Lindsay Lohan: Just Her Luck

Lohan got started in the entertainment business as a child model for magazines and moved onto television commercials then landed a role on the soap opera Another World. In 1998 at age 12, she made her motion picture debut in Disney’s remake of The Parent Trap. As actress Haley Mills did before her in the original film, Lohan played identical twins. The film was a modest success and Lohan garnered praise from many movie magazine critics.

Next Lohan starred in a string of modestly successful films including another Disney remake, Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Mean Girls. Mean Girls reinforced Lohan’s box office cred, garnering critical and commercial success. Other films Lohan starred in between 2006 and 2007 include Just My Luck, A Prairie Home Companion, Bobby and Chapter 27, which were all modestly successful and garnered mixed reviews. During this time Lohan also signed a record deal and began recording pop music.

In 2006 Maxim magazine, a men’s magazine, voted her No. 3 on their annual “Hot 100” list. Readers of FHM magazine voted Lohan No. 10 on the magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women” list. In 2007 Lohan rocketed to Maxim magazine’s No. 1 spot on its “Hot 100” list.

In 2007 Lohan’s public image and life started going downhill. First she checked herself into the Wonderland Rehabilitation Center. Then her performance in the box office disappointment “I Know Who Killed Me” was largely panned by critics. Entertainment Weekly magazine ran a story quoting a major film studio exec declaring Lohan’s career dead in the water due to the star’s unreliable professionalism.

Lohan continued to create controversy in February of 2008 when she appeared in the spring fashion edition of New York magazine. Lohan recreated Marilyn Monroe’s famous last photo shoot, including nude photos. The nude photos sparked a lot of critical media coverage and the issue of New York magazine was one of the most successful.

As of summer 2008 People magazine has reported Lindsay Lohan is in a relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson. The presumed couple has been followed throughout the summer by other celebrity magazines like Star magazine, In Touch Weekly magazine and Life & Style magazine.