Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress, singer, and producer. Born on July 2, 1986, in the Bronx, New York City, she grew up on Long Island in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor. She is the eldest child of Dina and Michael Lohan and has three younger siblings. Lohan was raised Catholic and began home-schooling in the eleventh grade. Her career in the entertainment industry began at age three when she signed with Ford Models, leading to appearances in numerous commercials and print campaigns.

Lohan gained early recognition as a child actress on the soap operas Guiding Light in 1993 and Another World from 1996 to 1997. Her feature film breakthrough came in 1998 when she starred in the dual role of identical twins in Disney's remake of The Parent Trap. The film's critical and commercial success earned her a Young Artist Award and a multi-picture contract with Disney. She subsequently starred in the television movies Life-Size in 2000 and Get a Clue in 2002.

In 2003, Lohan starred alongside Jamie Lee Curtis in the hit comedy Freaky Friday, which earned her the award for Breakthrough Performance at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards. She established herself as a prominent leading lady in 2004 with Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and the teen comedy Mean Girls. Her performance as Cady Heron in Mean Girls gained widespread acclaim and was later ranked as the eleventh-best film performance of the 21st century by The New Yorker. Concurrently, she launched a music career with Casablanca Records, releasing the platinum-certified album Speak in 2004 and the gold-certified A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005.

Seeking to broaden her acting repertoire, Lohan transitioned into independent feature films, including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion, Emilio Estevez's Bobby, and the drama Chapter 27. She also starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded in 2005, Just My Luck in 2006, and Georgia Rule in 2007. During the mid-2000s, her personal struggles and legal issues became heavily covered by tabloid media. Her later film credits during this era included Machete in 2010, the television movie Liz & Dick in 2012, and The Canyons in 2013.

In 2014, Lohan was the subject of the docu-series Lindsay and made her stage debut in a West End production of Speed-the-Plow. She later appeared in the comedy series Sick Note in 2018. Returning to mainstream film, she starred in a series of Netflix romantic comedies, including Falling for Christmas in 2022, Irish Wish in 2024, and Our Little Secret in 2024, followed by Freakier Friday in 2025.

Throughout her career, Lohan's accolades include three MTV Movie & TV Awards, alongside nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Saturn Award, and three Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Outside of acting and music, she launched a clothing line in 2008 and operated several clubs in Greece between 2016 and 2018. Lohan is married and has one son.