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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lindsay_lohan_umvd002.jpg]]
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born 1986) is an American actress, model and occasional pop singer who is largely known for the downward spiral her career engaged in after being anointed one of the rising stars of the '00s.

A former child model, Lohan rose to fame when she switched over to acting and landed several major film roles, most notably the Disney remakes of ''TheParentTrap'' and ''FreakyFriday'', as well as the decidedly un-Disney, TinaFey-penned 2003 film ''MeanGirls''.

Like most young, beautiful actresses, Lohan was anointed by the media as [[HollywoodHypeMachine the "next big thing"]]. Unfortunately, this [[ContractualPurity backfired on her]], as Lindsay began [[BottleFairy partying]], using drugs, getting into trouble with the law, and acquiring a reputation throughout Hollywood for being [[ThePrimaDonna a diva]] who showed up to the set late and hung over. Making matters worse was Lohan's disintegrating home life. Her father was an alcoholic {{jerkass}}, who verbally and emotionally abused her on many occasions, the highlight being when he sent police over to her home for no reason and tried to justify it by claiming he was only doing it to "check up on her." Her mother, meanwhile, was a controlling, drug-addicted StageMom, [[FinancialAbuse who sought to exploit her daughter's fame and fortune to live the good life]]. Virtually overnight, Lohan was denounced by the tabloids and media en masse. Her films started [[BoxOfficeBomb tanking at the box office]], and her partying began to alienate Hollywood big shots who found her to be an unreliable worker. A rather high profile, briefly successful attempt to launch a career as a [[IdolSinger pop star]] only further stained her reputation. Several DUI arrests and trips to rehab finally stalled her career.

Her attempt to relaunch her career on TV with a lengthy guest stint on ''UglyBetty'' backfired, and she was fired (or quit, depending on who you ask) shortly after her character was introduced. Save for a minor role in {{Robert Rodriguez}}'s ''{{Machete}}'', the DirectToVideo ''Labor Pains'', and the as-of-now unreleased "Underground Comedy Movie 2010", she hasn't acted in a movie since 2007. Ironically, she was offered the role that eventually went to HeatherGraham in the 2009 film ''TheHangover'', [[ItWillNeverCatchOn but turned it down, not knowing how successful that movie would turn out]] (though she did later mention that she didn't regret turning down the film despite its huge success).

She is bisexual (maybe; she doesn't want to classify herself), though she prefers not to talk about her sexual orientation to reporters. She has been in relationships with [[That70sShow Wilmer Valderrama]] and [[{{Bifauxnen}} Samantha Ronson]], though her father did not approve of Samantha because she is a woman (and because he belived her to be a bad influence on Lindsay).

Lindsay is a MarilynMonroe fangirl, and has recreated some of her famous poses and even has quotes from her tatooed on her arms. Which she has recently removed after finding out that MarilynMonroe was bipolar and deciding that she doesn't want to have that kind of negative influence in her life.
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!!Filmography
* ''APrairieHomeCompanion''
* ''Bobby''
* ''Chapter 27''
* ''ConfessionsOfATeenageDramaQueen''
* ''FreakyFriday''
* ''Georgia Rule''
* ''Get a Clue''
* ''HerbieFullyLoaded''
* ''IKnowWhoKilledMe''
* ''JustMyLuck''
* ''Labor Pains''
* ''Life-Size''
* ''{{Machete}}''
* ''MeanGirls''
* ''TheParentTrap''

