Lindsay Lohan
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Lindsay Morgan Lohan (born 2 July 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan was born in New York City and raised in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. By 2005, she was splitting her time between her family's home and her residence in Beverly Hills, California.
Modeling
Freckle-faced, auburn-haired Lindsay Lohan began her career as a model for Ford Models at age three, at a time when blue-eyed blondes were in highest demand. She later worked for Calvin Klein Kids and Abercrombie Kids. Lohan has been featured in such diverse magazines as Vogue, Elle, Bliss (UK), Хай Клуб ("High Club", Bulgaria), and Blenda (Japan).
Television
As a child, Lohan appeared in more than 60 commercials and was a regular on soap operas, 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." [1]
As a teen, Lohan starred in two Disney Channel original movies, Life-Size and Get a Clue. She also played Bette Midler's daughter in the first episode of the short-lived series Bette before bowing out when the production moved from New York to Los Angeles.
Three years later, Lohan was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher—a practical joke that led Lohan to believe that her limousine driver had missed the birth of his child. On 8 November 2004, Lohan made a much-publicized cameo appearance on That '70s Show, playing Danielle opposite Kelso (Kutcher) and Fez (then-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama).
Lohan has hosted Saturday Night Live twice.
Film
Lohan gave up her role on Another World when Nancy Meyers cast her as estranged twin sisters who try to reunite her 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." [2]
Her next feature, Freaky Friday (2003), starred 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." [3]. The film was a huge commercial success. [4]
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 of which were 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. 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." [5]
In 2005, Lohan starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded, the fifth film in Walt Disney Pictures' long-dormant Herbie series. Her next film, Just My Luck, is set for release in March, 2006. In July, 2005, she finished work on A Prairie Home Companion (due out in the summer of 2006), an independent film directed by Robert Altman.
By December, 2005, Lohan was shooting the independent Emilio Estevez film Bobby, opposite Elijah Wood. The month before, Variety also reported her involvement in Chapter 27 with Jared Leto. [6]
Music
In 2002, Lohan signed a five-album production deal with record producer Emilio Estefan. For the 2003 Freaky Friday soundtrack, she performed the theme song, "Ultimate". The next year, she recorded four songs for the Drama Queen soundtrack.
In 2004, Lohan signed a recording contract with Casablanca Records and well-known "diva-maker" Tommy Mottola. Her debut album, Speak, was issued on 7 December 2004, and was certified platinum by early 2005. Speak's lead single, "Rumors", was a strong digital seller and 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. However, the singles "Over" and "First" (the latter featured on the Herbie: Fully Loaded soundtrack), saw only moderate sales, and the album was dismissed by critics as merely a way to cash in on Lohan's popularity.
Her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), was released on 6 December 2005, debuting at #20 on the Billboard 200 before falling to #46 in its second week. The first single, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)", premiered on AOL's "First Listen" on 30 September 2005. The accompanying music video [7] 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. Nevertheless, Lohan hopes "he sees the positive side of the video rather than the negative."
In the media spotlight
Entertainment media claim there is some animosity between Lohan and Hilary Duff (both have taken similar career paths, and both had previously 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 entertainment headlines. Tabloids then linked her to Bruce Willis and Jake Gyllenhaal, among others. 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.
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 at one point that she "nearly died" [8], and said, "I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily. I want my boobs back." [9] Her weight gain was evident in later photographs.
In July, 2005, Mattel released a Lindsay Lohan 'My Scene' doll.
Personal life
Lindsay is the eldest child of Michael and Dina (née Sullivan) Lohan. She has three younger siblings, Michael, Aliana ("Ali") and Dakota ("Cody"). Ali is an aspiring model and actress.
Lohan's family name was originally pronounced LOW-han but, by 2005, the actress and her mother seemed to settle on LOW-en, suggesting a return to its European roots (her heritage is Irish and Italian). In 2005, Lohan said on the cable television show TEENick that her middle name originally was Dee, but she later changed it to Morgan.
Lohan is 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.
Lohan's father has had multiple problems with the law. In May, 2005, Michael Lohan was ordered to serve 1½ to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges, including aggravated unlicensed driving and attempted assault [10]. He admitted to a drinking problem, saying he was being kept away from his children, but he did not address the reasons for the estrangement. On 26 August 2005, as part of a divorce petition filed by Dina Lohan, a Nassau County judge denied her husband a portion of Lindsay's earnings (Michael argued Dina's "pay" as their daughter's manager was a "marital asset"), and further wrote that Lindsay had been filling "the void created by (Michael's) lack of support." [11] On 12 December 2005, 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"; Michael's attorney said he "looks forward to rebuilding his relationship with his children". [12]
On 31 May 2005, Lohan suffered minor injuries in a car accident involving a paparazzo who was following her for a photograph (police said the crash was intentional, and they arrested him for assault with a deadly weapon). She was involved in another accident on 4 October 2005, when her black Mercedes-Benz convertible struck a van in West Hollywood. Police ruled that the van's driver made an illegal U-turn. [13]
Discography
| Album information |
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Speak
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A Little More Personal (Raw)
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Soundtracks
- Freaky Friday (August 4, 2003)
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (February 17, 2004)
Remixes
Filmography
Movies
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chapter 27 | Friend of Mark David Chapman | Pre-production |
| 2006 | Bobby | Diane | Filming |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Annie Angels | Post-production |
| 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
- Saturday Night Live - Host of the season finale, May, 2005
- Saturday Night Live - Cameo for Weekend Update, December, 2004
- That '70s Show - "Mother's Little Helper" episode, November, 2004
- Saturday Night Live - Host, May, 2004
- Punk'd - one episode, 2003 (see above)
- Bette (2000–2001) (appeared in pilot only; credited in episode two, but does not appear)
- Life-Size - 2000
- Another World - 1996–1997
Further reading
- Lindsay Lohan: A Star on the Rise by Mary Boone (ISBN 1572436891)
References
- Press coverage
- Gray, Brandon. 'Mean Girls' Surprisingly Nice $24.4M Weekend. Box Office Mojo. May 3, 2004. Retrieved September 29, 2005.
- Brett, Anwar. "Lindsay Lohan: Mean Girls", BBC interview. June 3, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2005.
- Petski, Denise. "Lindsay Lohan injured in car crash", San Jose Mercury News. October 5, 2005. Retrieved October 5, 2005.
- "Lohan Crashes Car -- Again", CBS News. October 5, 2005. Retrieved October 5, 2005.
- Post Chronicle Lindsay Lohan's Obsession With Weight Loss Almost Killed Her November 1, 2005. Retrieved November 3, 2005.
- Databases
- Lindsay Lohan: Worldwide Charts (top40-charts.com)
- All Music Guide: Lindsay Lohan
- RIAA Searchable Database (US Certifications)
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