hut, Gap, Wendy's, Jell-O spot etc. By the time she was 10, she acted in Another World (TV series) on NBC.
Her debut film, 1998 Remake of
The Parent Trap was commercially and critically successful. Her next film, Freaky Friday (2003), an American fantasy-comedy directed by Mark Waters also garnered her appreciation. With the movies,
Mean Girls (2004) and
Herbie: Fully Loaded, Lindsay had turned teen idol sensation for teenagers. However, after string of successful movies, Lindsay’s romantic comedy, ‘
Just my Luck’ directed by
Donald Petrie received poor reviews. Thus, she decided to focus on matured roles thereafter.
A Prairie Home Companion (2006), an ensemble comedy film directed by Robert Altman, Bobby (2006) an American drama film directed by Emilio Estevez and
Chapter 27, a biographical film depicting the murder of John Lennon directed by Jarrett Schaefer garnered her appreciation.
In 2004, Lindsay started her singing career with the album, Speak by Casablanca records. It’s 4 million copies sold worldwide and it was certified platinum. However, her next album, A Little More Personal (Raw) was certified gold. In 2008, she resumed back to acting with the movies,
Labour Pains (2009), a romantic comedy film and
Machete (2010), an American action film. After battling with rehabilitation, she starred in films such as Liz & Dick (2012), a biographical television film based on the relationship Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the Canyons (2013), an American erotic thriller-drama film directed by Paul Schrader and docu-series, Lindsay based on her personal life, career and rehabilitation recovery which aired on Oprah Winfrey Network.
Early Life Born on July 2nd, 1986 in New York, Lindsay’s father, Michael Lohan was a Wall Street trader and her mother, Dina was a former dancer and singer. Lindsay’s three siblings- Michael, Jr, Aliana, and Dakota "Cody" Lohan, are also models and singers. She studied at Cold Spring Harbor High School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School.
Personal Life Lindsay Lohan had dated fellow teen star Aaron Carter between 2000 and 2001. In 2004, she dated actor, Wilmer Valderrama. In 2006, she dated Hard Rock Cafe heir, Harry Morton. In May 2007, she dated British TV personality, Calum Best. While in rehab in July 2008, Lohan met and dated snowboarder, Riley Giles. Lohan dated DJ Samantha Ronson in 2008 and 2009. In 2016, she dated Egor Tarabasov, London based Russian millionaire and a real estate agency owner.
Movie Career At the age of 3, Lohan started modelling for prominent brands like Ford Models, Calvin Klein and Abercrombie. At the age of 10, she starred in TV series, Another World which was commercially successful. In 1998, her debut film,
Parent Trap (1998) won her a Young Artist Award for best performance as well as a three-film contract with Disney. Later, she appeared in two Disney movies, Life-Size (2000) and Get a Clue (2002). In 2003, her movie, Freaky Friday won her Saturn Award for Best Performance, Young Artist Award and Teen Choice Award. In 2004, Lohan notched two lead roles in movies,
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and
Mean Girls. The former performed well at the box office but did not meet well with critics. However, the latter won her Teen Choice Award, MTV Movie Award and nomination for Kids Choice Award. After the critical and commercial success of Mean Girls, Lindsay turned a teen idol. She turned the youngest host thereafter and hosted MTV Movie Awards and World Music Awards. In 2005, she starred in Disney movie,
Herbie : Fully Loaded which garnered mixed reviews. For the role, Lindsay won Kids Choice Award and was nominated for Teen Choice Award as well. The movie also includes Lindsay Lohan's third single, "First", Later, she appeared in an episode of That '70s Show and also voiced for the animated film, My Scene Goes Hollywood, based on the series of dolls. Her 2006, romantic comedy,
Just My Luck not only received poor reviews but also earned Lohan her first Golden Raspberry nomination for Worst Actress.
Following this, the actress started focusing on matured roles and appeared in ensemble comedies like
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) and Bobby (2006) as well as biographical film,
Chapter 27. As part of the Bobby ensemble cast, Lohan was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2007, Lohan had been casted for the film, Poor Things. However, owing to her arrest due to drunk driving, she lost the movie eventually. Moreover, she also lost movies such as
I Know Who Killed Me, film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's, A Woman of No Importance and The Edge of Love. Also, due to personal issues and her abysmal professionalism, her career started dwindling.
After a brief break, she starred in
Labor Pains, a romantic comedy directed by Lara Shapiro. Her acting skills were amazingly appropriate and garnered appreciation. In 2013, her movies,
Inappropriate Comedy and the horror comedy,
Scary Movie 5 were released. The former received poor reviews while latter won Lohan Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Screen Combo. Her savior was the movie, The Canyons (2013), an American erotic thriller-drama. It won her Best Female Actor.
Television Career Lohan narrated and presented the British television documentary, Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey. It chronicled around human trafficking in India. In 2012, she appeared in the television series, Glee and also starred in Liz & Dick (2012), a biographical television film based on the relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Her performance in Liz and Dick met with critical reviews. In 2014, Lindsay appeared in docu-series aired on Oprah Winfrey Network. In 2014, Lohan guest-starred in an episode of the CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls.
Stage Career Lohan made her stage debut with Speed-the-Plow, a satire about the movie business of David Mamet in the London West End production.
Singing Career Lohan recorded four songs for "Drama Queen (That Girl) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. 'Speak'(2004) was her debut album which was the highest seller from Casablanca Records until now. Her first two singles from Speak, "Rumors" and "Over," were both remarkably successful nationally as well as internationally. The music video for "Rumors" had been nominated for "Best Pop Video" at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Not only this, it received heavy airplay on MTV's Total Request Live. Her final single, "First," promoted Lohan's film, Herbie: Fully Loaded.
Lohan's second album, A Little More Personal (Raw) was certified Gold. Lohan co-wrote most of the songs on the album and it garnered mixed reviews. Lohan also directed the music video for the album's only single, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father). Her next single "Bossy" notched number one on the US Billboard, Hot Dance Club Play chart.