Lindsay Dee Lohan (;
born July 2, 1986)
is an American
actress,
model, and
singer songwriter. Lohan started in show business as a
child fashion model for magazine advertisements and television commercials. At 11, she made her motion picture debut in
Disney's 1998 remake of
The Parent Trap.
Lohan rose to stardom between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films
Freaky Friday,
Mean Girls and
Herbie: Fully Loaded. She subsequently appeared in independent movies like
Robert Altman's
A Prairie Home Companion and
Bobby. Her career was interrupted in 2007 as two
DUI incidents and three visits to
rehabilitation facilities led to several lost movie deals. She guest starred in the TV series
Ugly Betty in 2008 and filmed
Robert Rodriguez's
Machete in 2009.
