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Lindsay Lohan (born 2 July 1986Lindsay Lohan is an American actress and pop music singer. Known professionally as , she 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 Disney's 1998 remake of came six years later, shining 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 independent projects, including Robert Altman's

Personal life

Lindsay Lohan 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 ' 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 the start; 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).sup 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 settling in as her daughter's manager.sup Despite the Lohans' wealth, Lindsay attended public schools until just before graduation, finishing her studies at home.sup

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.sup In 2005, he was sent back to prison for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault.sup 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."sup

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.

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.sup 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 (Japan).

Lohan's first auditions for television 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.sup Once hired, the floodgates opened; Lohan has appeared in over 60 commercials, including a Jell-O pudding spot with Bill Cosby. Her ad work led to soap operas, and she was already considered a show-business "veteran"sup , "where she delivered more dialogue than any other 10-year-old in daytime serials" of the time.sup for the big screen when Nancy Meyers cast her as estranged twin sisters who try to reunite their long-divorced parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson) in (1998). Hired 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 Film critic Janet Maslin said Lohan "plays the dual role with ... so much forcefulness that she seems to have been taking shy violet lessons from Sharon Stone."sup 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".sup (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 .

Following a brief hiatus, Lohan auditioned for (and won) the lead teen role in another Disney remake; (2003) starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lohan as a mother and daughter who each get trapped in the other's . Critic Roger Ebert wrote that Lohan "has that Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona,"sup while Carrie Rickey—who panned the film—called Lohan's performance "unpredictable and inspired."sup , his MTV series that played practical jokes on celebrities. Eleven months later, Lohan made a cameo appearance on 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 , her first PG-13 (and first non-Disney) film. Considered her breakout role, the critical and commercial hit grossed over US$86 million (US$129 million worldwide), "cementing her status as the new teen movie queen," wrote Brandon Gray.sup ; Lohan was later asked to host the show, in 2004 and again in 2005.

Lohan returned to Disney for 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."sup , 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, singer) like her idol, Ann-Margret, Lohan began by showcasing her singing talents through her films. For the soundtrack.

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 to be working with Emilio. I am surrounded by a group of very talented people."sup Two years later, Lohan signed a recording contract with Casablanca Records and well-known 'diva-maker' Tommy Mottola. Her début album, , 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, 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 was recorded quickly and rushed into the stores". He called her music "a blend of old-fashioned, Britney-d 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".sup , débuted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, but fell under the top 100 within six weeks. Critics wondered why an album in which Lohan poured out her heart came across instead as a "slick pop production."sup magazine called it "contrived" and said, "for all the so-called weighty subject matter, there's not much meat on these bones."sup

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.sup "It's kind of offensive," she said, "[but] I hope he sees the positive side of the video rather than the negative."

Media spotlight

Lohan became a regular subject of tabloid media after reports of a catfight with Hilary Duff over her relationship with singer Aaron Carter. Lohan and Duff both later said there was no "feud". Lohan was 17 when she moved in with Valderrama in early 2004; their breakup that November made the gossip columns, forcing actors such as Bruce Willis to refer to their relationships as "purely professional."sup Lohan was also portrayed as a "party girl" who frequented clubs with Nicole Richie and Paris and Nicky Hilton, among others ("people [say], 'Oh, she goes out and she parties,'" Lohan said. "No, we are just going out and having fun."sup ), while accidental exposures to paparazzi brought repeated rumors of breast enhancement ("they're real though," she said.sup

Three car accidents in 2005 made headlines. The first was a minor rear-ender, though the victims later threatened to sue Lohan.sup 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).sup Lohan also struck a van in West Hollywood; police ruled that the van's driver made an illegal U-turn.sup in December, it was, Lohan quipped, "because being Big in '05 means getting in three car crashes in one year, people!"sup

A Lindsay Lohan 'My Scene' doll was released by Mattel in 2005.

In early 2005, Lohan exhibited dramatic weight loss, which she attributed to "old-school working out."sup Lohan spent about two days at a Miami, Florida, hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack in January, 2006.sup 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".sup Lohan later said she was "appalled" that her words were "misused and misconstrued" for the article; the magazine replied that her interview was recorded "on tape.