Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Morgan Lohan (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan was born in New York City and raised in Cold Spring Harbor. By 2004, her primary home was in Beverly Hills.

Personal life

Lohan's family name was originally pronounced LOW-han but, by 2005, the actress and her mother seemed to settle on LOW-en, suggesting a return to its European roots.

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Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage.

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Shortly after an apparent digital photograph of her California driver's license was released on the internet (after her card case was misplaced or stolen from a New York City nightclub in 2004), Lohan was asked her middle name by an audience member on the cable television show TEENick. She answered that it was originally (and, apparently, still is legally) Dee, but she later changed it to Morgan.

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California - New York City

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Lohan is involved in charity projects such as The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Foundation, Save the Children, The United Cerebral Palsy Association, and her own charity organization, Dream Come True.

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Breast Cancer - Save the Children - Cerebral Palsy

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Lohan is the eldest child of Michael and Dina (née Sullivan) Lohan. She has three younger siblings, Michael, Aliana ("Ali") and Dakota ("Cody"). Aliana is an aspiring model and actress.

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Lohan's father, Michael Lohan, has had multiple problems with the law. In May of 2005, he was ordered to serve 1½ to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges, including aggravated unlicensed driving and attempted assault http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=798625&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312. Michael Lohan begged for long-term alcohol rehabilitation, but was denied. He admitted to a drinking problem, saying he was being kept away from his children, but failed to address the reasons for the estrangement. On August 26, 2005, as part of a divorce petition filed by Dina Lohan, a Nassau County judge denied her husband a cut of Lindsay's earnings, saying they do not qualify as a "marital asset" (Michael Lohan argued it was Dina's "pay" as her daughter's manager). Further, New York State Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Ross wrote that Lindsay's career has created a windfall for the Lohan family, "filling the void created by (Michael's) lack of support (in a) resounding answer to the dysfunction that her father has brought to the household." http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-liloha0827,0,1255543.story?coll=ny-entertainment-headlines

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Michael Lohan - August 26 - Divorce - Nassau County

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Lindsay Lohan's management has publicly suggested that she distance herself from her father because of his legal problems; still, on Father's Day, 2005, she told reporters, "I hope he's well. God bless him and I love him."

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On May 31, 2005, Lohan suffered minor injuries in a car accident involving a paparazzo who was following her for a photograph. Police arrested the man after they determined that he hit her car intentionally; he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Lohan was involved in another accident on October 4, 2005; in this incident, the actress' black Mercedes-Benz convertible collided with a van in West Hollywood. Despite eyewitness claims that the accident was once again caused by the paparazzi, the police later refuted this, saying that the van driver caused the accident by performing an illegal U-turn. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4310882.stm

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May 31 - Paparazzo - Assault with a deadly weapon - October 4 - Mercedes-Benz - Convertible - West Hollywood

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