Early life

Lindsay Lohan was born in The Bronx and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island in New York. She is the eldest child of Michael Douglas Lohan Sr., a onetime actor, and former Rockette Donata "Dina" Sullivan. Lohan has three younger siblings, all of whom are budding actor-models: brother Michael Jr., whom Lindsay affectionately calls "Punk," appeared as the "Lost Boy at Camp" in her movie The Parent Trap (1998); sister Aliana had a small role in Lindsay's 2003 movie Freaky Friday...as did brother Dakota (Cody), the youngest Lohan child, whom Lindsay once saved from drowning. According to Lindsay herself, she has a superb relationship with her brothers and sister.

Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic.[1] In 2005, Lohan explained to a TEENick audience that she had decided to use Morgan as her middle name because it sounded more professional.

Lohan—when she wasn't tutored on film sets—attended public schools on Long Island, including Sanford H. Calhoun High School[2]. She finished her studies at home[3] through Laurel Springs School[4] of Ojai, California.

Lindsay's family was financially comfortable. Her mother, Dina, was a Wall Street analyst before becoming Lohan's manager.[5] Dina also claimed that she worked as a Rockette, though Radio City Music Hall records have failed to verify this claim.[6][7]

Lindsay's father, Michael, inherited his family's pasta business, which he later sold to trade in futures (briefly becoming President of New York Futures Traders).[8] Sentenced to four years in prison in the late 1980s, Michael spent much of his daughter's preteen years in prison for securities fraud. More recently, Michael worked as an investment banker, securing funding for independent films. [9] In 2005, he was sent back to prison for nearly two years, released in March 2007, for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault.[10][11] Michael currently works with Teen Challenge. [12]

In December 2005, Michael and Dina signed a separation agreement.[13] In August 2007, Lohan's parents announced that their divorce proceedings had been finalized.[14][15]