Lindsay Lohan  is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney’s 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11. Lohan gained further fame between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded, subsequently appearing in independent films including Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion  and Emilio Estevez’s Bobby.

Her career was interrupted in 2007 as two driving under the influence (DUI) incidents and three visits to drug rehabilitation facilities led to several lost movie deals. Resuming her career, she guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008, starred in the 2009 comedy Labor Pains, and will appear in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete in 2010. Lohan launched a second career in pop music in 2004 with the album Speak and followed up with A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005. She has attracted significant publicity, particularly surrounding her personal life.

Lohan was born on July 2, 1986, in New York City and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island, New York. She is the eldest child of Donata “Dina” (née Sullivan) and Michael Lohan. Lindsay has three younger siblings, all of whom have been models or actors: Michael Jr. (who appeared with Lindsay in The Parent Trap), Aliana  (“Ali”), and Dakota (“Cody”), the youngest Lohan child.  Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic.  Her maternal family were “well known Irish Catholic stalwarts” and her great-grandfather, John L. Sullivan, was a co-founder of the Pro-life  Party in Long Island. Lohan attended Cold Spring Harbor High School, where she did well in science and mathematics  until grade 11 when she started homeschooling.

Lohan’s parents have a turbulent history. They married in 1985, separated when she was three, and later reunited.They separated again in 2005 and finalized their divorce in 2007. Her father, Michael, is a former Wall Street trader and businessman who inherited his father’s pasta business and has been in trouble with the law on several occasions,while her mother, Dina, is a former singer and dancer.

Lindsay Lohan began her career at the age of three when she signed on to the Ford Modeling Agency. Lohan appeared in dozens of commercials as a child, including ads for Pizza Hut and Jello-O.

Following a stint on the daytime series Another World, Lohan transitioned to the big screen with her first starring role in a feature film. Lohan played Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson’s twin daughters in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.

Lohan followed up The Parent Trap with a series of teen-oriented films including Freaky Friday before tackling more mature film projects.

In 2006 Lohan made the front page of tabloids for her partying ways. There were also reports of Lohan showing up late for film shoots, upsetting her co-stars as well as delaying production. Reports claim Lohan entered Alcoholics Anonymous in order to help her straighten up and ditch drinking.