!!Discography:
** Speak (2004)
** A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005) 
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!!Provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Her father physically abused her mother several years ago, and then threatened her along with her brother and sisters, nowadays her father is committing FinancialAbuse by exploiting her image at seemingly every oppurtunity.
** Her mother is also guilty of parental neglect, as back in 2003 she reportedly received several phone calls from police who believed that Lindsay was drinking despite being underage at the time, but her mom never responded to any of the calls.
* AdamWesting: Aren't there too many films out there that at least [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory seem to play]] on Lindsay's imperfections?
** Her advertisement for [[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0d646e2edb/lindsay-lohan-s-eharmony-profile eHarmony]].
** Her best example is in ''{{Machete}}'', just read it there.
** Her slutty wild child trait combined with family problems is also paralleled in ''GeorgiaRule''. 
** ''JustMyLuck'' is, well, a journey of RichInDollarsPoorInSense ({{YMMV}}) in the roundabouts of bad luck.
** ''MeanGirls'' may count as well, something like [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil false friends]] making her go [[CorruptTheCutie a downspiral]] that she could [[ContractualPurity hardly undo]].
** There's also ''ConfessionsOfATeenageDramaQueen'' playing in the SmallNameBigEgo department from her [[YourMileageMayVary pre-insanity]] era.
* AmbiguouslyGay / BiTheWay: Is she bisexual? She dated another woman for a while, but she refuses to classify her sexuality.
* AudioErotica: Her distinctive voice is quite a turn-on for some people, especially in songs like ''Stay'' and ''I Wanna Be Bad''
* BiTheWay: Whether her relationship with Sam Ronson was this or IfItsYouItsOkay is debated.
* CloudCuckooLander: Her father most definitely as [[http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/15/michael-lohan-drink-relapse-betty-ford-lindsay-lohan-dina-lohan-video/ this video]] shows.
* CoolCar: She was given a 2010 Onyx Ranger Rover by GI Motors for FREE! Only 300 of those things were ever made.
* CoverVersion: "I Want You to Want Me," "Edge of Seventeen" on her second record.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Disney thought that Lindsay's rack in the ''HerbieFullyLoaded'' remake would pose too much of a distraction for the audience of a family-friendly movie and decided to edit her breasts to appear smaller.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Even those who hate her find themselves agreeing with some of her views, especially in her BBC documentary.
* FieryRedhead
* FinancialAbuse: Her parents never seem to pass up an opportunity to exploit her image for money.
* FormerChildStar: Remember when she was a preteen and starred as twins in ''The Parent Trap''?
* FreudianExcuse: It's widely believed that Lindsay's out-of-control behavior was the result of a poor-upbringing by her StageMom parents, according to one report-her father allegedly blackmailed her into acting when she was little, by beating her mother in front of her and threatening to harm her more unless she worked every day
* {{Hatedom}}: Less in recent years, but Lindsay got a lot of this when she started hanging out with ParisHilton and the [=DUIs=] started happening.
* HiddenDepths: Did a documentary on sex-trafficking and child labor in India.
* HollywoodHypeMachine: A major victim of its nasty end. While the magazines allied with Hollywood at first to make her a star, she soon fell victim to the "It-Girl Curse" and faltered badly, taking the worse end of the tabloids on her way down.
* HollywoodPudgy: Her male ([[EvenTheGirlsWantHer and some female]]) fans definitely seem to like her best when she's more on the curvy side.
** Well she's certainly getting there as recent photos have shown.
* {{Jerkass}}: Her father, Michael is one of the shining examples of this trope, it would take far too long to list every example here, so let's just start with him disowning Lindsay after she came out about her relationship with Samantha Ronson, it hasn't gotten much better since.
** Well it now looks like Lindsay and Michael are currently mending their relationship, hope it'll last.
* SelfDeprecation: She has no problem making fun of her "crazy party girl" image.
* [[HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: In spite of her current reputation as a freewheeling wild child in a downward spiral, Lohan has shown genuine acting chops in several of her films, especially when she plays more than one character in such films as ''The Parent Trap'' and ''Freaky Friday''. Her JamieLeeCurtis impression in the latter is uncanny. 
* StageMom: Her mother Dina is one of the more notorious modern examples.
* YouthfulFreckles

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Like most young, beautiful actresses, Lohan was anointed by the media as [[HollywoodHypeMachine the "next big thing"]]. Unfortunately, this [[ContractualPurity backfired on her]], as Lindsay began [[BottleFairy partying]], using drugs, getting into trouble with the law, and acquiring a reputation throughout Hollywood for being [[ThePrimaDonna a diva]] who showed up to the set late and hung over. Making matters worse was Lohan's disintegrating home life. Her father was an alcoholic {{jerkass}}, who verbally and emotionally abused her on many occasions, the highlight being when he sent police over to her home for no reason and tried to justify it by claiming he was only doing it to "check up on her." Her mother, meanwhile, was a controlling, drug-addicted StageMom, who sought to exploit her daughter's fame and fortune to live the good life. Virtually overnight, Lohan was denounced by the tabloids and media en masse. Her films started [[BoxOfficeBomb tanking at the box office]], and her partying began to alienate Hollywood big shots who found her to be an unreliable worker. A rather high profile, briefly successful attempt to launch a career as a [[IdolSinger pop star]] only further stained her reputation. Several DUI arrests and trips to rehab finally stalled her career.

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24th Aug '11 11:23:46 PM SorataYuy

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Please, please learn to spell.

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