If you love romcoms, you’re probably already very familiar with Lindsay Lohan’s career! She won everyone’s hearts in The Parent Trap, and Freaky Friday and Mean Girls made her a superstar! She’s back on the big screen in 2025 with the sequel to Freaky Friday, and if you just can’t wait that long, here are some fabulous facts to tide you over! Check out the rest of the site for more facts and fun quizzes – read fifteen facts about Freaky Friday, or see which Mean Girl you are!

1. She was a child star!

Lindsay became famous at a very young age with her starring role in Disney’s 1998 film The Parent Trap, but she’d already been working for a long time before that. She started modelling at the age of 3, and by the age of ten she’d starred in a lot of adverts and a recurring role in a soap opera. Her role in The Parent Trap got her a lot of critical praise, and she also starred in Life-Size with Tyra Banks in 2000.

2. She has 3 siblings

Lindsay is the oldest of four kids. She has two little brothers, Michael Jr. and Dakota (known as Cody), and a little sister, Ali. All of her siblings have also acted and modelled, and they’ve appeared in background roles in Lindsay’s films!

3. She’s a New Yorker

Lindsay was born in 1986 in the Bronx, which is one one of the five boroughs of New York City. She spent quite a lot of her childhood in Long Island, another of the five boroughs. She moved to Los Angeles as a teenager, to further her blossoming career.

4. She’s a Disney remake queen

Several of Lindsay’s best-known roles are remakes of popular Disney films. The Parent Trap is a remake of a 1961 film, starring Disney legend Hayley Mills as the twins. Freaky Friday is a remake of a 1976 film, with award-winning actress Jodie Foster playing the role Lindsay took in the remake. And Lindsay also starred in Herbie: Fully Loaded, which is a reboot of the Disney Herbie film series, all about a magical Volkswagen Beetle!

5. She learned the guitar

Lindsay’s character in Freaky Friday is Anna, a rebellious teenager who plays lead guitar in a rock band. Lindsay spent around a year learning to actually play the guitar for her role! She was overdubbed by a professional guitar player in the final film, but it made her hand movements look authentic.

6. She can sing!

This won’t be a huge surprise if you’ve seen Freaky Friday – Lindsay sang the final song of the film, Ultimate. But she also had a huge musical career of her own! Lindsay released two albums, Speak and A Little More Personal (Raw). Singles from Speak charted highly, establishing Lindsay as a bona fide popstar! She also appeared on English band Duran Duran’s fifteenth album, and has been a judge on the Australian version of The Masked Singer!

7. She auditioned for the role of Regina George

Mean Girls might be Lindsay’s most famous film. She plays Cady Heron, a naive everygirl who goes to an American high school for the first time at the age of 16. But did you know she didn’t originally audition for that role? Lindsay wanted to play Regina, the scheming queen bee and head of the Plastics! She wanted to do something very different from her other roles and play a real mean girl. The producers preferred her as Cady, and the role of Regina went to Rachel McAdams. Lindsay was a little rebellious on set though: she always wanted to wear the plastic costumes Cady wears later in the film, and she method acted by bedazzling her mobile phone with crystals!

8. She had a famous roommate!

Lindsay was a Disney star in her youth, and when she first moved to LA she briefly lived with fellow Disney star Raven-Symoné, star of That’s So Raven. Both have fond memories, but Raven says Lindsay wasn’t actually there very often – she used the apartment as her personal closet!

9. She had a clothing line

Lindsay’s not just an actress and a singer, she’s also a fashion queen! She’s been the face of several high profile brands, including Miu Miu and Jill Stuart. She also had her own clothing line, 6216. The name is a reference to Marilyn Monroe’s birthdate (June 1st 1926), as Marilyn is one of Lindsay’s icons. She’s also collaborated with several brands to create fashion and homeware lines, and was a guest judge on Project Runway!

10. She loves languages

Lindsay is a huge language fan! As well as English she speaks French fluently, and says she is able to understand Russian. She has said she is studying Italian, Turkish, and Arabic, too.

11. She had a famous feud

Back in the early 2000s, Lindsay was a teenage It-Girl – but there was another girl who challenged her crown! Hilary Duff was a very beloved Disney star, best known for her leading role in Lizzie McGuire. The two clashed because they both dated the same boy, singer Aaron Carter. They upstaged each other at their premieres, and Lindsay made fun of Hilary when she hosted American comedy show Saturday Night Live. But they made up later, and Lindsay was supportive of Hilary’s album release.

12. She was in a famous crime case!

In the 2000s there was a series of high profile robberies in Hollywood. The robbers were all privileged teenagers and young adults who were totally obsessed with celebrities. They burgled the homes of several celebs, including Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox – and Lindsay Lohan! About $130,000 worth of clothes and jewellery were stolen from Lindsay’s home. The thieves were known as the Bling Ring, and their story was made into a film written and directed by Sofia Coppola.

13. She supports charity

Lindsay has a big heart, and she loves to give back to charity. She supports a number of causes, including the Red Cross, Save The Children, Hear the World (which provides hearing aids to underprivileged people), and charities fighting against AIDS and HIV.

14. She’s a mum

Lindsay had her son, Luai, in 2023. Lindsay’s sister Ali described her as a second mom to her siblings – so she’s experienced with the role!

15. She’s a romance star!

Lindsay’s latest roles have been with Netflix, and she’s starred in two romance films with them – Falling For Christmas, and Irish Wish! Both were huge streaming hits, and in Falling For Christmas Lindsay even did a little Mean Girls reference by performing Jingle Bell Rock! We can’t wait to see what she does next!