She appeared as a regular on the soap opera Another World at the age of 10, and her breakthrough came in the Walt Disney Pictures film The Parent Trap. The film's success led to appearances in subsequent Disney projects; the television films Life-Size and Get a Clue and the big-screen productions Freaky Friday and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Lohan's early work won her childhood stardom, while the teen comedy Mean Girls affirmed her status as a teen idol and established her as a leading Hollywood actress.
Lohan signed with Casablanca Records and released two studio albums, the platinum-certified Speak and gold-certified A Little More Personal Raw To show her range, Lohan began choosing roles in independent films such as A Prairie Home Companion and Bobby both and Chapter 27 Her reported behavior during the filming of the dramedy Georgia Rule marked the start of a series of personal struggles that plagued her life and career for most of the next decade.
She became a fixture in the tabloid press for her frequent legal issues, court appearances, and stints in rehabilitation facilities. This period saw her lose several roles, adversely affecting her career and public image. In , under the guidance of Oprah Winfrey , Lohan filmed the docu-series Lindsay , which depicted her returning to work.
She subsequently made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow , starred in the second season of the comedy series Sick Note , and served as a panelist in the first season of Masked Singer Australia Between and , she opened three beach clubs in Greece , which were the focus of the MTV reality television series Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club After signing a multi-picture deal with Netflix in the wake of her comeback, Lohan starred in the romantic comedies Falling for Christmas , Irish Wish , and Our Little Secret Lohan is set to reprise her role of Anna Coleman in the upcoming Freakier Friday Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage, and she was raised Catholic.
Her maternal antecedents were "well known Irish Catholic stalwarts" and her great-grandfather, John L. Sullivan, was a co-founder of the Pro-life Party on Long Island. Lohan began her career as a child model with Ford Models at the age of three. Lohan remained in her role on Another World for a year, before leaving to star in Disney 's family comedy The Parent Trap , a remake of the movie.
