Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress, singer-songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at age three. She appeared as a regular on the soap opera
Another World at the age of 10, and her breakthrough came in the 1998 Walt Disney Pictures film
The Parent Trap. The film's success led to appearances in subsequent Disney projects; the television films
Life-Size (2000) and
Get a Clue (2002) and the big-screen productions
Freaky Friday (2003) and
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004). Lohan's early work won her childhood stardom, while the teen comedy
Mean Girls (2004) affirmed her status as a teen idol and established her as a leading Hollywood actress.