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'''Lindsay''' Dee '''Lohan''' (born July 2 1986) is an American model and occasional pop singer and actress, 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 2004 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.

She was recently cast to play ElizabethTaylor in a [[LifetimeMovieOfTheMonth Lifetime BioPic]]
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!!Filmography
* ''TheParentTrap'' (1999)
* ''Life-Size'' (2000)
* ''Get a Clue'' (2002)
* ''FreakyFriday'' (2003)
* ''ConfessionsOfATeenageDramaQueen'' (2004)
* ''MeanGirls'' (2004)
* ''HerbieFullyLoaded'' (2005)
* ''MySceneGoesHollywood'' (2005)
* ''JustMyLuck'' (2006)
* ''APrairieHomeCompanion'' (2006)
* ''Bobby'' (2006)
* ''Georgia Rule'' (2007)
* ''IKnowWhoKilledMe'' (2007)
* ''Chapter 27'' (2008)
* ''Labor Pains'' (2009)
* ''Lindsay Lohan's Indian Adventure'' (2010) (Documentary)
* ''{{Machete}}'' (2010)
* ''Underground Comedy'' (2012)


!!Discography:
** Speak (2004)
** A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
** Spirit In The Dark (TBA)
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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 opportunity.
** 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.
** ''My Innocence, Confessions of a Broken Heart'' are about this situation.
* ActingForTwo: ''TheParentTrap'' and IKnowWhoKilledMe
* 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 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'' .
* BreakUpSong: ''If It's Alright'', ''Over'', ''If You Were Me'', ''Black Hole'',
* AmbiguouslyGay / BiTheWay: Is she bisexual? She dated another woman for a while, but she refuses to classify her sexuality.
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: When she returned to being a redhead in 2012
* BiTheWay: Whether her relationship with Samantha 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: "[[CheapTrick I Want You to Want Me]]" and "[[StevieNicks 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.
* DevelopmentHell: Despite an actual want for her third album-"Spirit In The Dark" to come out. It has not come out. In development since 08. Considering the healing power of music. This is rather unhealthy...
* 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''?
* FollowYourHeart ''La Bella Vita'', ''Fastlane'', ''Disconnected'', ''I Live For The Day'', ''Anything But Me''
* 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.
* GodivaHair: She sports this in a memorable scene in ''{{Machete}}''.
* GreenEyedMonster: Invoked in "First"
* 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.
* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Something I Never Had", "Black Hole"
* MotherDaughterThreesome: She's the daughter in ''{{Machete}}''.
* PrettyInMink: Has worn lots of furs.
* RockstarSong: ''Fastlane, A Beautiful Life (La Bella Vita)'' and ''Rumours'' are examples of this trope.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Fastlane", "A Beautiful Life(La Bella Vita)", "Anything But Me", "Disconnected", "I Live For The Day" and there are probably more...
* SelfDeprecation: She has no problem making fun of her "crazy party girl" image, as seen on her recent ''SaturdayNightLive'' episode in which she played a jailbird version of herself in the "Scared Straight" recurring sketch (she even mentions the movies she was in and her arrest for stealing a diamond necklace).
* [[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.
* SillyLoveSongs: ''Who Loves You'', ''Very Last Moment In Time'',''Symptoms of You'',
* TakeThat: ''My Innocence'' is this to her own father.
* TheRival: Back in the day when she was more known for her work ethic instead of her partying...HilaryDuff
* YouthfulFreckles
* YourCheatingHeart: "If You Were Me", "Something I Never Had"
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'''Lindsay''' Dee '''Lohan''' (born July 2 1986) is an American model and occasional pop singer and actress, 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 2004 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.

She was recently cast to play ElizabethTaylor in a [[LifetimeMovieOfTheMonth Lifetime BioPic]]
----
!!Filmography
* ''TheParentTrap'' (1999)
* ''Life-Size'' (2000)
* ''Get a Clue'' (2002)
* ''FreakyFriday'' (2003)
* ''ConfessionsOfATeenageDramaQueen'' (2004)
* ''MeanGirls'' (2004)
* ''HerbieFullyLoaded'' (2005)
* ''MySceneGoesHollywood'' (2005)
* ''JustMyLuck'' (2006)
* ''APrairieHomeCompanion'' (2006)
* ''Bobby'' (2006)
* ''Georgia Rule'' (2007)
* ''IKnowWhoKilledMe'' (2007)
* ''Chapter 27'' (2008)
* ''Labor Pains'' (2009)
* ''Lindsay Lohan's Indian Adventure'' (2010) (Documentary)
* ''{{Machete}}'' (2010)
* ''Underground Comedy'' (2012)


