Lindsay Lohan is an actress and pop singer known for her role in the Parent Trap, Mean Girls and in the TV movie Liz & Dick. She has also spent her fair share on the wrong side of the law and has made some scandalous headlines. Here are 50 interesting facts about Lindsay Lohan.
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Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2, 1986 and is of Is of Italian and Irish descent.
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Her full name is Lindsay Dee Lohan and her parents are Michael Lohan, an ex-Wall Street trader and Dina (Sullivan) Lohan, a television personality, actress and manager.
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Lindsay started her career as a child model at the age of 3. She has worked as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch Kids (A&F Kids) and Calvin Klein Kids.
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Lohan went on to appear in commercials for companies such as Wendy's and Jell-O.
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Lindsay's television debut came in 1996 when she won the role of Ali Fowler on the soap opera Another World.
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Lindsay's breakthrough performance was in 1998, when she played twins in the Disney remake of "Parent Trap."
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She confessed on "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) that she fell asleep during the premiere of "The Parent Trap".
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She was a 'straight A' student at school and is skillful at math and science.
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Lindsay was originally offered the role of Penny in "Inspector Gadget" (1999) but turned it down.
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Lohan was once a box office magnet, with hits such as "Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen," "Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded.
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Lindsay Lohan turned down Rachel McAdams' part in Mean Girls. "I couldn't be that mean on screen yet," she told Allure. "My very young fan base would have hated it."
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Lohan dated That 70s show actor Wilmer Valderrama from 2004- 2005. She even guest appeared in a show. According to Vanity Fair, the breakup with Valderrama contributed to Lohan's issues during the Herbie shoot.
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Her first album, "Speak", was released on Casablanca Records in 2004 and it sold more than 250,000 copies domestically in the first week.
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Lindsay's became the MTV Movie Awards youngest host when she hosted in 2004 at the age of 18. She was also the youngest host to win an award for her role in "Freaky Friday."
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In the 1980's her estranged father, Michael Lohan was sentenced to four years in prison for security fraud. In 2005, he went back to jail for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault.
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In 2005, Lohan became the first person to have a My Scene celebrity doll released by Mattel. She also voiced herself in the animated direct-to-DVD film My Scene Goes Hollywood, based on the series of dolls.
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Lohan's second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), was released in December 2005. It peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was eventually certified Gold.
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The music video for the album's first single, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)", was directed by Lohan and features her sister, Ali Lohan. The video is a dramatization of the pain Lohan said her family suffered at the hands of her father.
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Lohan co-wrote most of the songs on the album, which received a mixed critical response
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Her most favorite food is sushi.
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In 2007, Lindsay Lohan was nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for "Bobby" (2006).
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Lindsay Lohan signed a $2 million worth deal to become the spokesperson for America's best-selling acne treatment Proactiv Solution.
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Lohan spoke about her turbulent childhood in 2007, the same year her parents finalized their divorce: "I feel like a second parent in the sense that I helped raise my family...I was put between my mother and father a lot."
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Lohan ranked 3rd on Forbes Magazine's Hollywood's Top Earning Stars Under 21 list in 2007, made $6 million during the year 2006.
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In 2007, she was caught with cocaine while driving under the influence of alcohol with a suspended license.
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Before she was famous, Kim Kardashian was a stylist for Lindsay Lohan along with other stars like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
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Despite having run ins with the law for her drinking and drug abuse, she only had her first sip of alcohol at the age of 17 and admits to not enjoying it one bit. "I was 17. No [I didn't like it], I got really sick and mom made me sleep with vomit still on me so I'd understand how it felt. I didn't drink again throughout high school. I was too scared!"
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She has an Attention Deficit Disorder. "I have severe ADD. I can't stand still. So I take Adderall (a prescription drug) for that, it calms me. I know people who take it to stay up, or girls who take it to supposedly stay slim because it kills your appetite. But I eat all the time. I just take it to stay calm. It works well for me."
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Has a good relationship with Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson.
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Lindsay is allergic to blueberries.
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She wears a size 9 shoe.
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On May 26, 2007, Lohan was arrested after crashing her Mercedes-Benz crashed into a tree in Beverly Hills. She was arrested again July 24 in Santa Monica after she allegedly engaged in a car chase with the mother of her former personal assistant.
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In both cases, Lohan was found in possession of small amounts of cocaine, below the .05 grams required for the more serious felony charges of drug possession, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office.
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Before reporting to jail in 2010, Lindsay Lohan Tweeted her reaction to fans: "The only 'bookings' that i'm familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that i'd be 'booking' into Jail... eeeks!"
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Lohan had her waxwork, on display in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in NYC's Times Square, dressed in a prison chic following her second DUI arrest in a month on July 24, 2007.
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Her sentence also included mandatory rehab. In August 2007, Lohan checked into the Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Sundance, Utah, her third stint in rehab in 2007.
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She insists she does not drink on a regular basis. "I don't drink every day. Heath Ledger (who died from a prescription drugs overdose in 2008) told me to give it up for a year because he'd just done that, and so I did and it wasn't a problem for me. I didn't miss it, I felt good. That's not to say that years from now I won't have a glass of wine at a dinner, but I'd rather not drink and just focus on work."
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She is infamous for arriving late to meetings, court appearances or interviews. "I'm bad with timing. I always panic when people rush me. I'm like, 'I'll be there half an hour early if you just give me my space and don't call me every five seconds.'"
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Lindsay was offered the role of Jade in "The Hangover", but she turned it down. Heather Graham was cast instead.
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Lohan dated DJ Samantha Ronson in 2008 and 2009 "When I was with Samantha I didn't want to leave, because I didn't want to be alone. It was very toxic. And her family controlled anything she did. I still love her as a person."
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In an interview in 2013, she clarified her sexual orientation. "I know I'm straight. I have made out with girls before, and I had a relationship with a girl. ... I think I was looking for something different."
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Prior to appearing in Playboy in October 2011, Lindsay Lohan was reportedly close to bankruptcy. She earned $1 million to pose nude for the men's magazine.
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In November 2012, Lohan starred as Elizabeth Taylor in the made-for-TV movie Liz & Dick. Airing on Lifetime, the movie focuses on the Taylor's relationship with actor Richard Burton (Grant Bowler).
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In December 2012, the IRS seized control of Lindsay's bank accounts to pay back the $233,000 she owes in unpaid federal back taxes. This latest move came just weeks after it was revealed that Charlie Sheen wrote Lindsay a $100,000 check to help pay her debts. Unfortunately that wasn't enough.
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Lindsay Lohan net worth is $500,000.
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In August 2013, Lindsay Lohan earned a reported $2 million to film a series of in-depth interviews with Oprah Winfrey. A large portion of that money will be set aside for taxes, rehab fees and IRS debts.
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The docu-series on Oprah was interrupted because she had a miscarriage. "No one knows this: I had a miscarriage for those two weeks I took off," she said. "It's a very long story."
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She has received great wisdom from fellow Hollywood starlets. "Meryl Streep was nice. She just advised me on my acting and what I needed to do differently, and she told me I needed to go back to live with my mum for a while. ... Jamie Lee Curtis was very kind to me, too. She also told me to listen to good advice and to get rid of the hangers-on."
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The happiest day of her life was when she got the role of Parent Trap. The saddest day was "the day I had to turn myself in to jail, and I had to see my mom's face. I spent 12 days inside and I felt utter shock and cried for four days straight."