Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan
As an adult, Lohan began to take on more varied roles and projects,
including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion. While filming
Herbie: Fully Loaded in 2004, Lohan launched her career in music,
recording and releasing her first studio album, Speak; her second
album, A Little More Personal (Raw), was released in 2005. Biography and career
Lohan 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. Lohan attended a Long Island public school 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, "I look forward to the opportunity to rebuild my relationship with my children." In 2004, Lohan shared an apartment in the Los Angeles, California, area with actress Raven-Symoné. The following year, she bought a home in West Hollywood while still spending much of her time at her family's home in New York. Early work 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 ten-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 (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 was well-received for a family comedy, bringing in US$92 million worldwide. Film critic Janet Maslin found Lohan's dual performances so forceful "that she seems to have been taking shy violet lessons from Sharon Stone.". Critic Kenneth Turan called Lohan "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 praised Lohan's "Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona," while Carrie Rickey—who panned the film—called her performance "unpredictable and inspired.". Through 2005, Friday was Lohan's biggest commercial film success. Actor/producer Ashton Kutcher considered Lohan a sufficient ratings
draw in December 2003 to feature her in the second-season finale
of Punk'd, his MTV series that plays practical jokes on celebrities
(the episode was widely reported as the end of the series—also
a practical joke). Eleven months later, Lohan appeared on That '70s
Show opposite Kutcher and her then-boyfriend, actor Wilmer Valderrama. Lohan was given the lead in two films, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (her first 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; "Though still a promising star," Robert K. Elder wrote, "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. "Lohan dazzles us once more," said Steve Rhodes. "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 three times,
in 2004, 2005, and 2006. 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, opened in May 2006 to poor reviews and tepid box office receipts. The following month, A Prairie Home Companion—an ensemble film directed by Robert Altman—fared far better, debuting at #7 in limited release. "Lohan rises to the occasion," writes Peter Travers, "delivering a rock-the-house version of 'Frankie and Johnny'.". Lohan completed filming the independent Emilio Estevez film, Bobby, opposite Elijah Wood, in December 2005; its release is scheduled for November 22, 2006. Chapter 27 with Jared Leto began filming in New York on January 9, 2006, and had wrapped by March. Three new projects were announced in April 2006: Lohan will portray a girl molested by her stepfather in Georgia Rule starring opposite Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda, and a speech assistant to Adrien Brody in Speechless. In May, Lohan joined Annette Bening and Sean Bean as the announced stars of the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance.
Music 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—who said she was "extremely excited"—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. "With just two hit films under her belt," wrote Stephen
Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide, "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". 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. She said "It's kind of offensive" but "I hope he sees the positive side of the video rather than the negative." Lohan announced plans to record a third album starting in April 2006. She also is set to perform "If it's Alright" for Flushed Away.
Media spotlight In July 2005, she participated in the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, an effort to help prevent teenagers from smoking cigarettes and to help current smokers quit. (Lohan, who began smoking in 2004, was also trying to break the habit as of early 2006.) Lohan's three car accidents in 2005 made headlines. The first was a minor rear-ender, though the victims later threatened to sue her. She suffered minor injuries when a paparazzo who was following her for a photograph hit her car (police called the crash intentional, but prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to file criminal charges). Lohan also struck a van in West Hollywood; police ruled that the van's driver made an illegal U-turn. When VH1 named Lohan "Big 'It' Girl" for its 'Big' in '05 Awards in December, it was, Lohan quipped, "because being Big in '05 means getting in three car crashes in one year, people!" A Lindsay Lohan 'My Scene' doll was released by Mattel in 2005. That same year, Lohan exhibited dramatic weight loss, which she attributed to "old-school working out.". Later, Lohan admitted that she "nearly died" and said, "I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily. I want my boobs back.". Lohan spent about two days at a Miami, Florida, hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack in January 2006. That same week, Vanity Fair released an interview in which Lohan admitted using drugs "a little" (she 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". Lohan later said she was "appalled" that her words were "misused and misconstrued" for the article; the magazine replied, "Every word [was recorded] on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story." Lohan was interviewed for the March 2006 issue of Allure magazine;
she said she hoped to be taken seriously as an actress, adding,
"I hate it when people call me a teen queen." She addressed
the numerous romantic rumors ("I know now that I don't need
a boyfriend.") and her weight loss ("I will say that I
went through a phase. I lost weight when I was in the hospital,
and then I wanted to keep it off."). Lohan says 2005 "felt
like five lifetimes because I've grown up a lot". Filmography
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Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2, 1986), known professionally
as Lindsay Morgan Lohan, is an American actress, pop music singer,
and former fashion model. She started in show business as a child
model for magazine ads and television commercials. At age ten, she
began her acting career on a soap opera; at eleven, 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.