!!Discography:
** Speak (2004)
** A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
** Spirit In The Dark (TBA)
----
!!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 opportunity.
** 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.
** ''My Innocence, Confessions of a Broken Heart'' are about this situation.
* ActingForTwo: ''TheParentTrap'' and IKnowWhoKilledMe
* 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 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'' .
* BreakUpSong: ''If It's Alright'', ''Over'', ''If You Were Me'', ''Black Hole'',
* AmbiguouslyGay / BiTheWay: Is she bisexual? She dated another woman for a while, but she refuses to classify her sexuality.
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: When she returned to being a redhead in 2012
* BiTheWay: Whether her relationship with Samantha 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: "[[CheapTrick I Want You to Want Me]]" and "[[StevieNicks 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.
* DevelopmentHell: Despite an actual want for her third album-"Spirit In The Dark" to come out. It has not come out. In development since 08. Considering the healing power of music. This is rather unhealthy...
* 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''?
* FollowYourHeart ''La Bella Vita'', ''Fastlane'', ''Disconnected'', ''I Live For The Day'', ''Anything But Me''
* 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.
* GodivaHair: She sports this in a memorable scene in ''{{Machete}}''.
* GreenEyedMonster: Invoked in "First"
* 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.
* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Something I Never Had", "Black Hole"
* MotherDaughterThreesome: She's the daughter in ''{{Machete}}''.
* PrettyInMink: Has worn lots of furs.
* RockstarSong: ''Fastlane, A Beautiful Life (La Bella Vita)'' and ''Rumours'' are examples of this trope.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Fastlane", "A Beautiful Life(La Bella Vita)", "Anything But Me", "Disconnected", "I Live For The Day" and there are probably more...
* SelfDeprecation: She has no problem making fun of her "crazy party girl" image, as seen on her recent ''SaturdayNightLive'' episode in which she played a jailbird version of herself in the "Scared Straight" recurring sketch (she even mentions the movies she was in and her arrest for stealing a diamond necklace).
* [[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.
* SillyLoveSongs: ''Who Loves You'', ''Very Last Moment In Time'',''Symptoms of You'',
* TakeThat: ''My Innocence'' is this to her own father.
* TheRival: Back in the day when she was more known for her work ethic instead of her partying...HilaryDuff
* YouthfulFreckles
* YourCheatingHeart: "If You Were Me", "Something I Never Had"
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** ''JustMyLuck'' is, well, a journey of RichInDollarsPoorInSense ({{YMMV}}) in the roundabouts of bad luck.

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** ''JustMyLuck'' is, well, a journey of RichInDollarsPoorInSense ({{YMMV}}) in the roundabouts of bad luck.
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** Though it should be said that Lindsay purposefully held back on finishing the album because she said it was too strenuous to focus on both her acting and her music career at the same time.
*** Also, several tracks from the album have been leaked onto the internet.
*** Still stuck in DevelopmentHell though.
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She was recently cast to play ElizabethTaylor in a [[LifetimeMovieOfTheMonth Lifetime BioPic]]
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* {{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, and it hasn't gotten much better since.
** Now he's been arrested for abusing his girlfriend, Kate Majors, and if Lindsay's Tweet immediately after that event is any indication, Michael is all but dead to her now.
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* CoverVersion: "I Want You to Want Me," and "Edge of Seventeen" on her second record.

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* CoverVersion: "I "[[CheapTrick I Want You to Want Me," Me]]" and "Edge "[[StevieNicks Edge of Seventeen" Seventeen]]" on her second record.
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* CaptainObvious: "[R]ehab was a sobering experience."
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* CaptainObvious: "[R]ehab was a sobering experience."
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** Now he's been arrested for abusing his girlfriend, Kate Majors, and if Lindsay's latest tweet is any indication, Michael is all but dead to her now.

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** Now he's been arrested for abusing his girlfriend, Kate Majors, and if Lindsay's latest tweet Tweet immediately after that event is any indication, Michael is all but dead to her now.
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* SelfDeprecation: She has no problem making fun of her "crazy party girl" image.

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* SelfDeprecation: She has no problem making fun of her "crazy party girl" image.image, as seen on her recent ''SaturdayNightLive'' episode in which she played a jailbird version of herself in the "Scared Straight" recurring sketch (she even mentions the movies she was in and her arrest for stealing a diamond necklace).
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: When she returned to being a redhead in 2012
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* ActingForTwo: ''TheParentTrap''

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* ActingForTwo: ''TheParentTrap''''TheParentTrap'' and IKnowWhoKilledMe

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* BiTheWay: Whether her relationship with Sam Ronson was this or IfItsYouItsOkay is debated.

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* BiTheWay: Whether her relationship with Sam Samantha Ronson was this or IfItsYouItsOkay is debated.


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* PrettyInMink: Has worn lots of furs.
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''Nobody Till You''

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* BreakUpSong: ''If It's Alright'' and ''Over'' are two examples...

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* BreakUpSong: ''If It's Alright'' and ''Over'' are two examples...Alright'', ''Over'', ''If You Were Me'', ''Black Hole'',



* LoveNostalgiaSong: "Something I Never Had", "Black Hole"



* SanitySlippageSong: "Fastlane", "A Beautiful Life(La Bella Vita)", "Anything But Me", "Disconnected", "I Live For The Day".

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* SanitySlippageSong: "Fastlane", "A Beautiful Life(La Bella Vita)", "Anything But Me", "Disconnected", "I Live For The Day". Day" and there are probably more...



* SillyLoveSongs: ''Who Loves You'', ''Very Last Moment In Time'' and ''Symptoms of You'' are two examples.

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* SillyLoveSongs: ''Who Loves You'', ''Very Last Moment In Time'' and ''Symptoms Time'',''Symptoms of You'',
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* YourCheatingHeart: "If You Were Me", "Something I Never Had"

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