Lindsay Lohan
Actress
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress and singer who became one of the most prominent young stars of the early 2000s. Beginning as a child performer, she headlined a series of popular family and teen films before her career and personal life drew extensive media attention, and she later staged a notable comeback through streaming romantic comedies in the 2020s.
Early life
Lindsay Dee Lohan was born on July 2, 1986, in New York City and grew up on Long Island. She began working as a child model and appeared in commercials from a young age. She moved into acting with a role on the soap opera Another World before her film breakthrough as a preteen.
Career
Lohan rose to fame with the Disney remake The Parent Trap (1998), in which she played twin sisters separated at birth, earning widespread praise for her dual performance at the age of eleven and establishing her as a sought-after young actress. She built on that success with hit films including Freaky Friday (2003) and Mean Girls (2004), the latter becoming a defining teen comedy of its era and a lasting part of popular culture. During this period she also pursued music, releasing the albums Speak (2004) and A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005).
In the mid-2000s Lohan was one of Hollywood's most visible young actresses, appearing in films such as Herbie: Fully Loaded and Just My Luck, but her career was increasingly overshadowed by widely reported personal and legal difficulties. Her film output slowed in the following years, though she continued to take on acting projects across film, television and stage, including a London theatre production of Speed-the-Plow and a reality television series documenting her life and work.
Recent work
Lohan returned to mainstream prominence in the 2020s through a multi-film deal with Netflix, headlining romantic comedies including Falling for Christmas (2022), Irish Wish (2024) and Our Little Secret (2024). The films were popular with the platform's audience and marked a successful comeback that reintroduced her to a broad viewership. She has spoken about a more settled personal life, having married the financier Bader Shammas and started a family, and has presented her return to acting as a new and more stable chapter. She continues to take on new screen roles, re-establishing herself as a working actress after a period away from leading parts and drawing on the goodwill associated with her early hits.