"Our younger readers know Lindsay Lohan as a sort-of porn star and constant reminder of our society's sick and destructive relationship with pretty things, but before that, she was an actress who was paid lots of money to be in normal movies."
Lindsay Morgan Lohan (Lohan like BOWEN, LO-WEN; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, model, singer and songwriter.
A former child actor and model, Lohan rose to fame when she began acting and landed several major film roles, notably the Disney remakes of The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday, then later in the Tina Fey-penned 2004 film Mean Girls.
Lohan was anointed by the media as the "next big thing". Unfortunately, the newfound attention from the media got to her, and she started drinking while underage (with her own mother no less) and partying all the time. Soon she ended up with two D.U.I.s, two more arrests for drug possession, and went under rehabilitation which slowed down her career considerably and since then she's been more well-known for her legal troubles than her acting career.
Filmography with TV Tropes pages
- Late Night with David Letterman (1992) as Trick-or-Treater
- Sesame Street (1995) as The Braid-y Bunch Member, Kid
- Another World (1996-97) as Alli Fowler
- The Parent Trap (1998) as Hallie Parker, Annie James
- Life-Size (2000) as Casey Stuart
- Get a Clue (2002) as Alexandra "Lexy" Gold
- Freaky Friday (2003) as Anna Coleman
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) as Mary Elizabeth "Lola" Steppe
- Mean Girls (2004) as Cady Heron
- King of the Hill (2004) as Jenny Medina (voice)
- That '70s Show (2004) as Danielle
- Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) as Maggie Peyton
- My Scene Goes Hollywood (2005) as herself (voice)
- A Prairie Home Companion (2006) as Lola Johnson
- Just My Luck (2006) as Ashley Albright
- Bobby (2006) as Diane Howser
- The Holiday (2006) as herself
- Georgia Rule (2007) as Rachel Wilcox
- I Know Who Killed Me (2007) as Aubrey Fleming, Dakota Moss
- Ugly Betty (2008) as Kimmie Keegan
- Machete (2008) as April Booth
- Labor Pains (2009) as Thea Clayhill
- Glee (2012) as herself
- Liz & Dick (2012) as Elizabeth Taylor
- Scary Movie 5 (2013) as herself
- Anger Management (2013) as herself
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2013) as Stephanie Sullivan
- Eastbound & Down (2013) as adult Shayna Powers
- 2 Broke Girls (2014) as Claire Guinness
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2015) as Sorta Guillermo
- Devil May Care (2021) as Ziva (voice)
- Falling for Christmas (2022) as Sierra Belmont
Theatre
- Speed-the-Plow (London, 2014) as Karen
Discography:
- Speak (2004)
- A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
Provides examples of:
- Adam Westing: Her advertisement for eHarmony
.- Her best example is in Machete, just read it there.
- Her role in Scary Movie 5.
- Played herself like this in Anger Management.
- Break Up Song: If It's Alright, Over, If You Were Me, Black Hole.
- Calling the Old Man Out: "Confessions Of A Broken Heart" qualifies.
- Cover Version: "I Want You to Want Me" and "Edge of Seventeen" on her second album.
- Fiery Redhead: She's a natural red and has played quite a few feisty characters.
- Follow Your Heart La Bella Vita, Fastlane, Disconnected, I Live For The Day, Anything But Me
- It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": Believe it or not, Lindsey says the proper pronunciation of her surname is "Low-an" (the H is silent); despite this, people tend to pronounce it like it's spelt.
- Love Nostalgia Song: "Something I Never Had", "Black Hole"
- Lonely at the Top: "Fastlane", "People come and go like rain".
- Medley: In her Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen movie soundtrack: "Don't Move On/Living for the City/Changes" Medley.
- Playing Their Own Twin: Most famously in The Parent Trap, where she played twin sisters Hallie and and Annie. She also played both Aubrey and Dakota in I Know Who Killed Me, who are revealed to be twins who were separated at birth.
- Rock-Star Song: Fastlane, A Beautiful Life (La Bella Vita) and Rumours are examples of this trope.
- Sanity Slippage Song: "Fastlane", "A Beautiful Life (La Bella Vita)", "Anything But Me", "Disconnected", "I Live For The Day" and there are probably more...
- Silly Love Songs: Who Loves You, Very Last Moment In Time, Symptoms of You, "Ultimate".
- Star-Derailing Role: The critical and commercial failure of 2007 thriller I Know Who Killed Me, in conjunction with Lohan going through a lot of highly-publicized personal issues at the time, derailed her then-promising acting career. She subsequently appeared in mostly low-budget indie or Made For TV Movies that didn't get much attention and/or were poorly-received, or had guest roles on TV shows. Since the early 2020s, she's been making a bit of a comeback by starring in romantic comedies on Netflix, though only time will tell if her career returns to its former heights.
